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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 * NEW FEATURES
  29
  30 ** Make VC-over-Tramp work where possible, or at least fail
  31 gracefully if something isn't supported over Tramp.
  32 To be done by Andre Spiegel <spiegel@gnu.org>.
  33
  34 ** Update Speedbar.
  35
  36 ** Update vhdl-mode.el based on changes in
  37    http://opensource.ethz.ch/emacs/vhdl-mode.html.
  38
  39 ** Debug custom themes.
  40
  41 ** Get rid of the defadvice calls in org.el.
  42
  43 * FATAL ERRORS
  44
  45 ** Investigate reported crashes in compact_small_strings.
  46
  47 ** Investigate reported crashes related to using an
  48 invalid pointer from string_free_list.
  49
  50 ** Emacs on Windows crashes reading JPEG images from files.
  51
  52 The problem is caused by the Emacs executable and the image library
  53 having multiple, incompatible copies of the run-time code, which can
  54 happen when mixing a MSVC build of Emacs with a MinGW build of the
  55 jpeg library (or the other way around).  The fix is straightforward
  56 and has already been posted on the developers' list, but it is on the
  57 back burner waiting for a legal comment or an alternate implementation
  58 (around 30 lines of code).
  59
  60 * BUGS
  61
  62 ** The header-line buttons in the buffer list buffer
  63 should respond to Mouse-1.
  64
  65 ** Fix those modes that still use compile-internal, to not use it.
  66
  67 ** Fix recognition of shell's `dirs' command.
  68
  69 Is his change right?
  70
  71 Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 18:21:28 -0500 (CDT)
  72 From: kevin.gal@verizon.net
  73
  74 When I use tcsh (which echoes command input) in a shell buffer,
  75 entering "M-x dirs" fails because it mistakens the echoed "dirs"
  76 string as the directory string to use as input when changing the
  77 buffers default directory.  The attached gziped patch file contains a
  78 fix.  The patch also binds the "dirs" command to "\e\C-m" in
  79 shell-mode-map (previously unbound) to make it easy to invoke.
  80 Finally, a test has been added to see if "shell-dirstack-query" is
  81 non-nil.  If so, it is not overwritten.
  82
  83 To enable the fix, the user must set comint-process-echoes to t.
  84
  85 ** TCP server processes do not work on Windows.
  86
  87 TCP/IP server processes created with `make-network-process' consume
  88 excesive CPU on some Windows environments.  Usages of 50% and 100%
  89 CPU time have been observed on different Window XP configurations.
  90
  91 ** Bug in ebrowse
  92
  93 Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 17:35:48 +0200
  94 From: Markus Gritsch <gritsch@iue.tuwien.ac.at>
  95
  96 the C++ header file which led to the problematic BROWSE file reads
  97
  98 namespace test {
  99      class Base
 100      {
 101      };
 102
 103      class B : public Base
 104      {
 105      };
 106 }
 107
 108 class A : public test::Base
 109 {
 110 };
 111
 112 The *Tree* is then displayed as
 113
 114    *Globals*
 115    test
 116    test::Base
 117      test::B
 118
 119 The class A seems to be missing.
 120
 121 * DOCUMENTATION
 122
 123 ** Document Custom Themes.
 124
 125 ** Update man/info.texi.
 126
 127 ** Add missing years in copyright notices of all files.
 128
 129 Policy document admin/notes/years must be updated before
 130 making further progress on this task!!!
 131
 132 Please record your name here and say which part of the distribution
 133 you're going to handle.
 134
 135 DIRECTORY               STATUS          IN CHARGE
 136 ---------               ------          ---------
 137 etc (and subdirs)       done            Thien-Thi Nguyen (ttn(@gnu.org))
 138 leim                    working         Kenichi Handa
 139 lib-src                 done            ttn
 140 lisp                    done            ttn
 141 lisp/calc               done            ttn
 142 lisp/calendar           working         Glenn Morris
 143 lisp/emacs-lisp         done            ttn
 144 lisp/emulation          done            ttn
 145 lisp/eshell             done            ttn
 146 lisp/gnus               done            ttn
 147 lisp/international      done            Kenichi Handa
 148 lisp/language           done            Kenichi Handa
 149 lisp/mail               done            ttn
 150 lisp/mh-e               working         Bill Wohler
 151 lisp/net                done            ttn
 152 lisp/obsolete           done            ttn
 153 lisp/play               done            ttn
 154 lisp/progmodes          done            Nick Roberts
 155 lisp/term               done            ttn
 156 lisp/textmodes          done            ttn
 157 lisp/toolbar            done            ttn
 158 lisp/url                done            ttn
 159 lispintro               done            ttn
 160 lispref                 done            ttn
 161 lwlib                   done            ttn
 162 m4                      done            ttn
 163 mac (and subdirs)       done            ttn
 164 man                     done            ttn
 165 msdos                   done            ttn
 166 nt (and subdirs)        done            ttn
 167 oldXMenu                done            ttn
 168 src (and subdirs)       done            ttn
 169 vms                     done            ttn
 170
 171 ** Check the Emacs manual.
 172
 173 Each manual section should be checked for factual correctness
 174 regarding recent changes by at least two people.  After each file
 175 name, on the same line or the following line, come the names of the
 176 people who have checked it.
 177
 178 SECTION             READERS
 179 -----------------------------
 180 man/abbrevs.texi    Chong Yidong    Joakim Verona
 181 man/anti.texi
 182 man/basic.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 183 man/buffers.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 184 man/building.texi   "Ted Zlatanov" <tzz@lifelogs.com>
 185 man/calendar.texi   joakim@verona.se  Chong Yidong
 186 man/cmdargs.texi    Chong Yidong     "Luc Teirlinck"
 187 man/commands.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 188 man/custom.texi     Chong Yidong
 189 man/dired.texi      Chong Yidong     joakim@verona.se
 190 man/display.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 191 man/emacs.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Lute Kamstra
 192 man/entering.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 193 man/files.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 194 man/fixit.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 195 man/frames.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 196 man/glossary.texi   Chong Yidong
 197 man/help.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 198 man/indent.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 199 man/killing.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 200 man/kmacro.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 201 man/macos.texi
 202 man/maintaining.texi
 203 man/major.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 204 man/mark.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 205 man/mini.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 206 man/misc.texi       Chong Yidong
 207 man/msdog.texi      Chong Yidong
 208 man/mule.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Kenichi Handa
 209 man/m-x.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 210 man/picture.texi    Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>   Chong Yidong
 211 man/programs.texi   "Stephen Eglen"  Chong Yidong
 212 man/regs.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 213 man/rmail.texi      Chong Yidong      "Luc Teirlinck"
 214 man/screen.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 215 man/search.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 216 man/sending.texi    Chong Yidong      "Luc Teirlinck"
 217 man/text.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 218 man/trouble.texi    Chong Yidong
 219 man/windows.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 220 man/xresources.texi
 221
 222 ** Check the Emacs Lisp manual.
 223
 224 Each manual section should be checked for factual correctness
 225 regarding recent changes by at least two people.  After each file
 226 name, on the same line or the following line, come the names of the
 227 people who have checked it.
 228
 229 SECTION                  READERS
 230 ----------------------------------
 231 lispref/abbrevs.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 232 lispref/advice.texi      joakim@verona.se  Chong Yidong
 233 lispref/anti.texi
 234 lispref/backups.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 235 lispref/buffers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 236 lispref/calendar.texi    Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>  Chong Yidong
 237 lispref/commands.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 238 lispref/compile.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 239 lispref/control.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 240 lispref/customize.texi   Chong Yidong
 241 lispref/debugging.texi   Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>   Lute Kamstra
 242 lispref/display.texi     Chong Yidong
 243 lispref/edebug.texi      Chong Yidong      "Luc Teirlinck"
 244 lispref/elisp.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Lute Kamstra
 245 lispref/errors.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"
 246 lispref/eval.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 247 lispref/files.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 248 lispref/frames.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 249 lispref/functions.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 250 lispref/hash.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 251 lispref/help.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 252 lispref/hooks.texi       Lute Kamstra
 253 lispref/internals.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 254 lispref/intro.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"
 255 lispref/keymaps.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 256 lispref/lists.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 257 lispref/loading.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 258 lispref/locals.texi
 259 lispref/macros.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 260 lispref/maps.texi
 261 lispref/markers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 262 lispref/minibuf.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 263 lispref/modes.texi       Chong Yidong
 264 lispref/nonascii.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 265 lispref/numbers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 266 lispref/objects.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 267 lispref/os.texi          "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 268 lispref/positions.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 269 lispref/processes.texi   Chong Yidong      ttn
 270 lispref/searching.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 271 lispref/sequences.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 272 lispref/streams.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 273 lispref/strings.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 274 lispref/symbols.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 275 lispref/syntax.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 276 lispref/text.texi        Chong Yidong
 277 lispref/tips.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 278 lispref/variables.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 279 lispref/windows.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 280
 281 ** Check the Emacs Tutorial.
 282
 283 The first line of every tutorial must begin with text ending in a period
 284 (".", ASCII 0x2E) saying "Emacs Tutorial" in the respective language.
 285 This should be followed by "See end for copying conditions", likewise
 286 in the respective language.
 287
 288 After each file name, on the same line or the following line, come the
 289 names of the people who have checked it.
 290
 291 SECTION                  READERS
 292 ----------------------------------
 293 etc/TUTORIAL             rms
 294 etc/TUTORIAL.bg          Ognyan Kulev <ogi@fmi.uni-sofia.bg>
 295 etc/TUTORIAL.cn
 296 etc/TUTORIAL.cs          Pavel Janík <Pavel@Janik.cz>
 297 etc/TUTORIAL.de          Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org>
 298 etc/TUTORIAL.es          Marcelo Toledo
 299 etc/TUTORIAL.fr          ttn
 300 etc/TUTORIAL.it          ttn
 301 etc/TUTORIAL.ja          Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
 302 etc/TUTORIAL.ko
 303 etc/TUTORIAL.nl          Lute Kamstra
 304 etc/TUTORIAL.pl          Slawomir Nowaczyk <slawek@cs.lth.se>
 305 etc/TUTORIAL.pt_BR       Marcelo Toledo
 306 etc/TUTORIAL.ro
 307 etc/TUTORIAL.ru          Alex Ott <alexott@gmail.com>
 308 etc/TUTORIAL.sk          Pavel Janík <Pavel@Janik.cz>
 309 etc/TUTORIAL.sl          Primoz PETERLIN <primoz.peterlin@biofiz.mf.uni-lj.si>
 310 etc/TUTORIAL.sv          Mats Lidell <matsl@contactor.se>
 311 etc/TUTORIAL.th          Virach Sornlertlamvanich <virach@tcllab.org>
 312 etc/TUTORIAL.zh
 313
 314 \f
 315 Local variables:
 316 mode: outline
 317 end: