From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: New sync'd branch Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:06:16 -0400 Message-ID: <87ws4s3s4n.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <19091.4935.369973.835792@totara.tehura.co.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1251209259 24244 80.91.229.12 (25 Aug 2009 14:07:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:07:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: nickrob@snap.net.nz (Nick Roberts) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 25 16:07:31 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MfwgK-0004Rg-Am for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:07:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60983 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MfwgJ-0000sX-Q0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:07:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MfwfJ-00086r-Nq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:06:25 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MfwfF-00081E-QN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:06:25 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=36212 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MfwfF-00080w-JJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:06:21 -0400 Original-Received: from pantheon-po41.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.98]:36639) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MfwfD-0008PI-A9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:06:21 -0400 Original-Received: from furry (dhcp128036014244.central.yale.edu [128.36.14.244]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po41.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id n7PE6HsD005009 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:06:18 -0400 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0D722C070; Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:06:16 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <19091.4935.369973.835792@totara.tehura.co.nz> (Nick Roberts's message of "Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:25:11 +1200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:114584 Archived-At: nickrob@snap.net.nz (Nick Roberts) writes: >> We'd like to have a new release in the first half of next year with some >> new features. Given the short time, the new features need to be >> non-intrusive, like new packages. > > I'm not sure how stable gdb mode will be by that time. It may require > some changes to gdb itself. I had anticipated at least a two year > development period (21.1 -> 22.1 six years, 22.1 -> 23.1 two years). Then we've miscommunicated. Stefan and I have been pretty clear that we intended to use the trunk for 23.2. > I would also like to see a release from EMACS_23_1_RC where I have included > some improvements to gdb-ui.el. I realise that this might not happen. In > any case, I have removed this file from trunk, so I don't want to see these > changes merged back to trunk (if that were possible). In that case, we'll plug gdb-ui back in for the 23.2 release (e.g., if we decide to make a new Emacs 23 branch, we'll revert to gdb-ui on that branch).