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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 ** Send an email to the various distributions, including the GNOME
  29 and KDE projects, to use the new Emacs icons in etc/images/icons.
  30
  31 ** Ensure MH-E 8.0 has been released.
  32 Assigned to Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com>.
  33
  34 * NEW FEATURES
  35
  36 ** Rework how fringe bitmaps are defined and used.
  37 Currently, bitmap usage and bitmap appearence are "mixed-up" in a
  38 one-level representation.  It would be cleaner to split the
  39 representation into a two-level model where first level maps
  40 bitmap usage to a bitmap name, and second level maps bitmap name to
  41 a bitmap appearence.
  42 [Assigned to KFS]
  43
  44 * BUGS
  45
  46 ** Ronan Keryell's Sep 23 bug about "tramp sudo:: and version control on RCS"
  47
  48 ** TCP server processes do not work on Windows.
  49
  50 TCP/IP server processes created with `make-network-process' consume
  51 excesive CPU on some Windows environments.  Usages of 50% and 100%
  52 CPU time have been observed on different Window XP configurations.
  53 Seems to be a problem in sys_select in w32proc.c.
  54
  55 * DOCUMENTATION
  56
  57 ** Add a node to the Lisp manual describing key sequences from the
  58 Lisp point of view.
  59
  60 ** Check man/info.texi.
  61
  62 ** Add missing years in copyright notices of all files.
  63
  64 Please record your name here and say which part of the distribution
  65 you're going to handle.
  66
  67 DIRECTORY               STATUS          IN CHARGE
  68 ---------               ------          ---------
  69 etc (and subdirs)       done            Thien-Thi Nguyen (ttn(@gnu.org))
  70 leim                    done            Kenichi Handa
  71 lib-src                 done            ttn
  72 lisp                    done            ttn
  73 lisp/calc               done            ttn
  74 lisp/calendar           done            Glenn Morris
  75 lisp/emacs-lisp         done            ttn
  76 lisp/emulation          done            ttn
  77 lisp/eshell             done            ttn
  78 lisp/gnus               done            ttn
  79 lisp/international      done            Kenichi Handa
  80 lisp/language           done            Kenichi Handa
  81 lisp/mail               done            ttn
  82 lisp/mh-e               done            Bill Wohler
  83 lisp/net                done            ttn
  84 lisp/obsolete           done            ttn
  85 lisp/play               done            ttn
  86 lisp/progmodes          done            Nick Roberts
  87 lisp/term               done            ttn
  88 lisp/textmodes          done            ttn
  89 lisp/url                done            ttn
  90 lispintro               done            ttn
  91 lispref                 done            ttn
  92 lwlib                   done            ttn
  93 m4                      done            ttn
  94 mac (and subdirs)       done            ttn
  95 man                     done            ttn
  96 msdos                   done            ttn
  97 nt (and subdirs)        done            ttn
  98 oldXMenu                done            ttn
  99 src (and subdirs)       done            ttn
 100 vms                     done            ttn
 101
 102 ** Check the Emacs manual.
 103
 104 Each manual section should be checked for factual correctness
 105 regarding recent changes by at least two people.  After each file
 106 name, on the same line or the following line, come the names of the
 107 people who have checked it.
 108
 109 SECTION             READERS
 110 -----------------------------
 111 man/abbrevs.texi    Chong Yidong    Joakim Verona
 112 man/anti.texi       Chong Yidong
 113 man/basic.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 114 man/buffers.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 115 man/building.texi   "Ted Zlatanov" <tzz@lifelogs.com>
 116 man/calendar.texi   joakim@verona.se  Chong Yidong
 117 man/cmdargs.texi    Chong Yidong     "Luc Teirlinck"
 118 man/commands.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 119 man/custom.texi     Chong Yidong     "Luc Teirlinck"
 120 man/dired.texi      Chong Yidong     joakim@verona.se
 121 man/display.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 122 man/emacs.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Lute Kamstra
 123 man/entering.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 124 man/files.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 125 man/fixit.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 126 man/frames.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 127 man/glossary.texi   Chong Yidong
 128 man/help.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 129 man/indent.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 130 man/killing.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 131 man/kmacro.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 132 man/macos.texi      Chong Yidong
 133 man/maintaining.texi Chong Yidong
 134 man/major.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 135 man/mark.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 136 man/mini.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 137 man/misc.texi       Chong Yidong
 138 man/msdog.texi      Chong Yidong
 139 man/mule.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Kenichi Handa
 140 man/m-x.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 141 man/picture.texi    Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>   Chong Yidong
 142 man/programs.texi   "Stephen Eglen"  Chong Yidong
 143 man/regs.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 144 man/rmail.texi      Chong Yidong      "Luc Teirlinck"
 145 man/screen.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 146 man/search.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 147 man/sending.texi    Chong Yidong      "Luc Teirlinck"
 148 man/text.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 149 man/trouble.texi    Chong Yidong
 150 man/windows.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 151 man/xresources.texi
 152
 153 ** Check the Emacs Lisp manual.
 154
 155 Each manual section should be checked for factual correctness
 156 regarding recent changes by at least two people.  After each file
 157 name, on the same line or the following line, come the names of the
 158 people who have checked it.
 159
 160 SECTION                  READERS
 161 ----------------------------------
 162 lispref/abbrevs.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 163 lispref/advice.texi      joakim@verona.se  Chong Yidong
 164 lispref/anti.texi        Chong Yidong
 165 lispref/backups.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 166 lispref/buffers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 167 lispref/calendar.texi    Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>  Chong Yidong
 168 lispref/commands.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 169 lispref/compile.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 170 lispref/control.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 171 lispref/customize.texi   Chong Yidong      "Luc Teirlinck"
 172 lispref/debugging.texi   Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>   Lute Kamstra
 173 lispref/display.texi     Chong Yidong
 174 lispref/edebug.texi      Chong Yidong      "Luc Teirlinck"
 175 lispref/elisp.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Lute Kamstra
 176 lispref/errors.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 177 lispref/eval.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 178 lispref/files.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 179 lispref/frames.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 180 lispref/functions.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 181 lispref/hash.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 182 lispref/help.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 183 lispref/hooks.texi       Lute Kamstra      Chong Yidong
 184 lispref/internals.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 185 lispref/intro.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Josh Varner
 186 lispref/keymaps.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 187 lispref/lists.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 188 lispref/loading.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 189 lispref/locals.texi      Chong Yidong
 190 lispref/macros.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 191 lispref/maps.texi        Chong Yidong
 192 lispref/markers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 193 lispref/minibuf.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 194 lispref/modes.texi       Chong Yidong
 195 lispref/nonascii.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 196 lispref/numbers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 197 lispref/objects.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 198 lispref/os.texi          "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 199 lispref/positions.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 200 lispref/processes.texi   Chong Yidong      ttn
 201 lispref/searching.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 202 lispref/sequences.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 203 lispref/streams.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 204 lispref/strings.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 205 lispref/symbols.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 206 lispref/syntax.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 207 lispref/text.texi        Chong Yidong
 208 lispref/tips.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 209 lispref/variables.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 210 lispref/windows.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 211
 212 ** Check the Emacs Tutorial.
 213
 214 The first line of every tutorial must begin with text ending in a period
 215 (".", ASCII 0x2E) saying "Emacs Tutorial" in the respective language.
 216 This should be followed by "See end for copying conditions", likewise
 217 in the respective language.
 218
 219 After each file name, on the same line or the following line, come the
 220 names of the people who have checked it.
 221
 222 SECTION                  READERS
 223 ----------------------------------
 224 etc/TUTORIAL             rms
 225 etc/TUTORIAL.bg          Ognyan Kulev <ogi@fmi.uni-sofia.bg>
 226 etc/TUTORIAL.cn
 227 etc/TUTORIAL.cs          Pavel Janík <Pavel@Janik.cz>
 228 etc/TUTORIAL.de          Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org>
 229 etc/TUTORIAL.es          Marcelo Toledo
 230 etc/TUTORIAL.fr          ttn
 231 etc/TUTORIAL.it          ttn
 232 etc/TUTORIAL.ja          Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
 233 etc/TUTORIAL.ko
 234 etc/TUTORIAL.nl          Lute Kamstra
 235 etc/TUTORIAL.pl          Slawomir Nowaczyk <slawek@cs.lth.se>
 236 etc/TUTORIAL.pt_BR       Marcelo Toledo
 237 etc/TUTORIAL.ro
 238 etc/TUTORIAL.ru          Alex Ott <alexott@gmail.com>
 239 etc/TUTORIAL.sk          Pavel Janík <Pavel@Janik.cz>
 240 etc/TUTORIAL.sl          Primoz PETERLIN <primoz.peterlin@biofiz.mf.uni-lj.si>
 241 etc/TUTORIAL.sv          Mats Lidell <matsl@contactor.se>
 242 etc/TUTORIAL.th          Virach Sornlertlamvanich <virach@tcllab.org>
 243 etc/TUTORIAL.zh
 244
 245 \f
 246 Local variables:
 247 mode: outline
 248 end: