Re: Feature freeze on October 1

[Chong Yidong]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

>> We are planning to experiment with a short freeze this time round.  The
>> current idea is to freeze for about a month, make the release branch,
>> then open the trunk for commits.
>
> Not sure what would be the difference between one-month freeze and
> zero-month freeze.

Judging by past experience, the month after the freeze is spent cleaning
up various changes squeezed in at (and after) the last minute.  A
one-month freeze seems like a good solution, to avoid dealing with the
hassle of merging to another branch during this period.