Re: Pre-release commit etiquette

[JD Smith]

On Apr 25, 2007, at 9:25 PM, Richard Stallman wrote:

>     What are the rules for a commit pre-release?
>
> I have trouble parsing that question.

It wasn't clear to me if there is a general freeze on all types of  
changes in advance of release, and whether the procedure for  
committing changes to the release branch is different from normal  
trunk commits.

>       If you have a small bug
>     fix for the release version, should it:
>
>     1. Be added to the branch EMACS_22_BASE, for later merger into  
> HEAD.
>     2. Be added to both the branch and HEAD.
>
> You should install it in the trunk, and install it in the Emacs 22  
> branch
> if it should go in that branch.

OK, thanks.  I didn't want to presume.