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 * FATAL ERRORS
  17
  18 ** Investigate face cache related crash.
  19
  20 Indications: Face cache seems to have been cleared, but
  21 redisplay uses an invalidated face_id with FACE_FROM_ID
  22 which then returns a NULL pointer.  Said to happen with
  23 isearch faces.
  24
  25 ** Investigate reported crashes in compact_small_strings.
  26
  27 ** Investigate reported crashes related to using an
  28 invalid pointer from string_free_list.
  29
  30
  31 * LOSSAGE
  32
  33 ** Clean up flymake.el to follow Emacs Lisp conventions.
  34
  35 ** Fix up url-ldap.el.
  36
  37 ** url/*.el has lots of `(declare (special ...))' which
  38 are meaningless.  What's that trying to do?
  39
  40 * BUGS
  41
  42 ** Ange-ftp should ignore irrelevant IPv6 errors:
  43
  44 Message-Id: <4121-Tue23Mar2004165249+0100-piet@cs.uu.nl>
  45 From: "Piet van Oostrum" <piet@cs.uu.nl>
  46 To: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org
  47 Subject: Ange-ftp can't deal with IPV6/IPV4 fallback
  48
  49 Symptoms:
  50
  51 C-x C-f /ftp.nluug.nl:/
  52
  53 The problem is that the DNS first gives an IPV6 address. However our
  54 router doesn't do IPV6. Ftp then falls back to IPV4:
  55
  56 ftp> open ftp.nluug.nl
  57 Trying 2001:610:1:80aa:192:87:102:36...
  58 ftp: connect to address 2001:610:1:80aa:192:87:102:36: No route to host
  59 Trying 192.87.102.36...
  60 Connected to ftp.nluug.nl.
  61
  62 Ange-ftp chokes on the `No route to host' message and doesn't look any
  63 further.
  64
  65 I think in the near future we will see more of this problem, so it might be
  66 time to make anfe-ftp more intelligent.
  67
  68 ** pcvs bug:
  69
  70 In a CVS mode buffer created using the `cvs-examine' command, if I
  71 commit a file in a subdirectory, after committing the line is not
  72 updated with the version of the new revision.  Instead, a line is added
  73 in the buffer in the top directory listing.
  74
  75 Example: I start with this:
  76
  77 ,----
  78 | In directory .:
  79 |               Unknown                 .htaccess
  80 |               Unknown                 404.php
  81 |               Unknown                 rain.jpg
  82 | In directory include:
  83 |               Modified                include/foo.include
  84 `----
  85
  86 I commit the file include/foo.include using `c' on the corresponding
  87 line.  I get:
  88
  89 ,----
  90 | In directory .:
  91 |               Unknown                 .htaccess
  92 |               Unknown                 404.php
  93 | committed     Up-To-Date  1.13        foo.include
  94 |               Unknown                 rain.jpg
  95 | In directory include:
  96 |               Modified                include/foo.include
  97 `----
  98
  99 There is no file named foo.include in the top directory. This bug
 100 appeared sometime before October 2004 and now.
 101
 102
 103
 104 * GTK RELATED BUGS
 105
 106 ** Make GTK scrollbars behave like others w.r.t. overscrolling.
 107
 108
 109 * REDISPLAY RELATED BUGS
 110
 111 ** Strange text scrolling with Emacs + GTK
 112
 113 > I could reproduce the problem with the latest CVS.
 114 >
 115 >   % emacs -Q
 116 >   M-x info RET
 117 >   M->
 118 >   C-l
 119 >   C-x ( C-u - 1 C-v C-x )
 120 >   C-x e e e e ...
 121 >
 122 > I see the problem around "CC mode" and "Forms".
 123
 124 It is not specific for the first line of a buffer.
 125
 126 Rather it happens for lines which are indented but the
 127 indentation is controlled by a display property and
 128 the newline is part of that display property -- in
 129 that case, the indentation is not recognized for the
 130 first display line.
 131
 132
 133 ** Avoid unbreakable loops in redisplay.
 134
 135 Redisplay may loop if there is an error in some display property, e.g.
 136      (space 'left-margin)
 137
 138 A fix would be to somehow disable handling of display properties if an error
 139 is encountered.
 140
 141
 142 ** Problem with modeline and window margins:
 143
 144 The mode line's right "box" line is misplaced under the right margin,
 145 rather than at the right window edge.
 146
 147 emacs -Q
 148 (set-window-margins nil 25 25)
 149 C-x 2
 150
 151
 152 ** custom mode-line face makes Emacs freeze up
 153
 154 From: Stephen Berman <Stephen.Berman@gmx.net>
 155 Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 02:08:56 +0200
 156
 157 1. Start Emacs with -q -no-site-file.
 158
 159 2. Type `M-x customize-face' and at the prompt `mode-line'.
 160
 161 3. In the Custom buffer for mode-line face
 162    a. check width and give it the value `narrow';
 163    b. check height and give it the value 120 in 1/10 pt;
 164    c. check underline and give it the value `on' (or `colored');
 165    d. check overline and give it the value `on' (or `colored').
 166
 167 4. Set for current session.
 168
 169 5. Invoke Ediff on any two files.
 170
 171 6. Now Emacs is frozen and consumes 95-99% of CPU.
 172
 173 The customizations in step 3 appear to be the minimum necessary to
 174 induce this bug.  Leave out any one of them and Ediff runs without a
 175 problem.  Also if the 1/10 point value of height is 130 or greater
 176 there's no bug (with the default font family; with e.g. Helvetica the
 177 bug is induced only by a value of 100 or less).
 178
 179 I've noticed this freeze up only when invoking Ediff.  The only thing
 180 I've been able to do is kill Emacs externally, via top or with kill
 181 when run in gdb, after interrupting.  When the freeze up happens
 182 within a gdb session, there is no automatic debugging feedback.  After
 183 interrupting I can get a backtrace, here's an example:
 184
 185 Update: Maybe only reveals itself when compiled with GTK+
 186
 187
 188 * DOCUMENTATION
 189
 190 ** Document Custom Themes.
 191
 192 ** Finish updating the Emacs Lisp manual.
 193
 194 ** Update the Emacs manual.
 195
 196 *** Update man/info.texi.
 197
 198 *** Update man/ack.texi.
 199
 200 ** Add missing years in copyright notices of all files.
 201
 202 ** Update AUTHORS.
 203
 204 ** Reorder NEWS entries.
 205
 206 ** Check the Emacs manual.
 207
 208 Each manual section should be checked for factual correctness
 209 regarding recent changes by at least two people.  After each file
 210 name, on the same line or the following line, come the names of the
 211 people who have checked it.
 212
 213
 214 SECTION             READERS
 215 -----------------------------
 216 man/abbrevs.texi    Chong Yidong
 217 man/anti.texi
 218 man/basic.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 219 man/buffers.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 220 man/building.texi   "Ted Zlatanov" <tzz@lifelogs.com>
 221 man/calendar.texi   joakim@verona.se
 222 man/cmdargs.texi    Chong Yidong
 223 man/commands.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"
 224 man/custom.texi     Chong Yidong
 225 man/dired.texi      Chong Yidong     joakim@verona.se
 226 man/display.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 227 man/emacs.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"
 228 man/entering.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 229 man/files.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 230 man/fixit.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"
 231 man/frames.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 232 man/glossary.texi
 233 man/help.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 234 man/indent.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 235 man/killing.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 236 man/kmacro.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 237 man/macos.texi
 238 man/maintaining.texi
 239 man/major.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 240 man/mark.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"
 241 man/mini.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"
 242 man/misc.texi
 243 man/msdog.texi      Chong Yidong
 244 man/mule.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"
 245 man/m-x.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"
 246 man/picture.texi    Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>
 247 man/programs.texi   "Stephen Eglen"  Chong Yidong
 248 man/regs.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 249 man/rmail.texi
 250 man/screen.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"
 251 man/search.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"
 252 man/sending.texi
 253 man/text.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 254 man/trouble.texi    Chong Yidong
 255 man/windows.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 256 man/xresources.texi
 257
 258 ** Check the Emacs Lisp manual.
 259
 260 Each manual section should be checked for factual correctness
 261 regarding recent changes by at least two people.  After each file
 262 name, on the same line or the following line, come the names of the
 263 people who have checked it.
 264
 265 SECTION                  READERS
 266 ----------------------------------
 267 lispref/abbrevs.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"
 268 lispref/advice.texi      Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>
 269 lispref/anti.texi
 270 lispref/backups.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"
 271 lispref/buffers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 272 lispref/calendar.texi    Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>
 273 lispref/commands.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"
 274 lispref/compile.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 275 lispref/control.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 276 lispref/customize.texi
 277 lispref/debugging.texi   Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>
 278 lispref/display.texi
 279 lispref/edebug.texi
 280 lispref/elisp.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"
 281 lispref/errors.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"
 282 lispref/eval.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 283 lispref/files.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 284 lispref/frames.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 285 lispref/functions.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 286 lispref/hash.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 287 lispref/help.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"
 288 lispref/hooks.texi
 289 lispref/internals.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"
 290 lispref/intro.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"
 291 lispref/keymaps.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"
 292 lispref/lists.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 293 lispref/loading.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 294 lispref/locals.texi
 295 lispref/macros.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"
 296 lispref/maps.texi
 297 lispref/markers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"
 298 lispref/minibuf.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 299 lispref/modes.texi       Chong Yidong
 300 lispref/nonascii.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"
 301 lispref/numbers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 302 lispref/objects.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 303 lispref/os.texi          "Luc Teirlinck"
 304 lispref/positions.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 305 lispref/processes.texi
 306 lispref/searching.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"
 307 lispref/sequences.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"
 308 lispref/streams.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 309 lispref/strings.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 310 lispref/symbols.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 311 lispref/syntax.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"
 312 lispref/text.texi        Chong Yidong
 313 lispref/tips.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"
 314 lispref/variables.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 315 lispref/windows.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 316
 317 \f
 318 Local variables:
 319 mode: outline
 320 end: