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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/calc               done            Thien-Thi Nguyen
 100 lisp/calendar           working         Glenn Morris
 101 lisp/emacs-lisp         working         Thien-Thi Nguyen
 102 lisp/emulation          done            Thien-Thi Nguyen
 103 lisp/eshell             done            Thien-Thi Nguyen
 104 lisp/gnus               working         Thien-Thi Nguyen
 105 lisp/international      done            Kenichi Handa
 106 lisp/language           done            Kenichi Handa
 107 lisp/mail               working         Thien-Thi Nguyen
 108 lisp/mh-e               working         Bill Wohler
 109 lisp/net                done            Thien-Thi Nguyen
 110 lisp/obsolete           working         Thien-Thi Nguyen
 111 lisp/play               done            Thien-Thi Nguyen
 112 lisp/progmodes          done            Nick Roberts
 113 lisp/term               done            Thien-Thi Nguyen
 114 lisp/textmodes          working         Thien-Thi Nguyen
 115 lisp/toolbar            done            Thien-Thi Nguyen
 116 lisp/url                done            Thien-Thi Nguyen
 117
 118 ** Check the Emacs manual.
 119
 120 Each manual section should be checked for factual correctness
 121 regarding recent changes by at least two people.  After each file
 122 name, on the same line or the following line, come the names of the
 123 people who have checked it.
 124
 125 SECTION             READERS
 126 -----------------------------
 127 man/abbrevs.texi    Chong Yidong    Joakim Verona
 128 man/anti.texi
 129 man/basic.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 130 man/buffers.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 131 man/building.texi   "Ted Zlatanov" <tzz@lifelogs.com>
 132 man/calendar.texi   joakim@verona.se  Chong Yidong
 133 man/cmdargs.texi    Chong Yidong     "Luc Teirlinck"
 134 man/commands.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 135 man/custom.texi     Chong Yidong
 136 man/dired.texi      Chong Yidong     joakim@verona.se
 137 man/display.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 138 man/emacs.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Lute Kamstra
 139 man/entering.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 140 man/files.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 141 man/fixit.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 142 man/frames.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 143 man/glossary.texi   Chong Yidong
 144 man/help.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 145 man/indent.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 146 man/killing.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 147 man/kmacro.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 148 man/macos.texi
 149 man/maintaining.texi
 150 man/major.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 151 man/mark.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 152 man/mini.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 153 man/misc.texi       Chong Yidong
 154 man/msdog.texi      Chong Yidong
 155 man/mule.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Kenichi Handa
 156 man/m-x.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 157 man/picture.texi    Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>   Chong Yidong
 158 man/programs.texi   "Stephen Eglen"  Chong Yidong
 159 man/regs.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 160 man/rmail.texi      Chong Yidong      "Luc Teirlinck"
 161 man/screen.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 162 man/search.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 163 man/sending.texi    Chong Yidong      "Luc Teirlinck"
 164 man/text.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 165 man/trouble.texi    Chong Yidong
 166 man/windows.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 167 man/xresources.texi
 168
 169 ** Check the Emacs Lisp manual.
 170
 171 Each manual section should be checked for factual correctness
 172 regarding recent changes by at least two people.  After each file
 173 name, on the same line or the following line, come the names of the
 174 people who have checked it.
 175
 176 SECTION                  READERS
 177 ----------------------------------
 178 lispref/abbrevs.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 179 lispref/advice.texi      joakim@verona.se  Chong Yidong
 180 lispref/anti.texi
 181 lispref/backups.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 182 lispref/buffers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 183 lispref/calendar.texi    Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>  Chong Yidong
 184 lispref/commands.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 185 lispref/compile.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 186 lispref/control.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 187 lispref/customize.texi   Chong Yidong
 188 lispref/debugging.texi   Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>   Lute Kamstra
 189 lispref/display.texi     Chong Yidong
 190 lispref/edebug.texi      Chong Yidong      "Luc Teirlinck"
 191 lispref/elisp.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Lute Kamstra
 192 lispref/errors.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"
 193 lispref/eval.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 194 lispref/files.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 195 lispref/frames.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 196 lispref/functions.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 197 lispref/hash.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 198 lispref/help.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 199 lispref/hooks.texi       Lute Kamstra
 200 lispref/internals.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 201 lispref/intro.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"
 202 lispref/keymaps.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 203 lispref/lists.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 204 lispref/loading.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 205 lispref/locals.texi
 206 lispref/macros.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 207 lispref/maps.texi
 208 lispref/markers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 209 lispref/minibuf.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 210 lispref/modes.texi       Chong Yidong
 211 lispref/nonascii.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 212 lispref/numbers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 213 lispref/objects.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 214 lispref/os.texi          "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 215 lispref/positions.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 216 lispref/processes.texi   Chong Yidong      Thien-Thi Nguyen
 217 lispref/searching.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 218 lispref/sequences.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 219 lispref/streams.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 220 lispref/strings.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 221 lispref/symbols.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 222 lispref/syntax.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 223 lispref/text.texi        Chong Yidong
 224 lispref/tips.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 225 lispref/variables.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 226 lispref/windows.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 227
 228 ** Check the Emacs Tutorial.
 229
 230 The first line of every tutorial must begin with text ending in a period
 231 (".", ASCII 0x2E) saying "Emacs Tutorial" in the respective language.
 232 This should be followed by "See end for copying conditions", likewise
 233 in the respective language.
 234
 235 After each file name, on the same line or the following line, come the
 236 names of the people who have checked it.
 237
 238 SECTION                  READERS
 239 ----------------------------------
 240 etc/TUTORIAL             rms
 241 etc/TUTORIAL.bg          Ognyan Kulev <ogi@fmi.uni-sofia.bg>
 242 etc/TUTORIAL.cn
 243 etc/TUTORIAL.cs          Pavel Janík <Pavel@Janik.cz>
 244 etc/TUTORIAL.de          Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org>
 245 etc/TUTORIAL.es          Marcelo Toledo
 246 etc/TUTORIAL.fr          Thien-Thi Nguyen
 247 etc/TUTORIAL.it          Thien-Thi Nguyen
 248 etc/TUTORIAL.ja          Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
 249 etc/TUTORIAL.ko
 250 etc/TUTORIAL.nl          Lute Kamstra
 251 etc/TUTORIAL.pl          Slawomir Nowaczyk <slawek@cs.lth.se>
 252 etc/TUTORIAL.pt_BR       Marcelo Toledo
 253 etc/TUTORIAL.ro
 254 etc/TUTORIAL.ru          Alex Ott <alexott@gmail.com>
 255 etc/TUTORIAL.sk          Pavel Janík <Pavel@Janik.cz>
 256 etc/TUTORIAL.sl          Primoz PETERLIN <primoz.peterlin@biofiz.mf.uni-lj.si>
 257 etc/TUTORIAL.sv          Mats Lidell <matsl@contactor.se>
 258 etc/TUTORIAL.th          Virach Sornlertlamvanich <virach@tcllab.org>
 259 etc/TUTORIAL.zh
 260
 261 \f
 262 Local variables:
 263 mode: outline
 264 end: