Re: please consider emacs-unicode for pervasive changes

[Stefan Monnier]

>     >     - feature freeze on the trunk.
>     >     - create a branch for Emacs_21_4 where we can commit bug-fixes 
> during
>     >       the subsequent debugging+pretest+maintenance period.
>     >     - merge the emacs-unicode changes onto the trunk.
>     > 
>     > This is unacceptable unless the emacs-unicode changes are almost ready
>     > for real installation.
> 
>     I'm not sure I understand why.  The three steps don't need to all take
>     place at the very same time.
> 
> If all you're proposing for right now is a feature freeze on the
> trunk, the question is, do we want one now?  I don't think so.
> I would like to get the GDB enhancements in.

I don't suggest a feature freeze right here and now, but I think it's
time to think about it.  A list of "things still to be included" would
be a first start, so that when those things are all included
we can freeze.


        Stefan