X-Git-Url: https://git.hcoop.net/bpt/emacs.git/blobdiff_plain/9e9245cebd5ae09ade1335d3490e972bebdc7151..18fde8504f25571350dbcfa7803f5a9b840e5a52:/admin/FOR-RELEASE diff --git a/admin/FOR-RELEASE b/admin/FOR-RELEASE dissimilarity index 75% index 21eb107d09..785e92d008 100644 --- a/admin/FOR-RELEASE +++ b/admin/FOR-RELEASE @@ -1,157 +1,264 @@ -Tasks needed before the next release. - -* NEW FEATURES - -** Test the mbox branch of Rmail. - -** Install the mbox branch of Rmail. - -** Face remapping. - - -* FATAL ERRORS - -** Investigate face cache related crash. - -Indications: Face cache seems to have been cleared, but -redisplay uses an invalidated face_id with FACE_FROM_ID -which then returns a NULL pointer. Said to happen with -isearch faces. - - -* GTK RELATED BUGS - -** Make GTK scrollbars behave like others w.r.t. overscrolling. - - -* DOCUMENTATION - -** Finish updating the Emacs Lisp manual. - -*** New display properties (KFS to provide input). - -** Update the Emacs manual. - -*** Update man/info.texi. - -*** Update man/ack.texi. - -** Add missing years in copyright notices of all files. - -** Update AUTHORS. - -** Reorder NEWS entries. - -** Check the Emacs manual. - -Each manual section should be proof-read by at least two people. -After each file name, on the same line or the following line, come the -names of the people who have checked it. - - -SECTION READERS ------------------------------ -man/abbrevs.texi -man/anti.texi -man/basic.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -man/buffers.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -man/building.texi "Ted Zlatanov" -man/calendar.texi -man/cmdargs.texi -man/commands.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -man/custom.texi -man/dired.texi -man/display.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -man/emacs.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -man/entering.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -man/files.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -man/fixit.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -man/frames.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -man/glossary.texi -man/help.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -man/indent.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -man/killing.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -man/kmacro.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -man/macos.texi -man/maintaining.texi -man/major.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -man/mark.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -man/mini.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -man/misc.texi -man/msdog.texi -man/mule.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -man/m-x.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -man/picture.texi -man/programs.texi -man/regs.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -man/rmail.texi -man/screen.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -man/search.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -man/sending.texi -man/text.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -man/trouble.texi -man/windows.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -man/xresources.texi - -** Check the Emacs Lisp manual. - -Each manual section should be proof-read by at least two people. -After each file name, on the same line or the following line, come the -names of the people who have checked it. - -SECTION READERS ----------------------------------- -lispref/abbrevs.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -lispref/advice.texi -lispref/anti.texi -lispref/backups.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -lispref/buffers.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -lispref/calendar.texi -lispref/commands.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -lispref/compile.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -lispref/control.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -lispref/customize.texi -lispref/debugging.texi -lispref/display.texi -lispref/edebug.texi -lispref/elisp.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -lispref/errors.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -lispref/eval.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -lispref/files.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -lispref/frames.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -lispref/functions.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -lispref/hash.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -lispref/help.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -lispref/hooks.texi -lispref/internals.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -lispref/intro.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -lispref/keymaps.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -lispref/lists.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -lispref/loading.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -lispref/locals.texi -lispref/macros.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -lispref/maps.texi -lispref/markers.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -lispref/minibuf.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -lispref/modes.texi -lispref/nonascii.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -lispref/numbers.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -lispref/objects.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -lispref/os.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -lispref/positions.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -lispref/processes.texi -lispref/searching.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -lispref/sequences.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -lispref/streams.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -lispref/strings.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -lispref/symbols.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -lispref/syntax.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -lispref/text.texi -lispref/tips.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -lispref/variables.texi "Luc Teirlinck" -lispref/windows.texi "Luc Teirlinck" - - -Local variables: -mode: outline -end: +Tasks needed before the next release. + +* TO BE DONE SHORTLY BEFORE RELEASE + +** `undo-ask-before-discard', currently set to t for debugging purposes +has to be set to nil: when t, it can leak memory and cause other problems. + +* NEW FEATURES + +** Make VC-over-Tramp work where possible, or at least fail +gracefully if something isn't supported over Tramp. +To be done by Andre Spiegel . + +** define-minor-mode should not put :require into defcustom. +See msg from rms to emacs-devel on 21 Dec. + +** Update Speedbar. + +** Enhance scroll-bar to handle tall line (similar to line-move). + +** Adapt mouse-sel-mode to mouse-1-click-follows-link. + + +* FATAL ERRORS + +** Make unexec handle memory mapping policy of the latest versions of Linux. + +** Investigate reported crashes in compact_small_strings. + +** Investigate reported crashes related to using an +invalid pointer from string_free_list. + + +* BUGS + +** Ange-ftp should ignore irrelevant IPv6 errors: + +Message-Id: <4121-Tue23Mar2004165249+0100-piet@cs.uu.nl> +From: "Piet van Oostrum" +To: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org +Subject: Ange-ftp can't deal with IPV6/IPV4 fallback + +Symptoms: + +C-x C-f /ftp.nluug.nl:/ + +The problem is that the DNS first gives an IPV6 address. However our +router doesn't do IPV6. Ftp then falls back to IPV4: + +ftp> open ftp.nluug.nl +Trying 2001:610:1:80aa:192:87:102:36... +ftp: connect to address 2001:610:1:80aa:192:87:102:36: No route to host +Trying 192.87.102.36... +Connected to ftp.nluug.nl. + +Ange-ftp chokes on the `No route to host' message and doesn't look any +further. + +I think in the near future we will see more of this problem, so it might be +time to make anfe-ftp more intelligent. + + +* GTK RELATED BUGS + +** Make GTK scrollbars behave like others w.r.t. overscrolling. + + +* REDISPLAY RELATED BUGS + +** Avoid unbreakable loops in redisplay. + +Redisplay may loop if there is an error in some display property, e.g. + (space 'left-margin) + +A fix would be to somehow disable handling of display properties if an error +is encountered. + + +* DOCUMENTATION + +** Document Custom Themes. + +** Finish updating the Emacs Lisp manual. + +** Update the Emacs manual. + +*** Update man/info.texi. + +** Add missing years in copyright notices of all files. + +Please record your name here and say which part of the distribution +you're going to handle. + +DIRECTORY STATUS IN CHARGE +--------- ------ --------- +leim working Kenichi Handa +lisp/calc working Thien-Thi Nguyen +lisp/calendar working Glenn Morris +lisp/emulation working Thien-Thi Nguyen +lisp/eshell working Thien-Thi Nguyen +lisp/international done Kenichi Handa +lisp/languages done Kenichi Handa +lisp/mh-e working Thien-Thi Nguyen +lisp/net working Thien-Thi Nguyen +lisp/play working Thien-Thi Nguyen +lisp/term working Thien-Thi Nguyen +lisp/toolbar working Thien-Thi Nguyen +lisp/url working Thien-Thi Nguyen + +** Update AUTHORS. + +** Reorder NEWS entries. + +** Check the Emacs manual. + +Each manual section should be checked for factual correctness +regarding recent changes by at least two people. After each file +name, on the same line or the following line, come the names of the +people who have checked it. + + +SECTION READERS +----------------------------- +man/abbrevs.texi Chong Yidong Joakim Verona +man/anti.texi +man/basic.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +man/buffers.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +man/building.texi "Ted Zlatanov" +man/calendar.texi joakim@verona.se Chong Yidong +man/cmdargs.texi Chong Yidong "Luc Teirlinck" +man/commands.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +man/custom.texi Chong Yidong +man/dired.texi Chong Yidong joakim@verona.se +man/display.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +man/emacs.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Lute Kamstra +man/entering.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +man/files.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +man/fixit.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +man/frames.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +man/glossary.texi Chong Yidong +man/help.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +man/indent.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +man/killing.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +man/kmacro.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +man/macos.texi +man/maintaining.texi +man/major.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +man/mark.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +man/mini.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +man/misc.texi Chong Yidong +man/msdog.texi Chong Yidong +man/mule.texi "Luc Teirlinck" +man/m-x.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +man/picture.texi Joakim Verona Chong Yidong +man/programs.texi "Stephen Eglen" Chong Yidong +man/regs.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +man/rmail.texi Chong Yidong "Luc Teirlinck" +man/screen.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +man/search.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +man/sending.texi Chong Yidong "Luc Teirlinck" +man/text.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +man/trouble.texi Chong Yidong +man/windows.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +man/xresources.texi + +** Check the Emacs Lisp manual. + +Each manual section should be checked for factual correctness +regarding recent changes by at least two people. After each file +name, on the same line or the following line, come the names of the +people who have checked it. + +SECTION READERS +---------------------------------- +lispref/abbrevs.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +lispref/advice.texi joakim@verona.se Chong Yidong +lispref/anti.texi +lispref/backups.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +lispref/buffers.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +lispref/calendar.texi Joakim Verona Chong Yidong +lispref/commands.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +lispref/compile.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +lispref/control.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +lispref/customize.texi Chong Yidong +lispref/debugging.texi Joakim Verona Lute Kamstra +lispref/display.texi Chong Yidong +lispref/edebug.texi Chong Yidong +lispref/elisp.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Lute Kamstra +lispref/errors.texi "Luc Teirlinck" +lispref/eval.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +lispref/files.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +lispref/frames.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +lispref/functions.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +lispref/hash.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +lispref/help.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +lispref/hooks.texi Lute Kamstra +lispref/internals.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +lispref/intro.texi "Luc Teirlinck" +lispref/keymaps.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +lispref/lists.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +lispref/loading.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +lispref/locals.texi +lispref/macros.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +lispref/maps.texi +lispref/markers.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +lispref/minibuf.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +lispref/modes.texi Chong Yidong +lispref/nonascii.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +lispref/numbers.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +lispref/objects.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +lispref/os.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +lispref/positions.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +lispref/processes.texi Chong Yidong Thien-Thi Nguyen +lispref/searching.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +lispref/sequences.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +lispref/streams.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +lispref/strings.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +lispref/symbols.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +lispref/syntax.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +lispref/text.texi Chong Yidong +lispref/tips.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +lispref/variables.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong +lispref/windows.texi "Luc Teirlinck" Chong Yidong + +** Check the Emacs Tutorial. + +The first line of every tutorial must begin with text ending in a period +(".", ASCII 0x2E) saying "Emacs Tutorial" in the respective language. +This should be followed by "See end for copying conditions", likewise +in the respective language. + +After each file name, on the same line or the following line, come the +names of the people who have checked it. + + +SECTION READERS +---------------------------------- +etc/TUTORIAL rms +etc/TUTORIAL.bg Ognyan Kulev +etc/TUTORIAL.cn +etc/TUTORIAL.cs Pavel Janík +etc/TUTORIAL.de Werner LEMBERG +etc/TUTORIAL.es Marcelo Toledo +etc/TUTORIAL.fr Thien-Thi Nguyen +etc/TUTORIAL.it Thien-Thi Nguyen +etc/TUTORIAL.ja Kenichi Handa +etc/TUTORIAL.ko +etc/TUTORIAL.nl Lute Kamstra +etc/TUTORIAL.pl Slawomir Nowaczyk +etc/TUTORIAL.pt_BR Marcelo Toledo +etc/TUTORIAL.ro +etc/TUTORIAL.ru Alex Ott +etc/TUTORIAL.sk Pavel Janík +etc/TUTORIAL.sl Primoz PETERLIN +etc/TUTORIAL.sv Mats Lidell +etc/TUTORIAL.th Virach Sornlertlamvanich +etc/TUTORIAL.zh + + + + +Local variables: +mode: outline +end: