Re: [updated PATCH] %language declaration

[Joel E. Denny]

On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Paul Eggert wrote:

> "Joel E. Denny" <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > Sorry, Paul.  This was my suggestion.  I feel like %language is rather 
> > new, and there are a few details we're not sure about.
> 
> It is starting to bother me that CVS Bison now has so many features
> labeled as "experimental".

After a few test releases, we may feel better about removing some of those 
labels.

> Historically, the Bison mainline is not
> really designed for experimentation.

How were developing features handled in the past?  Perhaps we should just 
not document experimental features.  We could check an alternate version 
of the manual into CVS.  But then who would ever give us feedback on them?

> Perhaps we should move the the experimental features to a branch.  On
> that branch, it'd be OK to describe stuff as experimental in the
> manual.

CVS branching?