FOR-RELEASE

Tasks needed before the next release.

* TO BE DONE SHORTLY BEFORE RELEASE

** `undo-ask-before-discard', currently set to t for debugging purposes
has to be set to nil: when t, it can leak memory and cause other problems.

** Update release dates of manuals.

** Spell check the manuals.

** Get rid of overfull and underfull boxes in manuals.

** Check for widow and orphan lines in manuals;
make sure all the pages really look ok in the manual as formatted.


* NEW FEATURES

** Make VC-over-Tramp work where possible, or at least fail
gracefully if something isn't supported over Tramp.
To be done by Andre Spiegel <spiegel@gnu.org>.

** define-minor-mode should not put :require into defcustom.
See msg from rms to emacs-devel on 21 Dec.

** Update Speedbar.


* FATAL ERRORS

** Make unexec handle memory mapping policy of the latest versions of Linux.
This includes exec_shield and a memory-layout randomization feature.

** Investigate reported crashes in compact_small_strings.

** Investigate reported crashes related to using an
invalid pointer from string_free_list.


* BUGS

** Ange-ftp should ignore irrelevant IPv6 errors:

Message-Id: <4121-Tue23Mar2004165249+0100-piet@cs.uu.nl>
From: "Piet van Oostrum" <piet@cs.uu.nl>
To: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org
Subject: Ange-ftp can't deal with IPV6/IPV4 fallback

Symptoms:

C-x C-f /ftp.nluug.nl:/

The problem is that the DNS first gives an IPV6 address. However our
router doesn't do IPV6. Ftp then falls back to IPV4:

ftp> open ftp.nluug.nl
Trying 2001:610:1:80aa:192:87:102:36...
ftp: connect to address 2001:610:1:80aa:192:87:102:36: No route to host
Trying 192.87.102.36...
Connected to ftp.nluug.nl.

Ange-ftp chokes on the `No route to host' message and doesn't look any
further.

I think in the near future we will see more of this problem, so it might be
time to make anfe-ftp more intelligent.


* REDISPLAY RELATED BUGS

** Avoid unbreakable loops in redisplay.

Redisplay may loop if there is an error in some display property, e.g.
     (space 'left-margin)

A fix would be to somehow disable handling of display properties if an error
is encountered.


* DOCUMENTATION

** Document Custom Themes.

** Update lispref/README.

** Update man/info.texi.

** Add missing years in copyright notices of all files.

Policy document admin/notes/years must be updated before
making further progress on this task!!!

Please record your name here and say which part of the distribution
you're going to handle.

DIRECTORY		STATUS		IN CHARGE
---------		------		---------
leim			working		Kenichi Handa
lisp/calc		working		Thien-Thi Nguyen
lisp/calendar		working		Glenn Morris
lisp/emulation		working		Thien-Thi Nguyen
lisp/eshell		working		Thien-Thi Nguyen
lisp/international	done		Kenichi Handa
lisp/languages		done		Kenichi Handa
lisp/mh-e		working		Thien-Thi Nguyen
lisp/net		working		Thien-Thi Nguyen
lisp/play		working		Thien-Thi Nguyen
lisp/term		working		Thien-Thi Nguyen
lisp/toolbar		working		Thien-Thi Nguyen
lisp/url		working		Thien-Thi Nguyen

** Update AUTHORS.

** Check the Emacs manual.

Each manual section should be checked for factual correctness
regarding recent changes by at least two people.  After each file
name, on the same line or the following line, come the names of the
people who have checked it.


SECTION             READERS
-----------------------------
man/abbrevs.texi    Chong Yidong    Joakim Verona
man/anti.texi
man/basic.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
man/buffers.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
man/building.texi   "Ted Zlatanov" <tzz@lifelogs.com>
man/calendar.texi   joakim@verona.se  Chong Yidong
man/cmdargs.texi    Chong Yidong     "Luc Teirlinck"
man/commands.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
man/custom.texi     Chong Yidong
man/dired.texi      Chong Yidong     joakim@verona.se
man/display.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
man/emacs.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Lute Kamstra
man/entering.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
man/files.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
man/fixit.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
man/frames.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
man/glossary.texi   Chong Yidong
man/help.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
man/indent.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
man/killing.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
man/kmacro.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
man/macos.texi
man/maintaining.texi
man/major.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
man/mark.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
man/mini.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
man/misc.texi       Chong Yidong
man/msdog.texi      Chong Yidong
man/mule.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"
man/m-x.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
man/picture.texi    Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>   Chong Yidong
man/programs.texi   "Stephen Eglen"  Chong Yidong
man/regs.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
man/rmail.texi      Chong Yidong      "Luc Teirlinck"
man/screen.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
man/search.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
man/sending.texi    Chong Yidong      "Luc Teirlinck"
man/text.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
man/trouble.texi    Chong Yidong
man/windows.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
man/xresources.texi

** Check the Emacs Lisp manual.

Each manual section should be checked for factual correctness
regarding recent changes by at least two people.  After each file
name, on the same line or the following line, come the names of the
people who have checked it.

SECTION                  READERS
----------------------------------
lispref/abbrevs.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
lispref/advice.texi	 joakim@verona.se  Chong Yidong
lispref/anti.texi
lispref/backups.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
lispref/buffers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
lispref/calendar.texi    Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>  Chong Yidong
lispref/commands.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
lispref/compile.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
lispref/control.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
lispref/customize.texi   Chong Yidong
lispref/debugging.texi   Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>   Lute Kamstra
lispref/display.texi     Chong Yidong
lispref/edebug.texi      Chong Yidong      "Luc Teirlinck"
lispref/elisp.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Lute Kamstra
lispref/errors.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"
lispref/eval.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
lispref/files.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
lispref/frames.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
lispref/functions.texi	 "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
lispref/hash.texi	 "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
lispref/help.texi	 "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
lispref/hooks.texi	 Lute Kamstra
lispref/internals.texi	 "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
lispref/intro.texi	 "Luc Teirlinck"
lispref/keymaps.texi	 "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
lispref/lists.texi	 "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
lispref/loading.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
lispref/locals.texi
lispref/macros.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
lispref/maps.texi
lispref/markers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
lispref/minibuf.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
lispref/modes.texi	 Chong Yidong
lispref/nonascii.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
lispref/numbers.texi	 "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
lispref/objects.texi	 "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
lispref/os.texi		 "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
lispref/positions.texi	 "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
lispref/processes.texi   Chong Yidong	   Thien-Thi Nguyen
lispref/searching.texi	 "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
lispref/sequences.texi	 "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
lispref/streams.texi	 "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
lispref/strings.texi	 "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
lispref/symbols.texi	 "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
lispref/syntax.texi	 "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
lispref/text.texi        Chong Yidong
lispref/tips.texi	 "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
lispref/variables.texi	 "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
lispref/windows.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong

** Check the Emacs Tutorial.

The first line of every tutorial must begin with text ending in a period
(".", ASCII 0x2E) saying "Emacs Tutorial" in the respective language.
This should be followed by "See end for copying conditions", likewise
in the respective language.

After each file name, on the same line or the following line, come the
names of the people who have checked it.


SECTION                  READERS
----------------------------------
etc/TUTORIAL             rms
etc/TUTORIAL.bg          Ognyan Kulev <ogi@fmi.uni-sofia.bg>
etc/TUTORIAL.cn
etc/TUTORIAL.cs          Pavel Jank <Pavel@Janik.cz>
etc/TUTORIAL.de          Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org>
etc/TUTORIAL.es          Marcelo Toledo
etc/TUTORIAL.fr          Thien-Thi Nguyen
etc/TUTORIAL.it          Thien-Thi Nguyen
etc/TUTORIAL.ja		 Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
etc/TUTORIAL.ko
etc/TUTORIAL.nl		 Lute Kamstra
etc/TUTORIAL.pl          Slawomir Nowaczyk <slawek@cs.lth.se>
etc/TUTORIAL.pt_BR       Marcelo Toledo
etc/TUTORIAL.ro
etc/TUTORIAL.ru          Alex Ott <alexott@gmail.com>
etc/TUTORIAL.sk          Pavel Jank <Pavel@Janik.cz>
etc/TUTORIAL.sl          Primoz PETERLIN <primoz.peterlin@biofiz.mf.uni-lj.si>
etc/TUTORIAL.sv          Mats Lidell <matsl@contactor.se>
etc/TUTORIAL.th          Virach Sornlertlamvanich <virach@tcllab.org>
etc/TUTORIAL.zh




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