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: It is time for a feature freeze (it is NOW or never). Date: 14 Apr 2004 16:57:25 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <87eks0654s.fsf@sno.mundell.ukfsn.org> <87n06bp4ng.fsf@sno.mundell.ukfsn.org> <8765cwkejr.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <200404071157.UAA25094@etlken.m17n.org> <200404071312.WAA25268@etlken.m17n.org> <87zn9nqras.fsf@emacswiki.org> <87hdvux5uz.fsf@orebokech.com> <87lll6v514.fsf@orebokech.com> <200404100109.KAA03816@etlken.m17n.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1081952285 13415 80.91.224.253 (14 Apr 2004 14:18:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 14:18:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, Kenichi Handa Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 14 16:17:55 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BDlD9-0008WG-00 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 16:17:55 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BDlD9-0001uZ-00 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 16:17:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BDkdo-0000xs-RT for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 09:41:24 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BDkAt-0001gb-O5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 09:11:31 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BDjzy-0008PZ-1C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 09:00:45 -0400 Original-Received: from [212.88.64.25] (helo=mail-relay.sonofon.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BDjxc-0007UE-Jp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 08:57:48 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 95126 invoked from network); 14 Apr 2004 12:57:44 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk) (213.83.150.2) by 0 with SMTP; 14 Apr 2004 12:57:44 -0000 Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 29 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:21625 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:21625 Richard Stallman writes: > In > addition, we must work on mule-related manuals. I dared not > work on manuals in Unicode branch to avoid conflict with > frequent changes in HEAD. > > In that case, I guess we should aim for a release without the unicode > branch. And certainly without the multi-tty branch. (As for the > tiling and lexical branches, I am not convinced I want to make those > changes.) So when do we declare "feature freeze" ? May 1st ? > > However, this reminds me that we need to update the Emacs Manual. I > updated the Emacs Lisp manual myself some 6 months ago, but aside from > Luc Teirlink who has done a lot of work, most of you have not helped > me check it. Now it is out of print. But I don't know if I can > update the Emacs Manual. I can barely keep up with my work, and I am > injured. Once we have "feature freeze", it will be a good time for everyone to update the manuals to reflect their additions (hopefully documented in etc/NEWS). -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk