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