admin/FOR-RELEASE

   1 Tasks needed before the next release.
   2
   3 * TO BE DONE SHORTLY BEFORE RELEASE
   4
   5 ** `undo-ask-before-discard', currently set to t for debugging purposes
   6 has to be set to nil: when t, it can leak memory and cause other problems.
   7
   8 ** Update release dates of manuals.
   9
  10 ** Spell check the manuals.
  11
  12 ** Get rid of overfull and underfull boxes in manuals.
  13
  14 ** Check for widow and orphan lines in manuals;
  15 make sure all the pages really look ok in the manual as formatted.
  16
  17 ** Update facemenu-unlisted-faces, adding whatever other
  18 face name prefixes should be in it for good results.
  19
  20 * NEW FEATURES
  21
  22 ** Make VC-over-Tramp work where possible, or at least fail
  23 gracefully if something isn't supported over Tramp.
  24 To be done by Andre Spiegel <spiegel@gnu.org>.
  25
  26 ** Update Speedbar.
  27
  28 ** Update vhdl-mode.el based on changes in
  29    http://opensource.ethz.ch/emacs/vhdl-mode.html.
  30
  31 ** Debug custom themes.
  32
  33 * FATAL ERRORS
  34
  35 ** Investigate reported crashes in compact_small_strings.
  36
  37 ** Investigate reported crashes related to using an
  38 invalid pointer from string_free_list.
  39
  40
  41 * BUGS
  42
  43 ** Bug in ebrowse
  44
  45 Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 17:35:48 +0200
  46 From: Markus Gritsch <gritsch@iue.tuwien.ac.at>
  47
  48 the C++ header file which led to the problematic BROWSE file reads
  49
  50 namespace test {
  51      class Base
  52      {
  53      };
  54
  55      class B : public Base
  56      {
  57      };
  58 }
  59
  60 class A : public test::Base
  61 {
  62 };
  63
  64 The *Tree* is then displayed as
  65
  66    *Globals*
  67    test
  68    test::Base
  69      test::B
  70
  71 The class A seems to be missing.
  72
  73 ** Ange-ftp should ignore irrelevant IPv6 errors:
  74
  75 Message-Id: <4121-Tue23Mar2004165249+0100-piet@cs.uu.nl>
  76 From: "Piet van Oostrum" <piet@cs.uu.nl>
  77 To: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org
  78 Subject: Ange-ftp can't deal with IPV6/IPV4 fallback
  79
  80 Symptoms:
  81
  82 C-x C-f /ftp.nluug.nl:/
  83
  84 The problem is that the DNS first gives an IPV6 address. However our
  85 router doesn't do IPV6. Ftp then falls back to IPV4:
  86
  87 ftp> open ftp.nluug.nl
  88 Trying 2001:610:1:80aa:192:87:102:36...
  89 ftp: connect to address 2001:610:1:80aa:192:87:102:36: No route to host
  90 Trying 192.87.102.36...
  91 Connected to ftp.nluug.nl.
  92
  93 Ange-ftp chokes on the `No route to host' message and doesn't look any
  94 further.
  95
  96 I think in the near future we will see more of this problem, so it might be
  97 time to make anfe-ftp more intelligent.
  98
  99
 100 * FSF's ADDRESS
 101
 102 ** Update the FSF's address in all files.
 103 Lute Kamstra is working on this.
 104
 105
 106 * DOCUMENTATION
 107
 108 ** Document Custom Themes.
 109
 110 ** Update lispref/README.
 111
 112 ** Update man/info.texi.
 113
 114 ** Add missing years in copyright notices of all files.
 115
 116 Policy document admin/notes/years must be updated before
 117 making further progress on this task!!!
 118
 119 Please record your name here and say which part of the distribution
 120 you're going to handle.
 121
 122 DIRECTORY               STATUS          IN CHARGE
 123 ---------               ------          ---------
 124 leim                    working         Kenichi Handa
 125 lisp/calc               working         Thien-Thi Nguyen
 126 lisp/calendar           working         Glenn Morris
 127 lisp/emulation          working         Thien-Thi Nguyen
 128 lisp/eshell             working         Thien-Thi Nguyen
 129 lisp/international      done            Kenichi Handa
 130 lisp/languages          done            Kenichi Handa
 131 lisp/mh-e               working         Thien-Thi Nguyen
 132 lisp/net                working         Thien-Thi Nguyen
 133 lisp/play               working         Thien-Thi Nguyen
 134 lisp/term               working         Thien-Thi Nguyen
 135 lisp/toolbar            working         Thien-Thi Nguyen
 136 lisp/url                working         Thien-Thi Nguyen
 137
 138 ** Update AUTHORS.
 139
 140 ** Check the Emacs manual.
 141
 142 Each manual section should be checked for factual correctness
 143 regarding recent changes by at least two people.  After each file
 144 name, on the same line or the following line, come the names of the
 145 people who have checked it.
 146
 147
 148 SECTION             READERS
 149 -----------------------------
 150 man/abbrevs.texi    Chong Yidong    Joakim Verona
 151 man/anti.texi
 152 man/basic.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 153 man/buffers.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 154 man/building.texi   "Ted Zlatanov" <tzz@lifelogs.com>
 155 man/calendar.texi   joakim@verona.se  Chong Yidong
 156 man/cmdargs.texi    Chong Yidong     "Luc Teirlinck"
 157 man/commands.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 158 man/custom.texi     Chong Yidong
 159 man/dired.texi      Chong Yidong     joakim@verona.se
 160 man/display.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 161 man/emacs.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Lute Kamstra
 162 man/entering.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 163 man/files.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 164 man/fixit.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 165 man/frames.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 166 man/glossary.texi   Chong Yidong
 167 man/help.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 168 man/indent.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 169 man/killing.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 170 man/kmacro.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 171 man/macos.texi
 172 man/maintaining.texi
 173 man/major.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 174 man/mark.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 175 man/mini.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 176 man/misc.texi       Chong Yidong
 177 man/msdog.texi      Chong Yidong
 178 man/mule.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Kenichi Handa
 179 man/m-x.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 180 man/picture.texi    Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>   Chong Yidong
 181 man/programs.texi   "Stephen Eglen"  Chong Yidong
 182 man/regs.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 183 man/rmail.texi      Chong Yidong      "Luc Teirlinck"
 184 man/screen.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 185 man/search.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 186 man/sending.texi    Chong Yidong      "Luc Teirlinck"
 187 man/text.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 188 man/trouble.texi    Chong Yidong
 189 man/windows.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 190 man/xresources.texi
 191
 192 ** Check the Emacs Lisp manual.
 193
 194 Each manual section should be checked for factual correctness
 195 regarding recent changes by at least two people.  After each file
 196 name, on the same line or the following line, come the names of the
 197 people who have checked it.
 198
 199 SECTION                  READERS
 200 ----------------------------------
 201 lispref/abbrevs.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 202 lispref/advice.texi      joakim@verona.se  Chong Yidong
 203 lispref/anti.texi
 204 lispref/backups.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 205 lispref/buffers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 206 lispref/calendar.texi    Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>  Chong Yidong
 207 lispref/commands.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 208 lispref/compile.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 209 lispref/control.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 210 lispref/customize.texi   Chong Yidong
 211 lispref/debugging.texi   Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>   Lute Kamstra
 212 lispref/display.texi     Chong Yidong
 213 lispref/edebug.texi      Chong Yidong      "Luc Teirlinck"
 214 lispref/elisp.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Lute Kamstra
 215 lispref/errors.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"
 216 lispref/eval.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 217 lispref/files.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 218 lispref/frames.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 219 lispref/functions.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 220 lispref/hash.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 221 lispref/help.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 222 lispref/hooks.texi       Lute Kamstra
 223 lispref/internals.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 224 lispref/intro.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"
 225 lispref/keymaps.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 226 lispref/lists.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 227 lispref/loading.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 228 lispref/locals.texi
 229 lispref/macros.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 230 lispref/maps.texi
 231 lispref/markers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 232 lispref/minibuf.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 233 lispref/modes.texi       Chong Yidong
 234 lispref/nonascii.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 235 lispref/numbers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 236 lispref/objects.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 237 lispref/os.texi          "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 238 lispref/positions.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 239 lispref/processes.texi   Chong Yidong      Thien-Thi Nguyen
 240 lispref/searching.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 241 lispref/sequences.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 242 lispref/streams.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 243 lispref/strings.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 244 lispref/symbols.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 245 lispref/syntax.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 246 lispref/text.texi        Chong Yidong
 247 lispref/tips.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 248 lispref/variables.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 249 lispref/windows.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 250
 251 ** Check the Emacs Tutorial.
 252
 253 The first line of every tutorial must begin with text ending in a period
 254 (".", ASCII 0x2E) saying "Emacs Tutorial" in the respective language.
 255 This should be followed by "See end for copying conditions", likewise
 256 in the respective language.
 257
 258 After each file name, on the same line or the following line, come the
 259 names of the people who have checked it.
 260
 261
 262 SECTION                  READERS
 263 ----------------------------------
 264 etc/TUTORIAL             rms
 265 etc/TUTORIAL.bg          Ognyan Kulev <ogi@fmi.uni-sofia.bg>
 266 etc/TUTORIAL.cn
 267 etc/TUTORIAL.cs          Pavel Janík <Pavel@Janik.cz>
 268 etc/TUTORIAL.de          Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org>
 269 etc/TUTORIAL.es          Marcelo Toledo
 270 etc/TUTORIAL.fr          Thien-Thi Nguyen
 271 etc/TUTORIAL.it          Thien-Thi Nguyen
 272 etc/TUTORIAL.ja          Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
 273 etc/TUTORIAL.ko
 274 etc/TUTORIAL.nl          Lute Kamstra
 275 etc/TUTORIAL.pl          Slawomir Nowaczyk <slawek@cs.lth.se>
 276 etc/TUTORIAL.pt_BR       Marcelo Toledo
 277 etc/TUTORIAL.ro
 278 etc/TUTORIAL.ru          Alex Ott <alexott@gmail.com>
 279 etc/TUTORIAL.sk          Pavel Janík <Pavel@Janik.cz>
 280 etc/TUTORIAL.sl          Primoz PETERLIN <primoz.peterlin@biofiz.mf.uni-lj.si>
 281 etc/TUTORIAL.sv          Mats Lidell <matsl@contactor.se>
 282 etc/TUTORIAL.th          Virach Sornlertlamvanich <virach@tcllab.org>
 283 etc/TUTORIAL.zh
 284
 285
 286
 287 \f
 288 Local variables:
 289 mode: outline
 290 end: