From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: JD Smith Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Pre-release commit etiquette Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:42:26 -0700 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1177602167 29664 80.91.229.12 (26 Apr 2007 15:42:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:42:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 26 17:42:41 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 1Hh67E-000899-M5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:42:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hh6Cy-0002mk-Qq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:48:36 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hh6Cv-0002mV-AS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:48:33 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hh6Cs-0002mJ-U4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:48:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hh6Cs-0002mG-Oi for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:48:30 -0400 Original-Received: from sccrmhc14.comcast.net ([63.240.77.84]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Hh677-0007x9-0z; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:42:33 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.168.1.4] (c-69-254-200-235.hsd1.az.comcast.net[69.254.200.235]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc14) with SMTP id <200704261542290140028sbhe>; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:42:29 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-detected-kernel: NetCache Data OnTap 5.x 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:70193 Archived-At: On Apr 25, 2007, at 9:25 PM, Richard Stallman wrote: > What are the rules for a commit pre-release? > > I have trouble parsing that question. It wasn't clear to me if there is a general freeze on all types of changes in advance of release, and whether the procedure for committing changes to the release branch is different from normal trunk commits. > If you have a small bug > fix for the release version, should it: > > 1. Be added to the branch EMACS_22_BASE, for later merger into > HEAD. > 2. Be added to both the branch and HEAD. > > You should install it in the trunk, and install it in the Emacs 22 > branch > if it should go in that branch. OK, thanks. I didn't want to presume.