Re: New Package for NonGNU-ELPA: clojure-ts-mode

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 27/08/2023 19:04, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> > How did you decide when to draw the line between Emacs 29 and Emacs 30?
>
> That's when the release branch is cut.  But doing so doesn't determine
> the future release date, except very roughly.
>
> When to cut the release branch is up to the maintainers, and IME the
> reasons are not fixed.  The mount of new features and the time since
> the last major release are important factors, though.

There is a fair amount of leeway and personal judgment in when to 
consider a release to be "ready", so it's possible that we could try.

> > >               And why should we take them into account, and not the
> > > other way around?  I have never seen a Debian (or any other distro)
> > > approach us asking when the next release is expected.
> >
> > That is true, but I don't see any reason why there shouldn't be any
> > cooperation.
>
> Neither do I, but cooperation is a two-way street.
>
> There's also a problem that we rarely can promise a certain release
> date, because there are factors out of our control, such as the bugs
> and regressions reported during pretest, the resources that can
> dwindle due to "Real Life", etc.

If we do manage to release Emacs versions (most or all) before Debian's 
cutoff dates, that would mean larger user base and more testing to be 
done on the release right away. Perhaps if we fall into cadence, some 
people would then come regularly from Debian's side and test the 
pretests in advance, to check that everything is in order.

That's a possible "two way street", but it's not something that can be 
agreed to beforehand, I guess, not in the least because we won't want to 
give any guarantees at the start.