Where is Emacs 21.4

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 06:05:08PM +0200, Martin Schmitz wrote:

> Matt Zimmerman schrieb:
> > On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 01:15:28PM +0200, Martin Schmitz wrote:
> > 
> >> on Februar the 6th. Emacs 21.4 was released. I wonder why this release
> >> does not made it's way into hoary. Is there any chance that it will?
> > 
> > http://www.ubuntu.com/wiki/HoaryReleaseSchedule
> > 
> > should answer your questions.
> 
> Not really. It says:  January 3rd - UpstreamVersionFreeze, but I saw
> *lots* of "New Upstream-Version" in Changelogs over the last few days.

UpstreamVersionFreeze is the point past which "it's newer" is no longer
sufficient justification for exposing ourselves to the risks inherent in
updating to a newer version.

If you click that hyperlink, you'll see the exceptions and criteria.
Decisions on new versions are ultimately taken based on a cost/benefit
judgement: if a new version exposes us to some unknowns, but fixes very
severe bugs, and the risk of breaking other packages is slight, it can be
considered.

> So, your answer makes quite clear that there will be no Emacs 21.4 in
> Hoary, but I still wonder why.

You can also see from the chart that today, April 1st, is within a very
strict state of freeze, only 7 days from our final release.

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 - mdz