From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Xue Fuqiao Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Next release from master Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 11:50:47 +0800 Message-ID: References: <8qegda3kfg.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <56A185D8.9030807@yandex.ru> <56A1890A.8010500@cs.ucla.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1453434656 18025 80.91.229.3 (22 Jan 2016 03:50:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 03:50:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs-devel , Dmitry Gutov To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 22 04:50:55 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aMSkQ-00063T-4E for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Jan 2016 04:50:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50747 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aMSkP-00069e-At for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 21 Jan 2016 22:50:53 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55558) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aMSkL-00068o-Ib for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jan 2016 22:50:50 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aMSkK-0005qe-Lb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jan 2016 22:50:49 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-ig0-x22b.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4001:c05::22b]:37416) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aMSkK-0005pZ-GC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jan 2016 22:50:48 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-ig0-x22b.google.com with SMTP id h5so46356562igh.0 for ; Thu, 21 Jan 2016 19:50:47 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=+9OpJFmlmIvKbKP7l0vpi3FQzic4pf7cwqWutQweUF4=; b=dtkx6F8JPok1GSCB2w1Eo7kx3shP168BauMVCnv6n6uBbWuvhMV5939mxcy6XIFKDw xApnaYTQnYkYLVPDz6lRpz9YzPwqnZHjVVEvGFHXwHO5PZwQvkga/jAcxROwg5cVqQ7S c1mqs97keclM/G5ravmqGjm8FHzDOLEYDC1bfttbaz3xnTvClGd97JAuJLog4ajz+dqu IT+R9OTp3FYZ/N62kBtihVvvo/LVkdbTJlaWFfKDKU0SCA6dhpxYdyWlK/vGTHh439aF YAW77A9L5k7EaxUcmpoZokrN8xTnTDkAAVpHtsvof5mDbbr8FICV6euNtg+LuXtHXOwU tucw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=+9OpJFmlmIvKbKP7l0vpi3FQzic4pf7cwqWutQweUF4=; b=IL39VBAAYsYTC/BQXx1TPXbo9/7bIybYBB2nlXycmys7i8ITjgAmbV5I5EvsQNUKsI NMuanIOK0e5B7QWYxhnTfeq3+VMQMwrGfMwKigL4ROnkptKjZzhPC8/IRClYi/gUzhFy UR05GOT/GHwNre2/dQBwEdaSu7r1LQMJYJS4Takv5stA8ZT3BIdw2sMIh/8JiBjM4pep 5pqMF/YmYX4Sfrz381fGSBAW2garWY3viOFFVwd9UZZe+YGcCOKlz21duiDbjiCJVw7w mnmqNoN/gZHqUmpnspSUUPF1J9oRoPnC66Q4qz8vGcC7Uvml26+tjdyTIR1WSLKaDso1 8zvg== X-Gm-Message-State: AG10YORtQHDXC+CxfvUgI2dTxh3FY6eEa+jU8q9OQbtJxysaWJHFZwCe6w/SpoxET+sqXXUEFTG9YvfXpgCZsg== X-Received: by 10.50.150.71 with SMTP id ug7mr1353910igb.4.1453434647432; Thu, 21 Jan 2016 19:50:47 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.79.30.131 with HTTP; Thu, 21 Jan 2016 19:50:47 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <56A1890A.8010500@cs.ucla.edu> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4001:c05::22b X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:198551 Archived-At: On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 9:42 AM, Paul Eggert wrote: > On 01/21/2016 05:28 PM, Dmitry Gutov wrote: >> >> Why not get back to the simpler scheme? > > I also don't see the need for three common development branches. Emacs > developers are already spread pretty thin with two. > > I know of a GNU project that has three such branches: Automake. The branches > are called 'master', 'minor', and 'micro', and have roughly the three roles > that John suggested. My own impression is that the extra complexity of the > three branches discouraged contributors ("which branch should this patch go > into?", that sort of thing). > > Automake development is currently moribund. +1 I think the current process (as described in `admin/release-process' and `admin/notes/versioning') is good enough. More complexity will discourage current/potential contributors.