Re: 21.2.90 pretest, 21.3, 21.4...

[Stefan Monnier]

> > Maybe this can be achieved by making
> > "smaller" releases, where each new release has fewer new features.
> 
> That requires a higher degree of control than we have now over what
> changes are installed on the trunk.  As long as each change does not
> need to be approved before it's installed, I think we cannot guarantee
> that some new features are postponed.

That's not true.  We can and do declare feature freezes and we can
impose them pretty effectively by shaming the poor soul who disobeys
and undoing his change.  It works very well in practice.


        Stefan