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   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 ** Send an email to the various distributions, including the GNOME
  29 and KDE projects, to use the new Emacs icons in etc/images/icons.
  30
  31 ** Ensure MH-E 8.0 has been released.
  32 Assigned to Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com>.
  33
  34 * NEW FEATURES
  35
  36 * BUGS
  37
  38 ** Reiner Steib's 23 Jan 2006 bug report that tool bar icons don't update.
  39
  40 ** Ralf Angeli's 4 Jul 2005 bug report about scroll-preserve-screen-position.
  41
  42 ** Martin Rudalics' 30 Jan 2006 bug report about overlays at end of buffer.
  43
  44 ** TCP server processes do not work on Windows.
  45
  46 TCP/IP server processes created with `make-network-process' consume
  47 excesive CPU on some Windows environments.  Usages of 50% and 100%
  48 CPU time have been observed on different Window XP configurations.
  49 Seems to be a problem in sys_select in w32proc.c.
  50
  51 * DOCUMENTATION
  52
  53 ** Add a node to the Lisp manual describing key sequences from the
  54 Lisp point of view.
  55
  56 ** Check man/info.texi.
  57
  58 ** Add missing years in copyright notices of all files.
  59
  60 Please record your name here and say which part of the distribution
  61 you're going to handle.
  62
  63 DIRECTORY               STATUS          IN CHARGE
  64 ---------               ------          ---------
  65 etc (and subdirs)       done            Thien-Thi Nguyen (ttn(@gnu.org))
  66 leim                    working         Kenichi Handa
  67 lib-src                 done            ttn
  68 lisp                    done            ttn
  69 lisp/calc               done            Jay Belanger
  70 lisp/calendar           done            Glenn Morris
  71 lisp/emacs-lisp         done            ttn
  72 lisp/emulation          done            ttn
  73 lisp/eshell             done            ttn
  74 lisp/gnus               done            Romain Francoise
  75 lisp/international      working         Kenichi Handa
  76 lisp/language           working         Kenichi Handa
  77 lisp/mail               done            ttn
  78 lisp/mh-e               done            Bill Wohler
  79 lisp/net                done            ttn
  80 lisp/obsolete           done            ttn
  81 lisp/play               done            Romain Francoise
  82 lisp/progmodes          done            Nick Roberts
  83 lisp/term               done            ttn
  84 lisp/textmodes          done            ttn
  85 lisp/url                done            ttn
  86 lispintro               done            ttn
  87 lispref                 done            ttn
  88 lwlib                   done            ttn
  89 m4                      done            ttn
  90 mac (and subdirs)       done            ttn
  91 man                     done            ttn
  92 msdos                   done            ttn
  93 nt (and subdirs)        done            ttn
  94 oldXMenu                done            ttn
  95 src (and subdirs)       done            ttn
  96 vms                     done            ttn
  97
  98 ** Check the Emacs manual.
  99
 100 Each manual section should be checked for factual correctness
 101 regarding recent changes by at least two people.  After each file
 102 name, on the same line or the following line, come the names of the
 103 people who have checked it.
 104
 105 SECTION             READERS
 106 -----------------------------
 107 man/abbrevs.texi    Chong Yidong    Joakim Verona
 108 man/anti.texi       Chong Yidong
 109 man/basic.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 110 man/buffers.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 111 man/building.texi   "Ted Zlatanov" <tzz@lifelogs.com>
 112 man/calendar.texi   joakim@verona.se  Chong Yidong
 113 man/cmdargs.texi    Chong Yidong     "Luc Teirlinck"
 114 man/commands.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 115 man/custom.texi     Chong Yidong     "Luc Teirlinck"
 116 man/dired.texi      Chong Yidong     joakim@verona.se
 117 man/display.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 118 man/emacs.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Lute Kamstra
 119 man/entering.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 120 man/files.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 121 man/fixit.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 122 man/frames.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 123 man/glossary.texi   Chong Yidong
 124 man/help.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 125 man/indent.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 126 man/killing.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 127 man/kmacro.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 128 man/macos.texi      Chong Yidong
 129 man/maintaining.texi Chong Yidong
 130 man/major.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 131 man/mark.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 132 man/mini.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 133 man/misc.texi       Chong Yidong
 134 man/msdog.texi      Chong Yidong
 135 man/mule.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Kenichi Handa
 136 man/m-x.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 137 man/picture.texi    Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>   Chong Yidong
 138 man/programs.texi   "Stephen Eglen"  Chong Yidong
 139 man/regs.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 140 man/rmail.texi      Chong Yidong      "Luc Teirlinck"
 141 man/screen.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 142 man/search.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 143 man/sending.texi    Chong Yidong      "Luc Teirlinck"
 144 man/text.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 145 man/trouble.texi    Chong Yidong
 146 man/windows.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 147 man/xresources.texi
 148
 149 ** Check the Emacs Lisp manual.
 150
 151 Each manual section should be checked for factual correctness
 152 regarding recent changes by at least two people.  After each file
 153 name, on the same line or the following line, come the names of the
 154 people who have checked it.
 155
 156 SECTION                  READERS
 157 ----------------------------------
 158 lispref/abbrevs.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 159 lispref/advice.texi      joakim@verona.se  Chong Yidong
 160 lispref/anti.texi        Chong Yidong
 161 lispref/backups.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 162 lispref/buffers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 163 lispref/calendar.texi    Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>  Chong Yidong
 164 lispref/commands.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 165 lispref/compile.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 166 lispref/control.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 167 lispref/customize.texi   Chong Yidong      "Luc Teirlinck"
 168 lispref/debugging.texi   Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>   Lute Kamstra
 169 lispref/display.texi     Chong Yidong
 170 lispref/edebug.texi      Chong Yidong      "Luc Teirlinck"
 171 lispref/elisp.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Lute Kamstra
 172 lispref/errors.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 173 lispref/eval.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 174 lispref/files.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 175 lispref/frames.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 176 lispref/functions.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 177 lispref/hash.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 178 lispref/help.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 179 lispref/hooks.texi       Lute Kamstra      Chong Yidong
 180 lispref/internals.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 181 lispref/intro.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Josh Varner
 182 lispref/keymaps.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 183 lispref/lists.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 184 lispref/loading.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 185 lispref/locals.texi      Chong Yidong
 186 lispref/macros.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 187 lispref/maps.texi        Chong Yidong
 188 lispref/markers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 189 lispref/minibuf.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 190 lispref/modes.texi       Chong Yidong
 191 lispref/nonascii.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 192 lispref/numbers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 193 lispref/objects.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 194 lispref/os.texi          "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 195 lispref/positions.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 196 lispref/processes.texi   Chong Yidong      ttn
 197 lispref/searching.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 198 lispref/sequences.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 199 lispref/streams.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 200 lispref/strings.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 201 lispref/symbols.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 202 lispref/syntax.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 203 lispref/text.texi        Chong Yidong
 204 lispref/tips.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 205 lispref/variables.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 206 lispref/windows.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 207
 208 ** Check the Emacs Tutorial.
 209
 210 The first line of every tutorial must begin with text ending in a period
 211 (".", ASCII 0x2E) saying "Emacs Tutorial" in the respective language.
 212 This should be followed by "See end for copying conditions", likewise
 213 in the respective language.
 214
 215 After each file name, on the same line or the following line, come the
 216 names of the people who have checked it.
 217
 218 SECTION                  READERS
 219 ----------------------------------
 220 etc/TUTORIAL             rms
 221 etc/TUTORIAL.bg          Ognyan Kulev <ogi@fmi.uni-sofia.bg>
 222 etc/TUTORIAL.cn
 223 etc/TUTORIAL.cs          Pavel Janík <Pavel@Janik.cz>
 224 etc/TUTORIAL.de          Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org>
 225 etc/TUTORIAL.es          Marcelo Toledo
 226 etc/TUTORIAL.fr          ttn
 227 etc/TUTORIAL.it          ttn
 228 etc/TUTORIAL.ja          Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
 229 etc/TUTORIAL.ko
 230 etc/TUTORIAL.nl          Lute Kamstra
 231 etc/TUTORIAL.pl          Slawomir Nowaczyk <slawek@cs.lth.se>
 232 etc/TUTORIAL.pt_BR       Marcelo Toledo
 233 etc/TUTORIAL.ro
 234 etc/TUTORIAL.ru          Alex Ott <alexott@gmail.com>
 235 etc/TUTORIAL.sk          Pavel Janík <Pavel@Janik.cz>
 236 etc/TUTORIAL.sl          Primoz PETERLIN <primoz.peterlin@biofiz.mf.uni-lj.si>
 237 etc/TUTORIAL.sv          Mats Lidell <matsl@contactor.se>
 238 etc/TUTORIAL.th          Virach Sornlertlamvanich <virach@tcllab.org>
 239 etc/TUTORIAL.zh
 240
 241 \f
 242 Local variables:
 243 mode: outline
 244 end: