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 ** Update AUTHORS.
  21
  22 ** Regenerate the postscript files of the reference cards in etc.
  23
  24 ** Ask maintainers of refcard translations to update them.
  25
  26 ** Check what should be deleted or updated in MORE.STUFF.
  27
  28 * NEW FEATURES
  29
  30 ** Update Speedbar.
  31
  32 * FATAL ERRORS
  33
  34 ** Investigate reported crashes in compact_small_strings.
  35
  36 ** Investigate reported crashes related to using an
  37 invalid pointer from string_free_list.
  38
  39 ** Emacs on Windows crashes reading JPEG images from files.
  40
  41 The problem is caused by the Emacs executable and the image library
  42 having multiple, incompatible copies of the run-time code, which can
  43 happen when mixing a MSVC build of Emacs with a MinGW build of the
  44 jpeg library (or the other way around).  The fix is straightforward
  45 and has already been posted on the developers' list, but it is on the
  46 back burner waiting for a legal comment or an alternate implementation
  47 (around 30 lines of code).
  48
  49 ** goeran@uddeborg.se's Sep 13 crash report
  50 about trying to display the invalid gif file poison.gif.
  51
  52 * BUGS
  53
  54 ** TCP server processes do not work on Windows.
  55
  56 TCP/IP server processes created with `make-network-process' consume
  57 excesive CPU on some Windows environments.  Usages of 50% and 100%
  58 CPU time have been observed on different Window XP configurations.
  59
  60 * DOCUMENTATION
  61
  62 ** Update man/info.texi.
  63
  64 ** Add missing years in copyright notices of all files.
  65
  66 Please record your name here and say which part of the distribution
  67 you're going to handle.
  68
  69 DIRECTORY               STATUS          IN CHARGE
  70 ---------               ------          ---------
  71 etc (and subdirs)       done            Thien-Thi Nguyen (ttn(@gnu.org))
  72 leim                    working         Kenichi Handa
  73 lib-src                 done            ttn
  74 lisp                    done            ttn
  75 lisp/calc               done            ttn
  76 lisp/calendar           working         Glenn Morris
  77 lisp/emacs-lisp         done            ttn
  78 lisp/emulation          done            ttn
  79 lisp/eshell             done            ttn
  80 lisp/gnus               done            ttn
  81 lisp/international      done            Kenichi Handa
  82 lisp/language           done            Kenichi Handa
  83 lisp/mail               done            ttn
  84 lisp/mh-e               working         Bill Wohler
  85 lisp/net                done            ttn
  86 lisp/obsolete           done            ttn
  87 lisp/play               done            ttn
  88 lisp/progmodes          done            Nick Roberts
  89 lisp/term               done            ttn
  90 lisp/textmodes          done            ttn
  91 lisp/toolbar            done            ttn
  92 lisp/url                done            ttn
  93 lispintro               done            ttn
  94 lispref                 done            ttn
  95 lwlib                   done            ttn
  96 m4                      done            ttn
  97 mac (and subdirs)       done            ttn
  98 man                     done            ttn
  99 msdos                   done            ttn
 100 nt (and subdirs)        done            ttn
 101 oldXMenu                done            ttn
 102 src (and subdirs)       done            ttn
 103 vms                     done            ttn
 104
 105 ** Check the Emacs manual.
 106
 107 Each manual section should be checked for factual correctness
 108 regarding recent changes by at least two people.  After each file
 109 name, on the same line or the following line, come the names of the
 110 people who have checked it.
 111
 112 SECTION             READERS
 113 -----------------------------
 114 man/abbrevs.texi    Chong Yidong    Joakim Verona
 115 man/anti.texi
 116 man/basic.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 117 man/buffers.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 118 man/building.texi   "Ted Zlatanov" <tzz@lifelogs.com>
 119 man/calendar.texi   joakim@verona.se  Chong Yidong
 120 man/cmdargs.texi    Chong Yidong     "Luc Teirlinck"
 121 man/commands.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 122 man/custom.texi     Chong Yidong
 123 man/dired.texi      Chong Yidong     joakim@verona.se
 124 man/display.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 125 man/emacs.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Lute Kamstra
 126 man/entering.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 127 man/files.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 128 man/fixit.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 129 man/frames.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 130 man/glossary.texi   Chong Yidong
 131 man/help.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 132 man/indent.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 133 man/killing.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 134 man/kmacro.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 135 man/macos.texi
 136 man/maintaining.texi
 137 man/major.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 138 man/mark.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 139 man/mini.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 140 man/misc.texi       Chong Yidong
 141 man/msdog.texi      Chong Yidong
 142 man/mule.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Kenichi Handa
 143 man/m-x.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 144 man/picture.texi    Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>   Chong Yidong
 145 man/programs.texi   "Stephen Eglen"  Chong Yidong
 146 man/regs.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 147 man/rmail.texi      Chong Yidong      "Luc Teirlinck"
 148 man/screen.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 149 man/search.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 150 man/sending.texi    Chong Yidong      "Luc Teirlinck"
 151 man/text.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 152 man/trouble.texi    Chong Yidong
 153 man/windows.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 154 man/xresources.texi
 155
 156 ** Check the Emacs Lisp manual.
 157
 158 Each manual section should be checked for factual correctness
 159 regarding recent changes by at least two people.  After each file
 160 name, on the same line or the following line, come the names of the
 161 people who have checked it.
 162
 163 SECTION                  READERS
 164 ----------------------------------
 165 lispref/abbrevs.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 166 lispref/advice.texi      joakim@verona.se  Chong Yidong
 167 lispref/anti.texi
 168 lispref/backups.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 169 lispref/buffers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 170 lispref/calendar.texi    Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>  Chong Yidong
 171 lispref/commands.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 172 lispref/compile.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 173 lispref/control.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 174 lispref/customize.texi   Chong Yidong
 175 lispref/debugging.texi   Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>   Lute Kamstra
 176 lispref/display.texi     Chong Yidong
 177 lispref/edebug.texi      Chong Yidong      "Luc Teirlinck"
 178 lispref/elisp.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Lute Kamstra
 179 lispref/errors.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"
 180 lispref/eval.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 181 lispref/files.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 182 lispref/frames.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 183 lispref/functions.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 184 lispref/hash.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 185 lispref/help.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 186 lispref/hooks.texi       Lute Kamstra      Chong Yidong
 187 lispref/internals.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 188 lispref/intro.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Josh Varner
 189 lispref/keymaps.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 190 lispref/lists.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 191 lispref/loading.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 192 lispref/locals.texi      Chong Yidong
 193 lispref/macros.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 194 lispref/maps.texi
 195 lispref/markers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 196 lispref/minibuf.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 197 lispref/modes.texi       Chong Yidong
 198 lispref/nonascii.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 199 lispref/numbers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 200 lispref/objects.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 201 lispref/os.texi          "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 202 lispref/positions.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 203 lispref/processes.texi   Chong Yidong      ttn
 204 lispref/searching.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 205 lispref/sequences.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 206 lispref/streams.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 207 lispref/strings.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 208 lispref/symbols.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 209 lispref/syntax.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 210 lispref/text.texi        Chong Yidong
 211 lispref/tips.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 212 lispref/variables.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 213 lispref/windows.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 214
 215 ** Check the Emacs Tutorial.
 216
 217 The first line of every tutorial must begin with text ending in a period
 218 (".", ASCII 0x2E) saying "Emacs Tutorial" in the respective language.
 219 This should be followed by "See end for copying conditions", likewise
 220 in the respective language.
 221
 222 After each file name, on the same line or the following line, come the
 223 names of the people who have checked it.
 224
 225 SECTION                  READERS
 226 ----------------------------------
 227 etc/TUTORIAL             rms
 228 etc/TUTORIAL.bg          Ognyan Kulev <ogi@fmi.uni-sofia.bg>
 229 etc/TUTORIAL.cn
 230 etc/TUTORIAL.cs          Pavel Janík <Pavel@Janik.cz>
 231 etc/TUTORIAL.de          Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org>
 232 etc/TUTORIAL.es          Marcelo Toledo
 233 etc/TUTORIAL.fr          ttn
 234 etc/TUTORIAL.it          ttn
 235 etc/TUTORIAL.ja          Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
 236 etc/TUTORIAL.ko
 237 etc/TUTORIAL.nl          Lute Kamstra
 238 etc/TUTORIAL.pl          Slawomir Nowaczyk <slawek@cs.lth.se>
 239 etc/TUTORIAL.pt_BR       Marcelo Toledo
 240 etc/TUTORIAL.ro
 241 etc/TUTORIAL.ru          Alex Ott <alexott@gmail.com>
 242 etc/TUTORIAL.sk          Pavel Janík <Pavel@Janik.cz>
 243 etc/TUTORIAL.sl          Primoz PETERLIN <primoz.peterlin@biofiz.mf.uni-lj.si>
 244 etc/TUTORIAL.sv          Mats Lidell <matsl@contactor.se>
 245 etc/TUTORIAL.th          Virach Sornlertlamvanich <virach@tcllab.org>
 246 etc/TUTORIAL.zh
 247
 248 \f
 249 Local variables:
 250 mode: outline
 251 end: