From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Robert J. Chassell" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: CVS is the `released version' Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 19:56:01 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: Reply-To: bob@rattlesnake.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1178740592 28876 80.91.229.12 (9 May 2007 19:56:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 19:56:32 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 09 21:56:27 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 1HlsGr-0008Or-3p for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 May 2007 21:56:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HlsO5-00047w-0e for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 May 2007 16:03:49 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HlsO0-00044F-Ji for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 May 2007 16:03:44 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HlsNz-000442-Qs for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 May 2007 16:03:44 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HlsNz-00043z-Np for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 May 2007 16:03:43 -0400 Original-Received: from cpe-69-205-32-54.nycap.res.rr.com ([69.205.32.54] helo=rattlesnake.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HlsGk-00072n-WE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 May 2007 15:56:15 -0400 Original-Received: by rattlesnake.com via sendmail from stdin id (Debian Smail3.2.0.115) Wed, 9 May 2007 19:56:01 +0000 (UTC) X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 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:70701 Archived-At: Remember, for many people, but not for many moderns, CVS provides the `released version' of GNU Emacs. It is the prime version used by those who contribute. It is not a binary that cannot be changed. Once in a while, development needs to be frozen while bugs are fixed. Since more and more people are coming to think of or are forced to use big numbered releases and eschew the daily releases, they view a delay between one big numbered release and another as bad. But those who enjoy daily releases hardly notice. I suspect we are seeing a conflict between cultures: on the one hand, those who install a new release of GNU Emacs every day or almost every day and, on the other hand, those who look for big numbered releases, such as that from Emacs 21 to Emacs 22. The world is tending towards those who look for big numbered releases even though most contributions are small. -- Robert J. Chassell GnuPG Key ID: 004B4AC8 bob@rattlesnake.com bob@gnu.org http://www.rattlesnake.com http://www.teak.cc