On 1 Dec 2015 6:29 pm, "Karl Fogel" <kfogel@red-bean.com> wrote:
>
> Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> >(Why doesn't master hold the latest developments, just as
> >(IIUC) it has always done in the past?)
>
> During release stabilization, at least in recent releases that I can
remember, the maintainers have asked that changes go to the release branch
first and then get ported to 'master' later.

Except for new features, that is. The emacs-25 branch is for refining what
will get release. The master branch is still the place where we add brand
new stuff.