From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Wiegley Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Bug #29083: Is it OK to add a new function to the emacs-26 branch? Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2017 12:56:00 -0700 Message-ID: References: <20171101112144.GB5276@ACM> <834lqdss2f.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1509566216 19654 195.159.176.226 (1 Nov 2017 19:56:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2017 19:56:56 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.130016 (Ma Gnus v0.16) Emacs/26.0 (darwin) Cc: acm@muc.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 01 20:56:50 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1e9z7x-00040V-Gx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 Nov 2017 20:56:41 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57510 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e9z84-0004HN-VG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 Nov 2017 15:56:48 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41859) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e9z7Q-0004H2-HU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Nov 2017 15:56:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e9z7N-0004Sr-BB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Nov 2017 15:56:08 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:39332) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e9z7N-0004Si-8e; Wed, 01 Nov 2017 15:56:05 -0400 Original-Received: from auth2-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.228]:35055) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1e9z7M-0007gx-Q2; Wed, 01 Nov 2017 15:56:04 -0400 Original-Received: from compute4.internal (compute4.nyi.internal [10.202.2.44]) by mailauth.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEA9520E0E; Wed, 1 Nov 2017 15:56:03 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from frontend2 ([10.202.2.161]) by compute4.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 01 Nov 2017 15:56:03 -0400 X-ME-Sender: Original-Received: from Vulcan.local (76-234-69-149.lightspeed.frokca.sbcglobal.net [76.234.69.149]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 9D5C324A60; Wed, 1 Nov 2017 15:56:03 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: by Vulcan.local (Postfix, from userid 501) id A4ED6A7021BD; Wed, 1 Nov 2017 12:56:02 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <834lqdss2f.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Wed, 01 Nov 2017 21:43:36 +0200") Mail-Followup-To: Eli Zaretskii , acm@muc.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:219853 Archived-At: >>>>> Eli Zaretskii writes: AM> However, the OP has requested that a function which actually displays this AM> name be put into CC Mode. Would it still be OK to do this on the emacs-26 AM> branch, or is this branch now closed for such things? >> >> I think that since we're now prepping for release with pretests out there, >> it's become too late. Nothing stops us from getting a 26.2 out the door soon >> after, though. > That's true, but OTOH a new function that doesn't affect anything (because > it isn't called from any place) cannot do much harm. So I tend to allow this > exception. If you're good with such an addition, Eli, then I'm OK with it too. -- John Wiegley GPG fingerprint = 4710 CF98 AF9B 327B B80F http://newartisans.com 60E1 46C4 BD1A 7AC1 4BA2