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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
Cc: Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Release procedure.
Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 17:01:49 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv7irkz6wx.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87bqgwd1xf.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (Chong Yidong's message of "Mon\, 07 May 2007 12\:38\:20 -0400")

>> But, just as a data point: I'm in the same boat with David.  For
>> whatever reason, I also do not understand what the branch is for.

> Originally, the idea was to release Emacs 22.1 promptly after
> branching.  The branch would then be used for 22.x development.  The
> trouble now is that the release is stuck, mainly (but not exclusively)
> because of the python issue.

Being stuck is not inherently a problem: the promptness of "promptly after
branching" does not have to be measured in seconds but can just as well be
measured in revisions or lines changed.


        Stefan

      reply	other threads:[~2007-05-07 21:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-05-06  1:34 Release procedure Karl Fogel
2007-05-07  2:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-05-07  3:18   ` Karl Fogel
2007-05-07  6:23   ` David Kastrup
2007-05-07 16:14     ` Karl Fogel
2007-05-07 16:38       ` Chong Yidong
2007-05-07 21:01         ` Stefan Monnier [this message]

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