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Kyle Jones <kyle_jones@wonderworks.com> writes:

> Translating that in XEmacs-speak, given the size and complexity
> of XEmacs, I'd expect moderate level bugs to be addressed in a
> release three weeks after the first rollout, assuming that the
> bugs are actually fixed by then.  If the bugs aren't fixed then
> an interim release is, obviously, pointless.  And The point of
> the release shoudl be increasing stability, no new features, no
> matter how tempting.

	Hmm, at what points do we add features then?  Or do we maintain
two code trees?  One which is 20.X.? == 20.X + bug fixes, and 20.(X+1).p
== 20.X + bug fixes + new things?

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