From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Release procedure. Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 17:01:49 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87lkg23fbn.fsf@red-bean.com> <861wht17al.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> <87mz0gvcf5.fsf@red-bean.com> <87bqgwd1xf.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1178588422 31123 80.91.229.12 (8 May 2007 01:40:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 01:40:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Karl Fogel , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 08 03:40:20 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 1HlEge-0003he-47 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 May 2007 03:40:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HlEnf-0004o0-PD for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 May 2007 21:47:35 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HlEnT-0004Ug-Ek for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 May 2007 21:47:23 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HlEnR-0004Tr-PM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 May 2007 21:47:22 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HlEnR-0004TS-Gh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 May 2007 21:47:21 -0400 Original-Received: from tomts10.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.54] helo=tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HlEgO-0002AB-VG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 May 2007 21:40:05 -0400 Original-Received: from ceviche.home ([74.12.211.172]) by tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20070508014003.OOYG1723.tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net@ceviche.home> for ; Mon, 7 May 2007 21:40:03 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 4E589B54D0; Mon, 7 May 2007 17:01:49 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87bqgwd1xf.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (Chong Yidong's message of "Mon\, 07 May 2007 12\:38\:20 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: Solaris 8 (1) 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:70648 Archived-At: >> 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