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