Re: Getting start on Emacs 25.2

[Phillip Lord]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

>> From: John Wiegley <address@hidden>
>> Cc: address@hidden,  address@hidden
>> Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2016 12:41:44 -0700
>> 
>> >>>>> Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
>> 
>> > Alternatively, we could decide that 25.2 will be a bugfix only
>> > release, in which case none of the changes on master should be in it,
>> > only bugs that will be reported hence about the released version.
>> 
>> I think 25.2 should be a bugfix only release, happening very soon.
>
> Then we'd need a good definition of what changes constitute a
> "bugfix".

I don't think anyone has managed that for any form of software. A
working rule of thumb is the best we are likely to get, but that should
be enough.

Phil