admin/FOR-RELEASE

   1 Tasks needed before the next release.
   2
   3 * NEW FEATURES
   4
   5 ** Face remapping.
   6
   7 ** Make VC-over-Tramp work where possible, or at least fail
   8 gracefully if something isn't supported over Tramp.
   9 To be done by Andre Spiegel <spiegel@gnu.org>.
  10
  11 ** define-minor-mode should not put :require into defcustom.
  12 See msg from rms to emacs-devel on 21 Dec.
  13
  14 ** Update Speedbar.
  15
  16 ** Enhance scroll-bar to handle tall line (similar to line-move).
  17
  18
  19 * FATAL ERRORS
  20
  21 ** Investigate reported crashes in compact_small_strings.
  22
  23 ** Investigate reported crashes related to using an
  24 invalid pointer from string_free_list.
  25
  26
  27 * LOSSAGE
  28
  29 ** Clean up flymake.el to follow Emacs Lisp conventions.
  30
  31 ** Fix up url-ldap.el.
  32
  33 * BUGS
  34
  35 ** Ange-ftp should ignore irrelevant IPv6 errors:
  36
  37 Message-Id: <4121-Tue23Mar2004165249+0100-piet@cs.uu.nl>
  38 From: "Piet van Oostrum" <piet@cs.uu.nl>
  39 To: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org
  40 Subject: Ange-ftp can't deal with IPV6/IPV4 fallback
  41
  42 Symptoms:
  43
  44 C-x C-f /ftp.nluug.nl:/
  45
  46 The problem is that the DNS first gives an IPV6 address. However our
  47 router doesn't do IPV6. Ftp then falls back to IPV4:
  48
  49 ftp> open ftp.nluug.nl
  50 Trying 2001:610:1:80aa:192:87:102:36...
  51 ftp: connect to address 2001:610:1:80aa:192:87:102:36: No route to host
  52 Trying 192.87.102.36...
  53 Connected to ftp.nluug.nl.
  54
  55 Ange-ftp chokes on the `No route to host' message and doesn't look any
  56 further.
  57
  58 I think in the near future we will see more of this problem, so it might be
  59 time to make anfe-ftp more intelligent.
  60
  61
  62 * GTK RELATED BUGS
  63
  64 ** Make GTK scrollbars behave like others w.r.t. overscrolling.
  65
  66
  67 * REDISPLAY RELATED BUGS
  68
  69 ** Avoid unbreakable loops in redisplay.
  70
  71 Redisplay may loop if there is an error in some display property, e.g.
  72      (space 'left-margin)
  73
  74 A fix would be to somehow disable handling of display properties if an error
  75 is encountered.
  76
  77
  78 ** custom mode-line face makes Emacs freeze up
  79
  80 From: Stephen Berman <Stephen.Berman@gmx.net>
  81 Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 02:08:56 +0200
  82
  83 1. Start Emacs with -q -no-site-file.
  84
  85 2. Type `M-x customize-face' and at the prompt `mode-line'.
  86
  87 3. In the Custom buffer for mode-line face
  88    a. check width and give it the value `narrow';
  89    b. check height and give it the value 120 in 1/10 pt;
  90    c. check underline and give it the value `on' (or `colored');
  91    d. check overline and give it the value `on' (or `colored').
  92
  93 4. Set for current session.
  94
  95 5. Invoke Ediff on any two files.
  96
  97 6. Now Emacs is frozen and consumes 95-99% of CPU.
  98
  99 The customizations in step 3 appear to be the minimum necessary to
 100 induce this bug.  Leave out any one of them and Ediff runs without a
 101 problem.  Also if the 1/10 point value of height is 130 or greater
 102 there's no bug (with the default font family; with e.g. Helvetica the
 103 bug is induced only by a value of 100 or less).
 104
 105 I've noticed this freeze up only when invoking Ediff.  The only thing
 106 I've been able to do is kill Emacs externally, via top or with kill
 107 when run in gdb, after interrupting.  When the freeze up happens
 108 within a gdb session, there is no automatic debugging feedback.  After
 109 interrupting I can get a backtrace, here's an example:
 110
 111 Update: Maybe only reveals itself when compiled with GTK+
 112
 113
 114 * DOCUMENTATION
 115
 116 ** Document Custom Themes.
 117
 118 ** Finish updating the Emacs Lisp manual.
 119
 120 ** Update the Emacs manual.
 121
 122 *** Update man/info.texi.
 123
 124 *** Update man/ack.texi.
 125
 126 ** Add missing years in copyright notices of all files.
 127
 128 ** Update AUTHORS.
 129
 130 ** Reorder NEWS entries.
 131
 132 ** Check the Emacs manual.
 133
 134 Each manual section should be checked for factual correctness
 135 regarding recent changes by at least two people.  After each file
 136 name, on the same line or the following line, come the names of the
 137 people who have checked it.
 138
 139
 140 SECTION             READERS
 141 -----------------------------
 142 man/abbrevs.texi    Chong Yidong    Joakim Verona
 143 man/anti.texi
 144 man/basic.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 145 man/buffers.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 146 man/building.texi   "Ted Zlatanov" <tzz@lifelogs.com>
 147 man/calendar.texi   joakim@verona.se  Chong Yidong
 148 man/cmdargs.texi    Chong Yidong
 149 man/commands.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 150 man/custom.texi     Chong Yidong
 151 man/dired.texi      Chong Yidong     joakim@verona.se
 152 man/display.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 153 man/emacs.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"
 154 man/entering.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 155 man/files.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 156 man/fixit.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 157 man/frames.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 158 man/glossary.texi   Chong Yidong
 159 man/help.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 160 man/indent.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 161 man/killing.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 162 man/kmacro.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 163 man/macos.texi
 164 man/maintaining.texi
 165 man/major.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 166 man/mark.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 167 man/mini.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 168 man/misc.texi       Chong Yidong
 169 man/msdog.texi      Chong Yidong
 170 man/mule.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"
 171 man/m-x.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 172 man/picture.texi    Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>   Chong Yidong
 173 man/programs.texi   "Stephen Eglen"  Chong Yidong
 174 man/regs.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 175 man/rmail.texi      Chong Yidong
 176 man/screen.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 177 man/search.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 178 man/sending.texi    Chong Yidong
 179 man/text.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 180 man/trouble.texi    Chong Yidong
 181 man/windows.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 182 man/xresources.texi
 183
 184 ** Check the Emacs Lisp manual.
 185
 186 Each manual section should be checked for factual correctness
 187 regarding recent changes by at least two people.  After each file
 188 name, on the same line or the following line, come the names of the
 189 people who have checked it.
 190
 191 SECTION                  READERS
 192 ----------------------------------
 193 lispref/abbrevs.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 194 lispref/advice.texi      joakim@verona.se  Chong Yidong
 195 lispref/anti.texi
 196 lispref/backups.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 197 lispref/buffers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 198 lispref/calendar.texi    Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>  Chong Yidong
 199 lispref/commands.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 200 lispref/compile.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 201 lispref/control.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 202 lispref/customize.texi   Chong Yidong
 203 lispref/debugging.texi   Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>   Lute Kamstra
 204 lispref/display.texi     Chong Yidong
 205 lispref/edebug.texi      Chong Yidong
 206 lispref/elisp.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"
 207 lispref/errors.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"
 208 lispref/eval.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 209 lispref/files.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 210 lispref/frames.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 211 lispref/functions.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 212 lispref/hash.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 213 lispref/help.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 214 lispref/hooks.texi
 215 lispref/internals.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 216 lispref/intro.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"
 217 lispref/keymaps.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 218 lispref/lists.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 219 lispref/loading.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 220 lispref/locals.texi
 221 lispref/macros.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 222 lispref/maps.texi
 223 lispref/markers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 224 lispref/minibuf.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 225 lispref/modes.texi       Chong Yidong
 226 lispref/nonascii.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 227 lispref/numbers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 228 lispref/objects.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 229 lispref/os.texi          "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 230 lispref/positions.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 231 lispref/processes.texi   Chong Yidong
 232 lispref/searching.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 233 lispref/sequences.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 234 lispref/streams.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 235 lispref/strings.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 236 lispref/symbols.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 237 lispref/syntax.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 238 lispref/text.texi        Chong Yidong
 239 lispref/tips.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 240 lispref/variables.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 241 lispref/windows.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 242
 243 \f
 244 Local variables:
 245 mode: outline
 246 end: