From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs release numbering 21.4 vs. 22.1 Date: 25 Feb 2004 19:07:31 +0100 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200402231805.i1NI5Zt28617@f7.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1077732715 18779 80.91.224.253 (25 Feb 2004 18:11:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 18:11:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "Kim F. Storm" , rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 25 19:11:45 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 1Aw3VY-0000XH-00 for ; Wed, 25 Feb 2004 19:11:44 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Aw3VX-0004rZ-00 for ; Wed, 25 Feb 2004 19:11:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1Aw3Sk-0007Pt-QA for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 25 Feb 2004 13:08:50 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1Aw3SD-0007N1-Qd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Feb 2004 13:08:17 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1Aw3Re-00073c-RN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Feb 2004 13:08:15 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1Aw3Re-00073M-FV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Feb 2004 13:07:42 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1Aw3Qa-0002En-RU; Wed, 25 Feb 2004 13:06:37 -0500 Original-To: Stefan Monnier In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 15 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 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:20189 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:20189 Stefan Monnier writes: > I personally don't care about version numbers and not even about > whether the next release will include unicode and/or bidi, but OTOH > I really care about the timeline: I want a feature freeze > real-soon-now, so if we want unicode in there, we'd better merge > unicode right away (even if it's not perfect yet). I copy that sentiment about the timeline: it feels somewhat silly if you are going to annual conferences and tell people several times in a row "oh, and the stuff I'm showing you will come with the next non-bugfix release of Emacs". -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum