Re: Next release

[Dan Nicolaescu]

Chong Yidong <address@hidden> writes:

  > Glenn Morris <address@hidden> writes:
  > 
  > > Nick Roberts wrote:
  > >
  > > I haven't installed anything on EMACS_22_BASE since 22.2, because I
  > > hope 23.1 will be released soon enough to make 22.3 unnecessary. But I
  > > will install things on EMACS_22_BASE if there is going to be, or is
  > > likely to be, a 22.3 release.
  > >
  > > Is there an official answer?
  > 
  > If all goes well, the Emacs 23 freeze will begin sometime in late June,
  > depending on how long Handa's font-backend branch and (hopefully) ECB
  > take to merge into the trunk.  From that point, I'm hoping for around
  > six months of testing until the 23.1 release.  With this time frame, I
  > don't think we will release 22.3 , unless a security hole appears that
  > we need to fix.
  > 
  > In other words, go ahead and check in minor fixed to the branch if you
  > like, but it's not necessary.  Major fixes definitely should *not* go
                                                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   
  > into the branch, since there will be no time to do extensive testing if
  > a security release is needed.

Does the above apply to all platforms?  Looking at src/ChangeLog there
are pages after pages of changes for the Mac, which don't look at all
like minor changes...