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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 ** Make VC-over-Tramp work where possible, or at least fail
  11 gracefully if something isn't supported over Tramp.
  12 To be done by Andre Spiegel <spiegel@gnu.org>.
  13
  14 ** define-minor-mode should not put :require into defcustom.
  15 See msg from rms to emacs-devel on 21 Dec.
  16
  17 ** Update Speedbar.
  18
  19 ** Enhance scroll-bar to handle tall line (similar to line-move).
  20
  21 ** Adapt mouse-sel-mode to mouse-1-click-follows-link.
  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 * BUGS
  35
  36 ** Ange-ftp should ignore irrelevant IPv6 errors:
  37
  38 Message-Id: <4121-Tue23Mar2004165249+0100-piet@cs.uu.nl>
  39 From: "Piet van Oostrum" <piet@cs.uu.nl>
  40 To: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org
  41 Subject: Ange-ftp can't deal with IPV6/IPV4 fallback
  42
  43 Symptoms:
  44
  45 C-x C-f /ftp.nluug.nl:/
  46
  47 The problem is that the DNS first gives an IPV6 address. However our
  48 router doesn't do IPV6. Ftp then falls back to IPV4:
  49
  50 ftp> open ftp.nluug.nl
  51 Trying 2001:610:1:80aa:192:87:102:36...
  52 ftp: connect to address 2001:610:1:80aa:192:87:102:36: No route to host
  53 Trying 192.87.102.36...
  54 Connected to ftp.nluug.nl.
  55
  56 Ange-ftp chokes on the `No route to host' message and doesn't look any
  57 further.
  58
  59 I think in the near future we will see more of this problem, so it might be
  60 time to make anfe-ftp more intelligent.
  61
  62
  63 * GTK RELATED BUGS
  64
  65 ** Make GTK scrollbars behave like others w.r.t. overscrolling.
  66
  67
  68 * REDISPLAY RELATED BUGS
  69
  70 ** Avoid unbreakable loops in redisplay.
  71
  72 Redisplay may loop if there is an error in some display property, e.g.
  73      (space 'left-margin)
  74
  75 A fix would be to somehow disable handling of display properties if an error
  76 is encountered.
  77
  78
  79 * DOCUMENTATION
  80
  81 ** Document Custom Themes.
  82
  83 ** Finish updating the Emacs Lisp manual.
  84
  85 ** Update the Emacs manual.
  86
  87 *** Update man/info.texi.
  88
  89 ** Add missing years in copyright notices of all files.
  90
  91 Please record your name here and say which part of the distribution
  92 you're going to handle.
  93
  94 ** Update AUTHORS.
  95
  96 ** Reorder NEWS entries.
  97
  98 ** Check the Emacs manual.
  99
 100 Each manual section should be checked for factual correctness
 101 regarding recent changes by at least two people.  After each file
 102 name, on the same line or the following line, come the names of the
 103 people who have checked it.
 104
 105
 106 SECTION             READERS
 107 -----------------------------
 108 man/abbrevs.texi    Chong Yidong    Joakim Verona
 109 man/anti.texi
 110 man/basic.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 111 man/buffers.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 112 man/building.texi   "Ted Zlatanov" <tzz@lifelogs.com>
 113 man/calendar.texi   joakim@verona.se  Chong Yidong
 114 man/cmdargs.texi    Chong Yidong     "Luc Teirlinck"
 115 man/commands.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 116 man/custom.texi     Chong Yidong
 117 man/dired.texi      Chong Yidong     joakim@verona.se
 118 man/display.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 119 man/emacs.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"
 120 man/entering.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 121 man/files.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 122 man/fixit.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 123 man/frames.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 124 man/glossary.texi   Chong Yidong
 125 man/help.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 126 man/indent.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 127 man/killing.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 128 man/kmacro.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 129 man/macos.texi
 130 man/maintaining.texi
 131 man/major.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 132 man/mark.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 133 man/mini.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 134 man/misc.texi       Chong Yidong
 135 man/msdog.texi      Chong Yidong
 136 man/mule.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"
 137 man/m-x.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 138 man/picture.texi    Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>   Chong Yidong
 139 man/programs.texi   "Stephen Eglen"  Chong Yidong
 140 man/regs.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 141 man/rmail.texi      Chong Yidong      "Luc Teirlinck"
 142 man/screen.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 143 man/search.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 144 man/sending.texi    Chong Yidong      "Luc Teirlinck"
 145 man/text.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 146 man/trouble.texi    Chong Yidong
 147 man/windows.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 148 man/xresources.texi
 149
 150 ** Check the Emacs Lisp manual.
 151
 152 Each manual section should be checked for factual correctness
 153 regarding recent changes by at least two people.  After each file
 154 name, on the same line or the following line, come the names of the
 155 people who have checked it.
 156
 157 SECTION                  READERS
 158 ----------------------------------
 159 lispref/abbrevs.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 160 lispref/advice.texi      joakim@verona.se  Chong Yidong
 161 lispref/anti.texi
 162 lispref/backups.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 163 lispref/buffers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 164 lispref/calendar.texi    Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>  Chong Yidong
 165 lispref/commands.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 166 lispref/compile.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 167 lispref/control.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 168 lispref/customize.texi   Chong Yidong
 169 lispref/debugging.texi   Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>   Lute Kamstra
 170 lispref/display.texi     Chong Yidong
 171 lispref/edebug.texi      Chong Yidong
 172 lispref/elisp.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"
 173 lispref/errors.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"
 174 lispref/eval.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 175 lispref/files.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 176 lispref/frames.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 177 lispref/functions.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 178 lispref/hash.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 179 lispref/help.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 180 lispref/hooks.texi       Lute Kamstra
 181 lispref/internals.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 182 lispref/intro.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"
 183 lispref/keymaps.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 184 lispref/lists.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 185 lispref/loading.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 186 lispref/locals.texi
 187 lispref/macros.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 188 lispref/maps.texi
 189 lispref/markers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 190 lispref/minibuf.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 191 lispref/modes.texi       Chong Yidong
 192 lispref/nonascii.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 193 lispref/numbers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 194 lispref/objects.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 195 lispref/os.texi          "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 196 lispref/positions.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 197 lispref/processes.texi   Chong Yidong
 198 lispref/searching.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 199 lispref/sequences.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 200 lispref/streams.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 201 lispref/strings.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 202 lispref/symbols.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 203 lispref/syntax.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 204 lispref/text.texi        Chong Yidong
 205 lispref/tips.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 206 lispref/variables.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 207 lispref/windows.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 208
 209 ** Check the Emacs Tutorial.
 210
 211 The first line of every tutorial must begin with a sentence saying
 212 "Emacs Tutorial" in the respective language.  This should be followed
 213 by "See end for copying conditions", likewise in the respective
 214 language.
 215
 216 After each file name, on the same line or the following line, come the
 217 names of the people who have checked it.
 218
 219
 220 SECTION                  READERS
 221 ----------------------------------
 222 etc/TUTORIAL             rms
 223 etc/TUTORIAL.bg          Ognyan Kulev <ogi@fmi.uni-sofia.bg>
 224 etc/TUTORIAL.cn
 225 etc/TUTORIAL.cs          Pavel Janík <Pavel@Janik.cz>
 226 etc/TUTORIAL.de          Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org>
 227 etc/TUTORIAL.es          Marcelo Toledo
 228 etc/TUTORIAL.fr          Thien-Thi Nguyen
 229 etc/TUTORIAL.it          Thien-Thi Nguyen
 230 etc/TUTORIAL.ja          Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
 231 etc/TUTORIAL.ko
 232 etc/TUTORIAL.nl          Lute Kamstra
 233 etc/TUTORIAL.pl
 234 etc/TUTORIAL.pt_BR       Marcelo Toledo
 235 etc/TUTORIAL.ro
 236 etc/TUTORIAL.ru          Alex Ott <alexott@gmail.com>
 237 etc/TUTORIAL.sk          Pavel Janík <Pavel@Janik.cz>
 238 etc/TUTORIAL.sl          Primoz PETERLIN <primoz.peterlin@biofiz.mf.uni-lj.si>
 239 etc/TUTORIAL.sv          Mats Lidell <matsl@contactor.se>
 240 etc/TUTORIAL.th          Virach Sornlertlamvanich <virach@tcllab.org>
 241 etc/TUTORIAL.zh
 242
 243
 244
 245 \f
 246 Local variables:
 247 mode: outline
 248 end: