admin/FOR-RELEASE

   1 Tasks needed before the next release.
   2
   3 * TO BE DONE SHORTLY BEFORE RELEASE
   4
   5 ** Manuals
   6 Check cross-references between the manuals (eg from emacs to elisp)
   7 are correct.  You can use something like the following in the info
   8 directory in the Emacs build tree:
   9
  10 emacs -Q --eval "(setq Info-default-directory-list '(\".\"))" \
  11   -f info-xref-check-all
  12
  13 make emacs.dvi, elisp.dvi, and deal with any errors (undefined
  14 references etc) in the output.  Break any overfull lines.
  15 Underfull hboxes are not serious, but it can be nice to get rid of
  16 them if a simple rephrasing or rearrangement will work.
  17
  18 Update the master menu and detailed menu (eg the antinews version).
  19 The command texinfo-multiple-files-update can do this, but you
  20 probably want to apply the results selectively (eg the current master
  21 menu has better line-breaks than the automatic version).  It includes
  22 the menu-entry name (if there is one) as well as the node name - using
  23 only the latter looks better.  Also, it doesn't seem to handle nested
  24 includes, so will miss edebug.texi etc.
  25
  26 Check for widow and orphan lines in the printed manual; make sure all
  27 the pages really look ok in the manual as formatted.  Orphans/widows
  28 are cases where the first/last line of a paragraph is on its own at
  29 the end/start of a page, or where the last word in a paragraph is on
  30 its own at the start of a line.  It looks better if you reword/respace
  31 things to avoid these.  (AFAIK, there is no way to find these except
  32 paging through the whole manual.)  This should be the very last thing
  33 you do, since any change can alter the layout.
  34
  35 ** Check the keybindings in the refcards are correct, and add any new ones.
  36 Regenerate the pdf versions in etc/refcards/.
  37 What paper size are the English versions supposed to be on?
  38 On Debian testing, the packages texlive-lang-czechslovak and
  39 texlive-lang-polish will let you generate the cs-* and sk-* pdfs.
  40 The Makefile rules did not work for me, I had to use something like:
  41 csplain -output-format=pdf cs-refcard
  42
  43 ** Ask maintainers of refcard translations to update them.
  44
  45 Emacs 22 translators:
  46
  47 LANG    Translator            Status
  48 cs      Pavel Janík
  49 de      Sven Joachim
  50 fr      Eric Jacoboni
  51 pl      Włodek Bzyl
  52 pt-br   Rodrigo Real
  53 ru      Alex Ott
  54 sk      Miroslav Vaško
  55
  56 ** Remove temporary +++/--- lines in NEWS.
  57
  58 ** Try to reorder NEWS: most important things first, related items together.
  59
  60 ** Consider bumping customize-changed-options-previous-release.
  61
  62 * BUGS
  63
  64 ** Does deleting frames run Lisp code?  If so, can we get rid of that?
  65 It is a dangerous design.
  66 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-09/msg01330.html
  67
  68 ** Why were the calls to x_fully_uncatch_errors commented out in eval.c?
  69 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-09/msg01987.html
  70
  71 ** rms: gnus-dired.el is a mistake.  Those features should not
  72 be part of Gnus.  They should be moved to some other part of Emacs.
  73 rsteib: Gnus dependencies in `gnus-dired.el' (and `mailcap.el') have been
  74 minimized.  I don't know what is left to do here.
  75
  76 ** Check for modes which bind M-s that conflicts with a new global binding M-s
  77 and change key bindings where necessary.  The current list of modes:
  78
  79 1. Gnus binds `M-s' to `gnus-summary-search-article-forward'.
  80
  81 2. Minibuffer binds `M-s' to `next-matching-history-element'
  82    (not useful any more since C-s can now search in the history).
  83
  84 3. `center-line' in Text mode was already moved to the text formatting
  85    keymap as `M-o M-s' (thus this binding is not necessary any more
  86    in `nroff-mode-map' too and can be removed now from the nroff mode
  87    because it can now use the global key binding `M-o M-s' `center-line').
  88
  89 4. PCL-CVS binds `M-s' to `cvs-status', and log-edit-mode binds it to
  90    `log-edit-comment-search-forward'.  Perhaps search commands
  91    on the global key binding `M-s' are useless in these modes.
  92
  93 ** sdl.web@gmail.com, 30 Oct: ps-lpr-switches has no effect
  94 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-10/msg02091.html
  95
  96 Fixed by this change?
  97
  98 2007-11-09  Vinicius Jose Latorre  <viniciusjl@ig.com.br>
  99
 100         * ps-print.el: [...]
 101         (ps-do-despool): If ps-lpr-switches is not a list, force it to be one.
 102
 103 ** In C, use EMACS_INT for variables and structure members
 104 for buffer/string positions.  E.g. struct it, struct text_pos.
 105
 106 * DOCUMENTATION
 107
 108 ** Clean up Emacs.app references in code and documentation.
 109
 110 ** Document new font backend
 111
 112 ** Document XEmbed support
 113
 114 ** Check the Emacs Tutorial.
 115
 116 The first line of every tutorial must begin with text ending in a
 117 period (".", ASCII 0x2E) saying "Emacs Tutorial" in the respective
 118 language. This should be followed by "See end for copying conditions",
 119 likewise in the respective language.
 120
 121 After each file name, on the same line or the following line, come the
 122 names of the people who have checked it.
 123
 124 SECTION                  READERS
 125 ----------------------------------
 126 etc/TUTORIAL             rgm (but see Bug#3783)
 127 etc/TUTORIAL.bg
 128 etc/TUTORIAL.cn
 129 etc/TUTORIAL.cs
 130 etc/TUTORIAL.de          Werner Lemberg
 131 etc/TUTORIAL.eo
 132 etc/TUTORIAL.es
 133 etc/TUTORIAL.fr
 134 etc/TUTORIAL.it
 135 etc/TUTORIAL.ja
 136 etc/TUTORIAL.ko
 137 etc/TUTORIAL.nl
 138 etc/TUTORIAL.pl
 139 etc/TUTORIAL.pt_BR
 140 etc/TUTORIAL.ro
 141 etc/TUTORIAL.ru
 142 etc/TUTORIAL.sk
 143 etc/TUTORIAL.sl
 144 etc/TUTORIAL.sv
 145 etc/TUTORIAL.th
 146 etc/TUTORIAL.zh
 147
 148 ** Check the manual.
 149
 150 abbrevs.texi      -- cyd
 151 ack.texi          -- rgm
 152 anti.texi
 153 arevert-xtra.texi
 154 basic.texi        -- cyd
 155 buffers.texi      -- cyd
 156 building.texi     -- cyd
 157 calendar.texi     -- rgm
 158 cal-xtra.texi     -- rgm
 159 cmdargs.texi      -- cyd
 160 commands.texi     -- cyd
 161 custom.texi       -- cyd
 162 dired.texi        -- cyd
 163 dired-xtra.texi
 164 display.texi      -- cyd
 165 emacs.texi        -- cyd
 166 emacs-xtra.texi
 167 emerge-xtra.texi
 168 entering.texi     -- cyd
 169 files.texi        -- cyd
 170 fixit.texi        -- cyd
 171 fortran-xtra.texi -- rgm
 172 frames.texi       -- cyd
 173 glossary.texi
 174 help.texi         -- cyd
 175 indent.texi       -- cyd
 176 killing.texi      -- cyd
 177 kmacro.texi       -- cyd
 178 macos.texi     -- davidswelt
 179 maintaining.texi  -- cyd
 180 major.texi        -- cyd
 181 mark.texi         -- cyd
 182 mini.texi         -- cyd
 183 misc.texi         -- cyd
 184 msdog.texi        -- eliz
 185 msdog-xtra.texi   -- eliz
 186 mule.texi         -- cyd
 187 m-x.texi          -- cyd
 188 programs.texi     -- cyd
 189 regs.texi         -- cyd
 190 rmail.texi        -- rgm
 191 screen.texi       -- cyd
 192 search.texi       -- cyd
 193 sending.texi      -- rgm (maybe needs some brief mailclient.el details in
 194                           "Mail Sending" section?)
 195 text.texi         -- cyd
 196 trouble.texi      -- cyd
 197 windows.texi      -- rudalics
 198 xresources.texi   -- cyd
 199
 200 ** Check the Lisp manual.
 201
 202 abbrevs.texi      -- cyd
 203 advice.texi       -- cyd
 204 anti.texi         -- cyd
 205 back.texi
 206 backups.texi      -- cyd
 207 buffers.texi      -- cyd
 208 commands.texi     -- cyd
 209 compile.texi      -- cyd
 210 control.texi      -- cyd
 211 customize.texi    -- cyd
 212 debugging.texi    -- cyd
 213 display.texi      -- cyd
 214 edebug.texi
 215 elisp.texi
 216 errors.texi       -- cyd
 217 eval.texi         -- cyd
 218 files.texi        -- cyd
 219 frames.texi       -- cyd
 220 functions.texi    -- cyd
 221 hash.texi         -- cyd
 222 help.texi         -- cyd
 223 hooks.texi        -- cyd
 224 index.texi
 225 internals.texi    -- cyd
 226 intro.texi        -- cyd
 227 keymaps.texi      -- cyd
 228 lists.texi        -- cyd
 229 loading.texi      -- cyd
 230 locals.texi       -- cyd
 231 macros.texi       -- cyd
 232 maps.texi         -- cyd
 233 markers.texi      -- cyd
 234 minibuf.texi      -- cyd
 235 modes.texi        -- cyd
 236 nonascii.texi     -- cyd
 237 numbers.texi      -- cyd
 238 objects.texi      -- cyd
 239 os.texi           -- cyd
 240 positions.texi    -- cyd
 241 processes.texi
 242 searching.texi    -- cyd
 243 sequences.texi    -- cyd
 244 streams.texi      -- cyd
 245 strings.texi      -- cyd
 246 symbols.texi      -- cyd
 247 syntax.texi       -- cyd
 248 text.texi         -- cyd
 249 tips.texi         -- cyd
 250 variables.texi    -- cyd
 251 windows.texi      -- rudalics
 252
 253 * PLANNED ADDITIONS
 254
 255 ** pov-mode (probably not for Emacs-23: waiting for a Free POV-Ray).
 256 ** gas-mode ?
 257
 258 \f
 259 Local variables:
 260 mode: outline
 261 coding: utf-8
 262 end: