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