Re: Feature freezes and Emacs 25

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: David Kastrup <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2015 09:32:36 +0100
> 
> > Let us officially freeze in one weeks, next Friday, Nov 13 at 11:59 PM
> > UTC, so that any ready, last minute features can get in before 25.1 is
> > closed.
> 
> That sounds like a free-for-all.  With the development cycles of Emacs,
> rushing in last-minute features might come at costs of half a year.

Why is that a problem?  We are in no rush to have another major
release.  On the contrary, IMO having a major release with no major
new features is not a good idea.  Emacs 25.1 shouldn't be anything
like 24.6 could have been.