From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [jerome.marant@free.fr: Re: Possible help with stable Emacs releases.] Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:37:10 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <1096291271.415813c757a26@imp6-q.free.fr> <20040927134714.GA20012@fencepost> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1096380930 4123 80.91.229.6 (28 Sep 2004 14:15:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:15:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, Stefan Monnier , J?r?me Marant , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 28 16:15:14 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CCIl8-0007Zm-00 for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 16:15:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CCIrQ-0002lr-H8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:21:44 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CCIrF-0002kc-H8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:21:33 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CCIrE-0002jd-Du for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:21:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CCIrE-0002jT-C1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:21:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.41.8] (helo=mx20.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1CCIk1-0007YX-Hb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:14:05 -0400 Original-Received: from [212.88.64.25] (helo=mail-relay.sonofon.dk) by mx20.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CCHG9-0003PB-Ab for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 08:39:09 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 82705 invoked from network); 28 Sep 2004 12:37:07 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk) (213.83.150.2) by 0 with SMTP; 28 Sep 2004 12:37:07 -0000 Original-To: Miles Bader In-Reply-To: <20040927134714.GA20012@fencepost> (Miles Bader's message of "Mon, 27 Sep 2004 09:47:14 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) 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: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:27642 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:27642 Miles Bader writes: > On Mon, Sep 27, 2004 at 03:21:11PM +0200, J?r?me Marant wrote: >> Please comment on my other reply. We do not intend to do anything >> with 21.3. This is a general practice that could be started once >> the next trunk is released. >> You are telling that it is a waste of time: are you saying that >> the time we spend providing bugfixes for Debian users of Emacs >> is a waste of time? > > I think it's a great idea if it starts from 21.4 like you said. > > It would mean that the somewhat moribund "bugfix" branches in Emacs CVS would > actually be rather more actively updated, thanks to the Debian maintainers. > Since it they're _already_ doing that work (in Debian), it won't mean much > extra burden for them. > > So (1) Emacs users win (get more robust minor bugfix releases), (2) Emacs > maintainers win (have happier uers, and can worry less about rushing out > major releases because more bugs get fixed in the bug-fix releases), and > (3) the Debian maintainers win (by getting a wider audience for their > fixes, without all that much extra work). > > Geez, what's there _not_ to like about this plan...? I agree. This would be great! -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk