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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 * BUGS
  49
  50 ** Fix those modes that still use compile-internal, to not use it.
  51
  52 ** Bug in ebrowse
  53
  54 Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 17:35:48 +0200
  55 From: Markus Gritsch <gritsch@iue.tuwien.ac.at>
  56
  57 the C++ header file which led to the problematic BROWSE file reads
  58
  59 namespace test {
  60      class Base
  61      {
  62      };
  63
  64      class B : public Base
  65      {
  66      };
  67 }
  68
  69 class A : public test::Base
  70 {
  71 };
  72
  73 The *Tree* is then displayed as
  74
  75    *Globals*
  76    test
  77    test::Base
  78      test::B
  79
  80 The class A seems to be missing.
  81
  82 * DOCUMENTATION
  83
  84 ** Document Custom Themes.
  85
  86 ** Update man/info.texi.
  87
  88 ** Add missing years in copyright notices of all files.
  89
  90 Policy document admin/notes/years must be updated before
  91 making further progress on this task!!!
  92
  93 Please record your name here and say which part of the distribution
  94 you're going to handle.
  95
  96 DIRECTORY               STATUS          IN CHARGE
  97 ---------               ------          ---------
  98 leim                    working         Kenichi Handa
  99 lisp                    working         Thien-Thi Nguyen
 100 lisp/calc               done            Thien-Thi Nguyen
 101 lisp/calendar           working         Glenn Morris
 102 lisp/emacs-lisp         done            Thien-Thi Nguyen
 103 lisp/emulation          done            Thien-Thi Nguyen
 104 lisp/eshell             done            Thien-Thi Nguyen
 105 lisp/gnus               done            Thien-Thi Nguyen
 106 lisp/international      done            Kenichi Handa
 107 lisp/language           done            Kenichi Handa
 108 lisp/mail               done            Thien-Thi Nguyen
 109 lisp/mh-e               working         Bill Wohler
 110 lisp/net                done            Thien-Thi Nguyen
 111 lisp/obsolete           done            Thien-Thi Nguyen
 112 lisp/play               done            Thien-Thi Nguyen
 113 lisp/progmodes          done            Nick Roberts
 114 lisp/term               done            Thien-Thi Nguyen
 115 lisp/textmodes          done            Thien-Thi Nguyen
 116 lisp/toolbar            done            Thien-Thi Nguyen
 117 lisp/url                done            Thien-Thi Nguyen
 118 src                     working         Thien-Thi Nguyen
 119 src/m                   working         Thien-Thi Nguyen
 120 src/s                   working         Thien-Thi Nguyen
 121
 122 ** Check the Emacs manual.
 123
 124 Each manual section should be checked for factual correctness
 125 regarding recent changes by at least two people.  After each file
 126 name, on the same line or the following line, come the names of the
 127 people who have checked it.
 128
 129 SECTION             READERS
 130 -----------------------------
 131 man/abbrevs.texi    Chong Yidong    Joakim Verona
 132 man/anti.texi
 133 man/basic.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 134 man/buffers.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 135 man/building.texi   "Ted Zlatanov" <tzz@lifelogs.com>
 136 man/calendar.texi   joakim@verona.se  Chong Yidong
 137 man/cmdargs.texi    Chong Yidong     "Luc Teirlinck"
 138 man/commands.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 139 man/custom.texi     Chong Yidong
 140 man/dired.texi      Chong Yidong     joakim@verona.se
 141 man/display.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 142 man/emacs.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Lute Kamstra
 143 man/entering.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 144 man/files.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 145 man/fixit.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 146 man/frames.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 147 man/glossary.texi   Chong Yidong
 148 man/help.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 149 man/indent.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 150 man/killing.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 151 man/kmacro.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 152 man/macos.texi
 153 man/maintaining.texi
 154 man/major.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 155 man/mark.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 156 man/mini.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 157 man/misc.texi       Chong Yidong
 158 man/msdog.texi      Chong Yidong
 159 man/mule.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Kenichi Handa
 160 man/m-x.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 161 man/picture.texi    Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>   Chong Yidong
 162 man/programs.texi   "Stephen Eglen"  Chong Yidong
 163 man/regs.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 164 man/rmail.texi      Chong Yidong      "Luc Teirlinck"
 165 man/screen.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 166 man/search.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 167 man/sending.texi    Chong Yidong      "Luc Teirlinck"
 168 man/text.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 169 man/trouble.texi    Chong Yidong
 170 man/windows.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 171 man/xresources.texi
 172
 173 ** Check the Emacs Lisp manual.
 174
 175 Each manual section should be checked for factual correctness
 176 regarding recent changes by at least two people.  After each file
 177 name, on the same line or the following line, come the names of the
 178 people who have checked it.
 179
 180 SECTION                  READERS
 181 ----------------------------------
 182 lispref/abbrevs.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 183 lispref/advice.texi      joakim@verona.se  Chong Yidong
 184 lispref/anti.texi
 185 lispref/backups.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 186 lispref/buffers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 187 lispref/calendar.texi    Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>  Chong Yidong
 188 lispref/commands.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 189 lispref/compile.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 190 lispref/control.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 191 lispref/customize.texi   Chong Yidong
 192 lispref/debugging.texi   Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>   Lute Kamstra
 193 lispref/display.texi     Chong Yidong
 194 lispref/edebug.texi      Chong Yidong      "Luc Teirlinck"
 195 lispref/elisp.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Lute Kamstra
 196 lispref/errors.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"
 197 lispref/eval.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 198 lispref/files.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 199 lispref/frames.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 200 lispref/functions.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 201 lispref/hash.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 202 lispref/help.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 203 lispref/hooks.texi       Lute Kamstra
 204 lispref/internals.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 205 lispref/intro.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"
 206 lispref/keymaps.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 207 lispref/lists.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 208 lispref/loading.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 209 lispref/locals.texi
 210 lispref/macros.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 211 lispref/maps.texi
 212 lispref/markers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 213 lispref/minibuf.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 214 lispref/modes.texi       Chong Yidong
 215 lispref/nonascii.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 216 lispref/numbers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 217 lispref/objects.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 218 lispref/os.texi          "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 219 lispref/positions.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 220 lispref/processes.texi   Chong Yidong      Thien-Thi Nguyen
 221 lispref/searching.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 222 lispref/sequences.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 223 lispref/streams.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 224 lispref/strings.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 225 lispref/symbols.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 226 lispref/syntax.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 227 lispref/text.texi        Chong Yidong
 228 lispref/tips.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 229 lispref/variables.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 230 lispref/windows.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 231
 232 ** Check the Emacs Tutorial.
 233
 234 The first line of every tutorial must begin with text ending in a period
 235 (".", ASCII 0x2E) saying "Emacs Tutorial" in the respective language.
 236 This should be followed by "See end for copying conditions", likewise
 237 in the respective language.
 238
 239 After each file name, on the same line or the following line, come the
 240 names of the people who have checked it.
 241
 242 SECTION                  READERS
 243 ----------------------------------
 244 etc/TUTORIAL             rms
 245 etc/TUTORIAL.bg          Ognyan Kulev <ogi@fmi.uni-sofia.bg>
 246 etc/TUTORIAL.cn
 247 etc/TUTORIAL.cs          Pavel Janík <Pavel@Janik.cz>
 248 etc/TUTORIAL.de          Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org>
 249 etc/TUTORIAL.es          Marcelo Toledo
 250 etc/TUTORIAL.fr          Thien-Thi Nguyen
 251 etc/TUTORIAL.it          Thien-Thi Nguyen
 252 etc/TUTORIAL.ja          Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
 253 etc/TUTORIAL.ko
 254 etc/TUTORIAL.nl          Lute Kamstra
 255 etc/TUTORIAL.pl          Slawomir Nowaczyk <slawek@cs.lth.se>
 256 etc/TUTORIAL.pt_BR       Marcelo Toledo
 257 etc/TUTORIAL.ro
 258 etc/TUTORIAL.ru          Alex Ott <alexott@gmail.com>
 259 etc/TUTORIAL.sk          Pavel Janík <Pavel@Janik.cz>
 260 etc/TUTORIAL.sl          Primoz PETERLIN <primoz.peterlin@biofiz.mf.uni-lj.si>
 261 etc/TUTORIAL.sv          Mats Lidell <matsl@contactor.se>
 262 etc/TUTORIAL.th          Virach Sornlertlamvanich <virach@tcllab.org>
 263 etc/TUTORIAL.zh
 264
 265 \f
 266 Local variables:
 267 mode: outline
 268 end: