Andrea Corallo writes with some good news: Emacs 30.0.93, the third pretest for Emacs 30.1 is now available for download and testing. The developers are hoping that this is the last pretest before the final release procedure begins.
This should serve as a definitive answer to those who keep insisting that Emacs is dead technology. The update cycle is robust and ongoing. Indeed, I would claim that it’s optimal. The project is not releasing updates every month as a new, incomplete project would, but neither is the project moribund. Rather, it makes fairly consistent yearly major updates as well as bug fix releases in between.
If you don’t mind living on the edge, download and test the new pretest. It will help move the release process forward and get us to Emacs 30 sooner. Even if you can’t help test the new release, raise a glass to the developers who work so hard for nothing besides the love of their work that makes all our lives better.