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New make target for Windows platform: make dist (bug#6602) * admin/admin.el: Write version number to nt/makefile.w32-in. * admin/nt/makedist.bat: Remove; replaced with `zipdist.bat' in the nt/ directory. * admin/nt/README.W32: Relocate to nt/ directory. * etc/NEWS: Document new --distfiles configure.bat option and `dist' make target on Windows. * nt/INSTALL: Document new dist target and add section about creating binary distributions. * nt/configure.bat: New parameter `--distfiles'. * nt/makefile.w32-in: Add version number, new target `dist'. Add new target `install-shortcuts'. * nt/zipdist.bat: New file; create zipped binary distribution, replaces admin/nt/makedist.bat.

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Development normally takes places on the trunk.
Sometimes specialized features are developed on separate branches
before possibly being merged to the trunk.

Development is discussed on the emacs-devel mailing list.

Sometime before the release of a new major version of Emacs (eg 23.2),
a "feature freeze" is imposed on the trunk.  No new features may be
added after this point.  This is usually some months before the release.

Shortly before the release, a release branch is created, and the
trunk is then free for development.
For example, "emacs-23" for Emacs 23.2 and later, "EMACS_23_1_RC" for
23.1, "EMACS_22_BASE" for 22.x, and "EMACS_21_1_RC" for 21.x.

Consult emacs-devel for exactly what kinds of changes are allowed
on what branch at any time.

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