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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 Policy document admin/notes/years must be updated before
  92 making further progress on this task!!!
  93
  94 Please record your name here and say which part of the distribution
  95 you're going to handle.
  96
  97 DIRECTORY               STATUS          IN CHARGE
  98 ---------               ------          ---------
  99 leim                    working         Kenichi Handa
 100 lisp/calc               working         Thien-Thi Nguyen
 101 lisp/calendar           working         Glenn Morris
 102 lisp/emulation          working         Thien-Thi Nguyen
 103 lisp/eshell             working         Thien-Thi Nguyen
 104 lisp/international      done            Kenichi Handa
 105 lisp/languages          done            Kenichi Handa
 106 lisp/mh-e               working         Thien-Thi Nguyen
 107 lisp/net                working         Thien-Thi Nguyen
 108 lisp/play               working         Thien-Thi Nguyen
 109 lisp/term               working         Thien-Thi Nguyen
 110 lisp/toolbar            working         Thien-Thi Nguyen
 111 lisp/url                working         Thien-Thi Nguyen
 112
 113 ** Update AUTHORS.
 114
 115 ** Reorder NEWS entries.
 116
 117 ** Check the Emacs manual.
 118
 119 Each manual section should be checked for factual correctness
 120 regarding recent changes by at least two people.  After each file
 121 name, on the same line or the following line, come the names of the
 122 people who have checked it.
 123
 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"
 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
 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
 239 SECTION                  READERS
 240 ----------------------------------
 241 etc/TUTORIAL             rms
 242 etc/TUTORIAL.bg          Ognyan Kulev <ogi@fmi.uni-sofia.bg>
 243 etc/TUTORIAL.cn
 244 etc/TUTORIAL.cs          Pavel Janík <Pavel@Janik.cz>
 245 etc/TUTORIAL.de          Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org>
 246 etc/TUTORIAL.es          Marcelo Toledo
 247 etc/TUTORIAL.fr          Thien-Thi Nguyen
 248 etc/TUTORIAL.it          Thien-Thi Nguyen
 249 etc/TUTORIAL.ja          Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
 250 etc/TUTORIAL.ko
 251 etc/TUTORIAL.nl          Lute Kamstra
 252 etc/TUTORIAL.pl          Slawomir Nowaczyk <slawek@cs.lth.se>
 253 etc/TUTORIAL.pt_BR       Marcelo Toledo
 254 etc/TUTORIAL.ro
 255 etc/TUTORIAL.ru          Alex Ott <alexott@gmail.com>
 256 etc/TUTORIAL.sk          Pavel Janík <Pavel@Janik.cz>
 257 etc/TUTORIAL.sl          Primoz PETERLIN <primoz.peterlin@biofiz.mf.uni-lj.si>
 258 etc/TUTORIAL.sv          Mats Lidell <matsl@contactor.se>
 259 etc/TUTORIAL.th          Virach Sornlertlamvanich <virach@tcllab.org>
 260 etc/TUTORIAL.zh
 261
 262
 263
 264 \f
 265 Local variables:
 266 mode: outline
 267 end: