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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 * NEW FEATURES
   9
  10 ** Face remapping.
  11
  12 ** Make VC-over-Tramp work where possible, or at least fail
  13 gracefully if something isn't supported over Tramp.
  14 To be done by Andre Spiegel <spiegel@gnu.org>.
  15
  16 ** define-minor-mode should not put :require into defcustom.
  17 See msg from rms to emacs-devel on 21 Dec.
  18
  19 ** Update Speedbar.
  20
  21 ** Enhance scroll-bar to handle tall line (similar to line-move).
  22
  23
  24 * FATAL ERRORS
  25
  26 ** Make unexec handle memory mapping policy of the latest versions of Linux.
  27
  28 ** Investigate reported crashes in compact_small_strings.
  29
  30 ** Investigate reported crashes related to using an
  31 invalid pointer from string_free_list.
  32
  33
  34 * LOSSAGE
  35
  36 ** Clean up flymake.el to follow Emacs Lisp conventions.
  37
  38 ** Fix up url-ldap.el.
  39
  40 * BUGS
  41
  42 ** Ange-ftp should ignore irrelevant IPv6 errors:
  43
  44 Message-Id: <4121-Tue23Mar2004165249+0100-piet@cs.uu.nl>
  45 From: "Piet van Oostrum" <piet@cs.uu.nl>
  46 To: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org
  47 Subject: Ange-ftp can't deal with IPV6/IPV4 fallback
  48
  49 Symptoms:
  50
  51 C-x C-f /ftp.nluug.nl:/
  52
  53 The problem is that the DNS first gives an IPV6 address. However our
  54 router doesn't do IPV6. Ftp then falls back to IPV4:
  55
  56 ftp> open ftp.nluug.nl
  57 Trying 2001:610:1:80aa:192:87:102:36...
  58 ftp: connect to address 2001:610:1:80aa:192:87:102:36: No route to host
  59 Trying 192.87.102.36...
  60 Connected to ftp.nluug.nl.
  61
  62 Ange-ftp chokes on the `No route to host' message and doesn't look any
  63 further.
  64
  65 I think in the near future we will see more of this problem, so it might be
  66 time to make anfe-ftp more intelligent.
  67
  68
  69 * GTK RELATED BUGS
  70
  71 ** Make GTK scrollbars behave like others w.r.t. overscrolling.
  72
  73
  74 * REDISPLAY RELATED BUGS
  75
  76 ** Avoid unbreakable loops in redisplay.
  77
  78 Redisplay may loop if there is an error in some display property, e.g.
  79      (space 'left-margin)
  80
  81 A fix would be to somehow disable handling of display properties if an error
  82 is encountered.
  83
  84
  85 ** custom mode-line face makes Emacs freeze up
  86
  87 From: Stephen Berman <Stephen.Berman@gmx.net>
  88 Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 02:08:56 +0200
  89
  90 1. Start Emacs with -q -no-site-file.
  91
  92 2. Type `M-x customize-face' and at the prompt `mode-line'.
  93
  94 3. In the Custom buffer for mode-line face
  95    a. check width and give it the value `narrow';
  96    b. check height and give it the value 120 in 1/10 pt;
  97    c. check underline and give it the value `on' (or `colored');
  98    d. check overline and give it the value `on' (or `colored').
  99
 100 4. Set for current session.
 101
 102 5. Invoke Ediff on any two files.
 103
 104 6. Now Emacs is frozen and consumes 95-99% of CPU.
 105
 106 The customizations in step 3 appear to be the minimum necessary to
 107 induce this bug.  Leave out any one of them and Ediff runs without a
 108 problem.  Also if the 1/10 point value of height is 130 or greater
 109 there's no bug (with the default font family; with e.g. Helvetica the
 110 bug is induced only by a value of 100 or less).
 111
 112 I've noticed this freeze up only when invoking Ediff.  The only thing
 113 I've been able to do is kill Emacs externally, via top or with kill
 114 when run in gdb, after interrupting.  When the freeze up happens
 115 within a gdb session, there is no automatic debugging feedback.  After
 116 interrupting I can get a backtrace, here's an example:
 117
 118 Update: Maybe only reveals itself when compiled with GTK+
 119
 120
 121 * DOCUMENTATION
 122
 123 ** Document Custom Themes.
 124
 125 ** Finish updating the Emacs Lisp manual.
 126
 127 ** Update the Emacs manual.
 128
 129 *** Update man/info.texi.
 130
 131 *** Update man/ack.texi.
 132
 133 ** Add missing years in copyright notices of all files.
 134
 135 ** Update AUTHORS.
 136
 137 ** Reorder NEWS entries.
 138
 139 ** Check the Emacs manual.
 140
 141 Each manual section should be checked for factual correctness
 142 regarding recent changes by at least two people.  After each file
 143 name, on the same line or the following line, come the names of the
 144 people who have checked it.
 145
 146
 147 SECTION             READERS
 148 -----------------------------
 149 man/abbrevs.texi    Chong Yidong    Joakim Verona
 150 man/anti.texi
 151 man/basic.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 152 man/buffers.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 153 man/building.texi   "Ted Zlatanov" <tzz@lifelogs.com>
 154 man/calendar.texi   joakim@verona.se  Chong Yidong
 155 man/cmdargs.texi    Chong Yidong     "Luc Teirlinck"
 156 man/commands.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 157 man/custom.texi     Chong Yidong
 158 man/dired.texi      Chong Yidong     joakim@verona.se
 159 man/display.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 160 man/emacs.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"
 161 man/entering.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 162 man/files.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 163 man/fixit.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 164 man/frames.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 165 man/glossary.texi   Chong Yidong
 166 man/help.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 167 man/indent.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 168 man/killing.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 169 man/kmacro.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 170 man/macos.texi
 171 man/maintaining.texi
 172 man/major.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 173 man/mark.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 174 man/mini.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 175 man/misc.texi       Chong Yidong
 176 man/msdog.texi      Chong Yidong
 177 man/mule.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"
 178 man/m-x.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 179 man/picture.texi    Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>   Chong Yidong
 180 man/programs.texi   "Stephen Eglen"  Chong Yidong
 181 man/regs.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 182 man/rmail.texi      Chong Yidong
 183 man/screen.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 184 man/search.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 185 man/sending.texi    Chong Yidong
 186 man/text.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 187 man/trouble.texi    Chong Yidong
 188 man/windows.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 189 man/xresources.texi
 190
 191 ** Check the Emacs Lisp manual.
 192
 193 Each manual section should be checked for factual correctness
 194 regarding recent changes by at least two people.  After each file
 195 name, on the same line or the following line, come the names of the
 196 people who have checked it.
 197
 198 SECTION                  READERS
 199 ----------------------------------
 200 lispref/abbrevs.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 201 lispref/advice.texi      joakim@verona.se  Chong Yidong
 202 lispref/anti.texi
 203 lispref/backups.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 204 lispref/buffers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 205 lispref/calendar.texi    Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>  Chong Yidong
 206 lispref/commands.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 207 lispref/compile.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 208 lispref/control.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 209 lispref/customize.texi   Chong Yidong
 210 lispref/debugging.texi   Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>   Lute Kamstra
 211 lispref/display.texi     Chong Yidong
 212 lispref/edebug.texi      Chong Yidong
 213 lispref/elisp.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"
 214 lispref/errors.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"
 215 lispref/eval.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 216 lispref/files.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 217 lispref/frames.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 218 lispref/functions.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 219 lispref/hash.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 220 lispref/help.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 221 lispref/hooks.texi       Lute Kamstra
 222 lispref/internals.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 223 lispref/intro.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"
 224 lispref/keymaps.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 225 lispref/lists.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 226 lispref/loading.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 227 lispref/locals.texi
 228 lispref/macros.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 229 lispref/maps.texi
 230 lispref/markers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 231 lispref/minibuf.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 232 lispref/modes.texi       Chong Yidong
 233 lispref/nonascii.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 234 lispref/numbers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 235 lispref/objects.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 236 lispref/os.texi          "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 237 lispref/positions.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 238 lispref/processes.texi   Chong Yidong
 239 lispref/searching.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 240 lispref/sequences.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 241 lispref/streams.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 242 lispref/strings.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 243 lispref/symbols.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 244 lispref/syntax.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 245 lispref/text.texi        Chong Yidong
 246 lispref/tips.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 247 lispref/variables.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 248 lispref/windows.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 249
 250 ** Check the Emacs Tutorial.
 251
 252 The first line of every tutorial must begin with a sentence saying
 253 "Emacs Tutorial" in the respective language.  This should be followed
 254 by "See end for copying conditions", likewise in the respective
 255 language.
 256
 257 After each file name, on the same line or the following line, come the
 258 names of the people who have checked it.
 259
 260
 261 SECTION                  READERS
 262 ----------------------------------
 263 etc/TUTORIAL             rms
 264 etc/TUTORIAL.bg          Ognyan Kulev <ogi@fmi.uni-sofia.bg>
 265 etc/TUTORIAL.cn
 266 etc/TUTORIAL.cs
 267 etc/TUTORIAL.de          Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org>
 268 etc/TUTORIAL.es          Marcelo Toledo
 269 etc/TUTORIAL.fr          Thien-Thi Nguyen
 270 etc/TUTORIAL.it          Thien-Thi Nguyen
 271 etc/TUTORIAL.ja
 272 etc/TUTORIAL.ko
 273 etc/TUTORIAL.nl          Lute Kamstra
 274 etc/TUTORIAL.pl
 275 etc/TUTORIAL.pt_BR       Marcelo Toledo
 276 etc/TUTORIAL.ro
 277 etc/TUTORIAL.ru
 278 etc/TUTORIAL.sk
 279 etc/TUTORIAL.sl          Primoz PETERLIN <primoz.peterlin@biofiz.mf.uni-lj.si>
 280 etc/TUTORIAL.sv          Mats Lidell <matsl@contactor.se>
 281 etc/TUTORIAL.th
 282 etc/TUTORIAL.zh
 283
 284
 285
 286 \f
 287 Local variables:
 288 mode: outline
 289 end: