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: CVS is the `released version' Date: Wed, 09 May 2007 22:18:49 -0400 Message-ID: <87zm4d1kvq.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1178763427 7201 80.91.229.12 (10 May 2007 02:17:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 02:17:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: bob@rattlesnake.com Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 10 04:17:04 2007 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 1HlyDF-0003Kj-VJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 May 2007 04:17:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HlyKV-0002mZ-MP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 May 2007 22:24:31 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HlyKS-0002mU-2f for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 May 2007 22:24:28 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HlyKP-0002lB-LY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 May 2007 22:24:26 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HlyKP-0002kx-HK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 May 2007 22:24:25 -0400 Original-Received: from cyd.mit.edu ([18.19.1.138]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HlyD8-0007h9-VW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 May 2007 22:16:55 -0400 Original-Received: by cyd.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A0BFB4EB5B; Wed, 9 May 2007 22:18:49 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Robert J. Chassell's message of "Wed\, 9 May 2007 19\:56\:01 +0000 \(UTC\)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.99 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:70732 Archived-At: "Robert J. Chassell" writes: > Remember, for many people, but not for many moderns, CVS provides the > `released version' of GNU Emacs. The vast majority of users of any software (not just Emacs) use released versions, not CVS. Since one of the motivations for contributing to free and open source software (especially for a volunteer) is to help people, it's obviously a better idea to spend one's time working on a project that actually makes releases, since you would be helping more people.