Mercurial > emacs
annotate admin/FOR-RELEASE @ 86631:d93748bbba32
Move here from lisp/nxml/char-name/unicode
author | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> |
---|---|
date | Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:03:41 +0000 |
parents | d976a8fb8ef5 |
children | 747f085c3e6a |
rev | line source |
---|---|
56253
5eca32ea0d37
Moved FOR-RELEASE from etc/ to admin/.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents:
diff
changeset
|
1 Tasks needed before the next release. |
5eca32ea0d37
Moved FOR-RELEASE from etc/ to admin/.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents:
diff
changeset
|
2 |
61193
4a6c38cb9e23
*** empty log message ***
Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu>
parents:
61171
diff
changeset
|
3 * TO BE DONE SHORTLY BEFORE RELEASE |
61063
4b6f377ee225
*** empty log message ***
Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu>
parents:
60716
diff
changeset
|
4 |
63591
e477f7119e3c
*** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents:
63585
diff
changeset
|
5 ** Check for widow and orphan lines in manuals; |
e477f7119e3c
*** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents:
63585
diff
changeset
|
6 make sure all the pages really look ok in the manual as formatted. |
e477f7119e3c
*** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents:
63585
diff
changeset
|
7 |
85055 | 8 ** Regenerate the pdf versions of the reference cards in etc/refcards/. |
76194 | 9 |
64145
a8e381cff97f
*** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents:
64137
diff
changeset
|
10 ** Ask maintainers of refcard translations to update them. |
a8e381cff97f
*** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents:
64137
diff
changeset
|
11 |
85055 | 12 Emacs 22 translators: |
70885
cb7b2f48a590
Update refcard translations. Add coding cookie.
Reiner Steib <Reiner.Steib@gmx.de>
parents:
70813
diff
changeset
|
13 |
cb7b2f48a590
Update refcard translations. Add coding cookie.
Reiner Steib <Reiner.Steib@gmx.de>
parents:
70813
diff
changeset
|
14 LANG Translator Status |
85055 | 15 cs Pavel Janík |
16 de Sven Joachim | |
17 fr Eric Jacoboni | |
18 pl Włodek Bzyl | |
19 pt-br Rodrigo Real | |
20 ru Alex Ott | |
21 sk Miroslav Vaško | |
70885
cb7b2f48a590
Update refcard translations. Add coding cookie.
Reiner Steib <Reiner.Steib@gmx.de>
parents:
70813
diff
changeset
|
22 |
80859
923385d32ee9
Add notes about NEWS, as a reminder for the next release.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents:
80854
diff
changeset
|
23 ** Remove temporary +++/--- lines in NEWS. |
70885
cb7b2f48a590
Update refcard translations. Add coding cookie.
Reiner Steib <Reiner.Steib@gmx.de>
parents:
70813
diff
changeset
|
24 |
80859
923385d32ee9
Add notes about NEWS, as a reminder for the next release.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents:
80854
diff
changeset
|
25 ** Try to reorder NEWS: most important things first, related items together. |
923385d32ee9
Add notes about NEWS, as a reminder for the next release.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents:
80854
diff
changeset
|
26 |
85215 | 27 * WINDOWS SUPPORT BUGS |
76426 | 28 |
76429
707af9424308
Bit late for pre-pretest comment...
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents:
76428
diff
changeset
|
29 These don't need to be fixed before a release, but we call the |
72523
85d27b00d6b0
*** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents:
72444
diff
changeset
|
30 attention of Windows users to fixing them. |
58282
7c3f5740a5cc
*** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents:
58196
diff
changeset
|
31 |
77602
a647e6a2454d
Add pointers to the relevant mailing lists threads.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents:
77600
diff
changeset
|
32 ** Drew Adams 12 Aug bug rpt: overlay display artifact: trace left behind |
73362
a34e6f239050
Added extra info about Drew Adams 12 Aug bug
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents:
73355
diff
changeset
|
33 Windows only bug. Bug appears only when Cleartype enabled, probably related |
73436
969b377c22cd
Fixed: Oct 16: Emacs allocates unnecessary memory
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
73428
diff
changeset
|
34 to the hack introduced on 2005-07-01 to fix some other Cleartype problem. |
72523
85d27b00d6b0
*** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents:
72444
diff
changeset
|
35 |
72659
7817efe2e430
ispell.el problem is a Windows-only bug (if it exists).
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents:
72657
diff
changeset
|
36 ** henman@it.to-be.co.jp 09 Aug 2006: ispell.el problem on Cygwin. |
7817efe2e430
ispell.el problem is a Windows-only bug (if it exists).
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents:
72657
diff
changeset
|
37 (Did we decide that is unreproducible?) |
7817efe2e430
ispell.el problem is a Windows-only bug (if it exists).
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents:
72657
diff
changeset
|
38 |
78912 | 39 * BUGS WAITING FOR MORE USER INPUT |
40 | |
85215 | 41 ** raman@users.sf.net, sep 7: Emacs 23.0.50: Segfaults in alloc.c (batch process) |
42 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-09/msg00690.html | |
78967 | 43 |
78912 | 44 ** undefined reference getopt_long |
45 Report by Daniel C. Bastos <dbast0s@yahoo.com.br> on bug-gnu-emacs | |
46 from 2007-08-27. Impossible to procede without more input from OP (as | |
47 of 20070912, emails are bouncing) or someone else who can reproduce this. | |
48 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-08/msg01497.html | |
49 | |
78967 | 50 ** emacs-22.1 with GTK problems (with patches) |
51 Only outstanding issue seems to be whether Solaris 2.6 GTK can be | |
52 supported in the absence of recursive mutexes, via a change to | |
53 alloc.c, or whether configure should abort. | |
54 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2007-09/msg00055.html | |
55 | |
72523
85d27b00d6b0
*** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents:
72444
diff
changeset
|
56 * BUGS |
85d27b00d6b0
*** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents:
72444
diff
changeset
|
57 |
85055 | 58 ** Document the changes introduced by multi-tty |
59 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-08/msg01639.html | |
60 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-08/msg01602.html | |
61 | |
84738 | 62 ** Does deleting frames run Lisp code? If so, can we get rid of that? |
63 It is a dangerous design. | |
64 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-09/msg01330.html | |
78426
8be76eb5f49a
*** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents:
78406
diff
changeset
|
65 |
83905
2d3f885cd5a2
*** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents:
83904
diff
changeset
|
66 ** Why were the calls to x_fully_uncatch_errors commented out in eval.c? |
84946 | 67 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-09/msg01987.html |
83905
2d3f885cd5a2
*** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents:
83904
diff
changeset
|
68 |
84734 | 69 ** grep et al should use font-lock to do highlighting, so that they respect font-lock-mode. |
70 "can't turn off font-lock" | |
71 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-08/msg00548.html | |
72 | |
84810
96f5824834bd
*** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents:
84770
diff
changeset
|
73 ** mah@everybody.org, Sep 18: erc causes emacs to hang with multi-tty |
84946 | 74 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-09/msg01765.html |
79001
014d07e8bae7
*** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents:
78996
diff
changeset
|
75 |
84810
96f5824834bd
*** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents:
84770
diff
changeset
|
76 ** jbw@macs.hw.ac.uk, Sep 18: before-string property has no effect if display property is empty |
84946 | 77 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2007-09/msg00094.html |
78 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-09/msg01816.html | |
84810
96f5824834bd
*** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents:
84770
diff
changeset
|
79 |
84839
13a057bb5491
*** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents:
84810
diff
changeset
|
80 ** sdl.web@gmail.com, Sep 24: TLS infinite loop. |
84946 | 81 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-09/msg01720.html |
82 | |
85025
f689d2c685d0
*** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents:
84973
diff
changeset
|
83 ** herring@lanl.gov: find-func: can no longer find adviced subrs |
f689d2c685d0
*** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents:
84973
diff
changeset
|
84 This ought to work. |
79001
014d07e8bae7
*** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents:
78996
diff
changeset
|
85 |
85055 | 86 ** \\{...} produces duplicate entries |
87 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-05/msg00209.html | |
88 | |
89 ** menu indications of key bindings for remapped commands | |
90 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-05/msg01339.html | |
77763 | 91 |
85307
af8ac7ad50ad
*** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents:
85215
diff
changeset
|
92 ** rms: gnus-dired.el is a mistake. Those features should not |
85308
421d8593b3ca
*** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents:
85307
diff
changeset
|
93 be part of Gnus. They should be moved to some other part of Emacs. |
77763 | 94 |
85770
d432c3fad643
*** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents:
85757
diff
changeset
|
95 ** sdl.web@gmail.com, 28 Oct: window-system in face definition |
d432c3fad643
*** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents:
85757
diff
changeset
|
96 |
86215 | 97 ** Gnus cannot send mail by default |
98 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-10/msg02082.html | |
99 | |
100 ** Gnus archive groups are not shown at all if they are not at the default level. | |
101 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/65622 | |
102 | |
103 ** Extra question asked when doing a reply in Gnus | |
104 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/65627 | |
105 | |
79380
64025782b13f
*** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents:
79343
diff
changeset
|
106 ** sdl.web@gmail.com, 30 Oct: ps-lpr-switches has no effect |
64025782b13f
*** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents:
79343
diff
changeset
|
107 |
64025782b13f
*** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents:
79343
diff
changeset
|
108 ** Stephen.Berman@gmx.net: minibuffer and current-local-map |
64025782b13f
*** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents:
79343
diff
changeset
|
109 |
64025782b13f
*** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents:
79343
diff
changeset
|
110 ** timh@insightful.com, 9 Nov: X-coding-system incompatibility, and workaround |
64025782b13f
*** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents:
79343
diff
changeset
|
111 |
86513
d976a8fb8ef5
Get rid of old-style backquotes in cc-vars.el.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents:
86307
diff
changeset
|
112 ** Get rid of old-style backquotes in cc-vars.el. |
d976a8fb8ef5
Get rid of old-style backquotes in cc-vars.el.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents:
86307
diff
changeset
|
113 ttn has a patch: |
d976a8fb8ef5
Get rid of old-style backquotes in cc-vars.el.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents:
86307
diff
changeset
|
114 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-10/msg02052.html |
d976a8fb8ef5
Get rid of old-style backquotes in cc-vars.el.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents:
86307
diff
changeset
|
115 |
57063
db5f50a7e5fa
(Documentation): Add NEWS entry.
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
57060
diff
changeset
|
116 * DOCUMENTATION |
db5f50a7e5fa
(Documentation): Add NEWS entry.
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
57060
diff
changeset
|
117 |
61171
7647346fa1e1
Tracking the confirmation of translators in admin/FOR-RELEASE for the new title of the tutorial that will also appear in the splash screen. Improvements and corrections in TUTORIAL.es and TUTORIAL.pt_BR.
Marcelo Toledo <marcelo@gnu.org>
parents:
61063
diff
changeset
|
118 ** Check the Emacs Tutorial. |
7647346fa1e1
Tracking the confirmation of translators in admin/FOR-RELEASE for the new title of the tutorial that will also appear in the splash screen. Improvements and corrections in TUTORIAL.es and TUTORIAL.pt_BR.
Marcelo Toledo <marcelo@gnu.org>
parents:
61063
diff
changeset
|
119 |
73198
14c255fed792
*** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents:
73195
diff
changeset
|
120 The first line of every tutorial must begin with text ending in a |
14c255fed792
*** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents:
73195
diff
changeset
|
121 period (".", ASCII 0x2E) saying "Emacs Tutorial" in the respective |
84734 | 122 language. This should be followed by "See end for copying conditions", |
123 likewise in the respective language. | |
61202
27302c01afb4
*** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents:
61195
diff
changeset
|
124 |
27302c01afb4
*** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents:
61195
diff
changeset
|
125 After each file name, on the same line or the following line, come the |
27302c01afb4
*** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents:
61195
diff
changeset
|
126 names of the people who have checked it. |
27302c01afb4
*** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents:
61195
diff
changeset
|
127 |
61171
7647346fa1e1
Tracking the confirmation of translators in admin/FOR-RELEASE for the new title of the tutorial that will also appear in the splash screen. Improvements and corrections in TUTORIAL.es and TUTORIAL.pt_BR.
Marcelo Toledo <marcelo@gnu.org>
parents:
61063
diff
changeset
|
128 SECTION READERS |
7647346fa1e1
Tracking the confirmation of translators in admin/FOR-RELEASE for the new title of the tutorial that will also appear in the splash screen. Improvements and corrections in TUTORIAL.es and TUTORIAL.pt_BR.
Marcelo Toledo <marcelo@gnu.org>
parents:
61063
diff
changeset
|
129 ---------------------------------- |
85215 | 130 etc/TUTORIAL |
131 etc/TUTORIAL.bg | |
61171
7647346fa1e1
Tracking the confirmation of translators in admin/FOR-RELEASE for the new title of the tutorial that will also appear in the splash screen. Improvements and corrections in TUTORIAL.es and TUTORIAL.pt_BR.
Marcelo Toledo <marcelo@gnu.org>
parents:
61063
diff
changeset
|
132 etc/TUTORIAL.cn |
85215 | 133 etc/TUTORIAL.cs |
134 etc/TUTORIAL.de | |
75947 | 135 etc/TUTORIAL.eo |
85215 | 136 etc/TUTORIAL.es |
137 etc/TUTORIAL.fr | |
138 etc/TUTORIAL.it | |
139 etc/TUTORIAL.ja | |
61171
7647346fa1e1
Tracking the confirmation of translators in admin/FOR-RELEASE for the new title of the tutorial that will also appear in the splash screen. Improvements and corrections in TUTORIAL.es and TUTORIAL.pt_BR.
Marcelo Toledo <marcelo@gnu.org>
parents:
61063
diff
changeset
|
140 etc/TUTORIAL.ko |
85215 | 141 etc/TUTORIAL.nl |
142 etc/TUTORIAL.pl | |
143 etc/TUTORIAL.pt_BR | |
61171
7647346fa1e1
Tracking the confirmation of translators in admin/FOR-RELEASE for the new title of the tutorial that will also appear in the splash screen. Improvements and corrections in TUTORIAL.es and TUTORIAL.pt_BR.
Marcelo Toledo <marcelo@gnu.org>
parents:
61063
diff
changeset
|
144 etc/TUTORIAL.ro |
85215 | 145 etc/TUTORIAL.ru |
146 etc/TUTORIAL.sk | |
147 etc/TUTORIAL.sl | |
148 etc/TUTORIAL.sv | |
149 etc/TUTORIAL.th | |
61171
7647346fa1e1
Tracking the confirmation of translators in admin/FOR-RELEASE for the new title of the tutorial that will also appear in the splash screen. Improvements and corrections in TUTORIAL.es and TUTORIAL.pt_BR.
Marcelo Toledo <marcelo@gnu.org>
parents:
61063
diff
changeset
|
150 etc/TUTORIAL.zh |
7647346fa1e1
Tracking the confirmation of translators in admin/FOR-RELEASE for the new title of the tutorial that will also appear in the splash screen. Improvements and corrections in TUTORIAL.es and TUTORIAL.pt_BR.
Marcelo Toledo <marcelo@gnu.org>
parents:
61063
diff
changeset
|
151 |
56267 | 152 |
153 Local variables: | |
154 mode: outline | |
70885
cb7b2f48a590
Update refcard translations. Add coding cookie.
Reiner Steib <Reiner.Steib@gmx.de>
parents:
70813
diff
changeset
|
155 coding: utf-8 |
56267 | 156 end: |