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: Future release schedules Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 13:33:20 -0800 Message-ID: References: <831tbqc4pc.fsf@gnu.org> <9ta8qb5gcc.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <83egfn9nmp.fsf@gnu.org> <83bnar9mcd.fsf@gnu.org> <83r3jm7zw1.fsf@gnu.org> <87lh9tkby8.fsf@isaac.fritz.box> <83wptd7mif.fsf@gnu.org> <83mvu96qjk.fsf@gnu.org> <83h9kg5yzi.fsf@gnu.org> <83egfk5wwz.fsf@gnu.org> <83bnao5w4s.fsf@gnu.org> <838u5s5q2c.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1448055235 1331 80.91.229.3 (20 Nov 2015 21:33:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 21:33:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rgm@gnu.org, eggert@cs.ucla.edu, deng@randomsample.de, lekktu@gmail.com, bruce.connor.am@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, schwab@suse.de To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 20 22:33:46 2015 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 1ZztJG-0006eA-Pb for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Nov 2015 22:33:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49960 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZztJF-0001vV-TE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Nov 2015 16:33:33 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50490) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZztJD-0001vO-2O for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Nov 2015 16:33:31 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZztJC-0005hS-2X for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Nov 2015 16:33:31 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-pa0-x233.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c03::233]:36049) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZztJ6-0005gb-Ep; Fri, 20 Nov 2015 16:33:24 -0500 Original-Received: by pacdm15 with SMTP id dm15so127717178pac.3; Fri, 20 Nov 2015 13:33:23 -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:mail-followup-to:mime-version:content-type; bh=rx2Bf+ZD58LHeNllL1Kost52fOzgMup5o5WV6GilRhU=; b=YPqQtq9LG2/vcLG34/aLIYrtke7m/a6UfZlFI10MfcJTrWZQxae1BX519/kJwecUxv 974T2wf9wTVgShiPvHmg0xdCOZ0UDZGeifVCZBpSJEbR5wY2+8bi16qjlJFZRwyzkgx5 /fzussGw8UVCOz71MqRc8HoRSRk3mNLjq0mlRrj/Wpoa3dzus+2WuPCBG/IH10V/4hWj arcHrG6RF5YVRHIF9/qqiQ2M87lVPBMfKiJdrpeTD+44+5YQ55hPl4IIPE/ePj6Kb3hQ ajy1Lm/dEKUl00gsW9Kk7X6ljWkYzbBRJr9I7FCj/eYGDOTesDznYcJwjOFUz0KrNYe6 2/oQ== X-Received: by 10.69.4.5 with SMTP id ca5mr8924598pbd.149.1448055203688; Fri, 20 Nov 2015 13:33:23 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from Vulcan.local (76-234-68-79.lightspeed.frokca.sbcglobal.net. [76.234.68.79]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id k2sm488939pfj.25.2015.11.20.13.33.22 (version=TLS1 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 20 Nov 2015 13:33:23 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Original-From: "John Wiegley" Original-Received: by Vulcan.local (Postfix, from userid 501) id 6C44210A5ACA0; Fri, 20 Nov 2015 13:33:22 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <838u5s5q2c.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 20 Nov 2015 23:16:59 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (darwin) Mail-Followup-To: Eli Zaretskii , bruce.connor.am@gmail.com, rgm@gnu.org, eggert@cs.ucla.edu, deng@randomsample.de, lekktu@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, schwab@suse.de X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c03::233 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:194903 Archived-At: >>>>> Eli Zaretskii writes: > I think it does, because currently putting out a major release takes between > 6 and 10 months. That leaves no time for working on any significant new > features, because who if not the most dedicated developers are the driving > force behind making a new major version release-grade stable? We don't have > enough manpower to divide the efforts between 2 branches while working on a > major release. Ok, how about a tick-tock schedule then, while we lack such manpower? Release focus year 1, next release feature focus year 2, etc. Perhaps this is even what you meant. John