Re: Making better use of the "release blocking list" [was: bug#23288: 25.0.92; Clicking on links inserts primary X selection]

[Paul Eggert]

On 05/12/2016 10:21 AM, John Wiegley wrote:
> I only introduced a date to focus our decision making around 25.1, and 
> since
> this is what I'm used to doing to ship software.
>
> HOWEVER, if having a date is stressful or unpleasant for those doing the work,
> we can get rid of it.

The date is arbitrary and should not be driving development. That being 
said, the list of blocking bugs is too long: currently 28 entries, and 
they are largely nontrivial. The list needs to be whittled down.

> I don't mind if Emacs 25 takes another year to happen

I would mind. Two years between releases is too long. This isn't gzip 
we're talking about.