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Re: 21.2.90 pretest, 21.3, 21.4...
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Karl Eichwalder |
Subject: |
Re: 21.2.90 pretest, 21.3, 21.4... |
Date: |
Tue, 05 Nov 2002 08:02:42 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.090008 (Oort Gnus v0.08) Emacs/21.3.50 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) |
Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
> For 21.3, maybe. But for 21.2, I disagree.
With 21.1 and 21.2 you can destroy your files easily (even RMS was
bitten once[1]); the ordinary user isn't able to those encoding related
problems on his own. Thus, please release 21.3 ASAP -- 21.3 is _very_
important for European users. I don't understand why it takes that
long to release a version fixing these encoding related problems.
I know, resources are limited, but this must not mean to ignore or delay
serious problems. I also put some time in testing the RC and said it is
better than the previous version; but I cannot test a bug fix release
again and again; I need some features from HEAD for my daily work.
Bug fix releases must happen in a timely manner -- otherwise they take
away to many resources from all of us.
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[1] Cf.:
From: Richard Stallman <address@hidden>
Subject: Several serious problems
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Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 11:11:35 -0600 (MDT)
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- 21.2.90 pretest, 21.3, 21.4..., Juanma Barranquero, 2002/11/04
- Re: 21.2.90 pretest, 21.3, 21.4..., Stefan Monnier, 2002/11/04
- Re: 21.2.90 pretest, 21.3, 21.4..., Eli Zaretskii, 2002/11/05
- Re: 21.2.90 pretest, 21.3, 21.4...,
Karl Eichwalder <=
- Re: 21.2.90 pretest, 21.3, 21.4..., Juanma Barranquero, 2002/11/05
- Re: 21.2.90 pretest, 21.3, 21.4..., Eli Zaretskii, 2002/11/05
- Re: 21.2.90 pretest, 21.3, 21.4..., Karl Eichwalder, 2002/11/05
- Re: 21.2.90 pretest, 21.3, 21.4..., Eli Zaretskii, 2002/11/06
- Re: 21.2.90 pretest, 21.3, 21.4..., Karl Eichwalder, 2002/11/06
- Re: 21.2.90 pretest, 21.3, 21.4..., Eli Zaretskii, 2002/11/06
- Re: 21.2.90 pretest, 21.3, 21.4..., Kai Großjohann, 2002/11/08
- Re: 21.2.90 pretest, 21.3, 21.4..., Richard Stallman, 2002/11/07
- Re: 21.2.90 pretest, 21.3, 21.4..., Juanma Barranquero, 2002/11/05
- Re: 21.2.90 pretest, 21.3, 21.4..., Eli Zaretskii, 2002/11/05