From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John Wiegley Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Next release from master Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2016 10:54:11 -0500 Message-ID: References: <8qegda3kfg.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <83h9i695n5.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: John Wiegley NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1454947467 4758 80.91.229.3 (8 Feb 2016 16:04:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 16:04:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 08 17:04:21 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aSoIW-0007Iu-Q7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Feb 2016 17:04:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46066 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aSoIW-0003WZ-2H for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Feb 2016 11:04:20 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52487) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aSoIP-0003SU-9S for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Feb 2016 11:04:14 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aSoIL-0006oJ-0p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Feb 2016 11:04:13 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-yk0-x231.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4002:c07::231]:33451) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aSoIK-0006oB-Ng for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Feb 2016 11:04:08 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-yk0-x231.google.com with SMTP id z13so88601455ykd.0 for ; Mon, 08 Feb 2016 08:04:08 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:date:message-id:references :user-agent:reply-to:mail-followup-to:mime-version:content-type; bh=/v6Sv66ccB9X0LV0lyUybEaxj75D8hVEF2ycNmgXu78=; b=YPAV3VXXJ5OAzOJ9EdMKsnxhF2ZgCYYbLKZsxGn8ijNOnCrtZO/3bxrAoIwt0pKKSk FywRWchviR5C1x/bClZnSiaPXrbiMCvtcJYjOPRTlW6AcXgWm4XNa19H2zRGIaShJs7v /pJ2K5O6QVK+YdCY9gYvTj5dGh4yM+Mrco7WALP1fMC2I55dUtEiTCsQczvOsirVw7pT xehKbL7cV8EGVyx2NlpkbU0jAzL2/Uc8GEe4Bx3LHxKP5oV+YojGaEWAZevIYv34UY7q /79/LzbKSL7zTP6/ZuTdqP29E06H084goOkdicx2Ih2dASw1XwbZLkOSDdEgY0NiJRAi E7kw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:date:message-id :references:user-agent:reply-to:mail-followup-to:mime-version :content-type; bh=/v6Sv66ccB9X0LV0lyUybEaxj75D8hVEF2ycNmgXu78=; b=kLpYwyapYRG7w+wnFNNOKsjzG7kkP86YLpvec7srhsJamR6lAYJ2qx8RG/zM5M0wkg cT0JZnjCFFbsbtiImRTIcVP0acMLrBI/ffnRhnDioDNZHg4xwBirdkX+PYAXj4Y33k0j ya62/wSAOHH6AWmxMRI/zr7V9f8/LsTQLppZw84vHLCLNBD9sR6B/2RLjUFIW9fS/lqH 1r4hGrAFAz7cN8wIdgm8p0FEGbr9gAz750hEy8A/sCxYqg1kazMgEMDhzAYO04eJGky7 yL/pCFCNyV8KOlSUEDqTVpQW9fNk4ajL1ioqjpR08bhziiKSOs4hAfDq46GbtTsM4Jrv N9Jg== X-Gm-Message-State: AG10YOT8F+zMlPCpDhZOi2ZNtw5ZMohEJchTRN8LE65eRfVtPF8/5r9ObJsyyGvARBsyLA== X-Received: by 10.37.96.65 with SMTP id u62mr14093071ybb.78.1454947448340; Mon, 08 Feb 2016 08:04:08 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from Hermes.local (56.sub-70-214-64.myvzw.com. [70.214.64.56]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id i6sm21273500ywe.11.2016.02.08.08.04.07 (version=TLS1 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 08 Feb 2016 08:04:07 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Original-From: "John Wiegley" Original-Received: by Hermes.local (Postfix, from userid 501) id 152714DDD3EB; Mon, 8 Feb 2016 11:04:08 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Mon, 08 Feb 2016 08:41:04 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130014 (Ma Gnus v0.14) Emacs/24.5 (darwin) Mail-Followup-To: Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4002:c07::231 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:199522 Archived-At: >>>>> Stefan Monnier writes: >> Features that are intended for 26 should live on a feature branch right >> now, since people should mainly be using emacs-25, or if they are doing >> advance work for the next release, master. > How should we know/decide if something is intended for 26.1 or for 25.2? An excellent question. 25.x should not change APIs, without compelling reason; adding new functionality might be OK, but depends on the scope. The best rule of thumb is: when in doubt, ask here. -- John Wiegley GPG fingerprint = 4710 CF98 AF9B 327B B80F http://newartisans.com 60E1 46C4 BD1A 7AC1 4BA2