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+From - Mon May 10 05:47:24 2010
+From: [email protected]
+Date: Mon May 10 05:47:24 2010
+To: erlang patches <[email protected]>
+Subject: What's cooking in erlang/otp (2010-05-10)
+X-dev-at: 9a47f399acb54eac86b79b274aaf4f191a765961
+
+May 13-14 are not workdays, so if you'll send an email during
+those days, you might have to wait until May 17 before we'll
+take care of it.
+
+R14A is planned to be released on June 16. We haven't decided on
+an exact deadline for submissions yet, but the sooner you'll
+send in your submissions, the better chance it has to be
+considered for inclusion in the release.
+
+We will try to review most of the current branches in the 'pu'
+branch before the release.
+
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[Graduated]
+
+* ks/syntax_tools (syntax_tools) (2010-05-06) 1 commit
+ + Fix an erroneous spec (ccf1c5d)
+
+* ms/epmd-error-checking (erts) (2010-03-20) 1 commit
+ + Exit if an error occurs with the listening socket (cfdd0e5)
+
+* ms/inet_gethost-safe-debug-output (erts) (2010-04-12) 1 commit
+ + Truncate debug messages (d1b44cb)
+
+* rd/erlang-eunit (tools) (2010-03-22) 1 commit
+ + erlang-eunit.el: Require cl, as it is used (43ae537)
+
+* sv/env-with-equal-sign (erts) (2010-04-21) 1 commit
+ + allow open_port to set env vars containing a trailing '=' character (6f40c66)
+
+* sv/sasl-fix-get_status (sasl) (2010-05-05) 2 commits
+ + Prepare patch release (a83e80f)
+ + fix sys:get_status backward compatibility for sasl release_handler_1 (0c687fa)
+
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[New topics]
+
+* bg/beam_lib (stdlib) (2010-05-06) 2 commits
+ - Remove redundant includes (a31b2b2)
+ - Make beam_lib:cmp/2 stricter (3f8f87e)
+
+* bg/compiler-attributes (compiler) (2010-05-05) 1 commit
+ - Remove opaque declarations from the attributes (7d9dd76)
+
+* dgud/emacs-21-fix (tools) (2010-05-03) 1 commit
+ - Remove usage of 'font-lock-preprocessor-face' if not available (5373c9c)
+
+* sv/format_status-name-handling (stdlib, wx) (2010-05-09) 1 commit
+ - handle {global, term()} names in format_status/2 (4e81da5)
+
+* uw/epmd-fullnames (kernel) (2010-05-07) 1 commit
+ - Allow the erlang nodename host part to differ from the hostname (e0774be)
+
+* uw/mnesia-overload (mnesia) (2010-05-09) 1 commit
+ - Enable continuous monitoring of mnesia overload status (82c0904)
+
+* uw/mnesia-schema-merge (mnesia) (2010-05-09) 1 commit
+ - Allow a user_defined function to wrap mnesia_schema:merge_schema() (3f70f3d)
+
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[Stalled]
+
+* bg/safer-local_to_univ (erts) (2010-02-11) 1 commit
+ - erl_time_sup.c: test for error return from mktime() (0f62f0b)
+
+We will not include this branch in R13B04 for two reasons:
+
+  o We are not 100% sure that this change is harmless on all
+    platforms in all timezones.
+  o We have an idea how the underlying problem can be fixed in
+    the calendar module (only) and I plan to try it out after the
+    release. We will keep this branch in pu as a reminder.
+
+Action expected from: Björn Gustavsson
+
+* db/tv_nthtail_fix (tv) (2009-12-01) 1 commit
+ - Fix for tv which restarts while trying to open a table (abe0759)
+
+Since our long-term goal is to migrate from gs towards wx,
+maintaining the old gs applications has a low priority for
+the Erlang/OTP team. Therefore, we will accept patches that
+seem sound, but we are unlikely to spend much of our own time
+fixing bugs.
+
+The author of this topic branch has found the real reason for
+the problem, but uncovered additional issues.
+
+Action expected from: The topic author - to decide whether to
+include the topic branch (which is a workaround, but does eliminate
+the crash) or to wait for a better fix from himself or someone else
+with an interest to advance the topic.
+
+* er/ei-decode_msg (erl_interface) (2010-03-11) 1 commit
+ - Add function to decode distribution header (864091a)
+
+Needs documentation and test cases.
+
+Action expected from: Topic author
+
+* jp/dependencies_makefile (compiler, erts) (2010-02-14) 3 commits
+ - squash! eliminate dialyzer warning (434e2ca)
+ - squash! fix snprintf for Windows (bf2708d)
+ - Add dependencies Makefile generation to erlc(1) and compile(3) (7cbc437)
+
+Approved in principle by the OTP Technical Board; now awaits a closer
+review of the implementation.
+
+Action expected from: Björn Gustavsson (the reviewer)
+
+* kr/gs-browser (gs) (2010-02-10) 1 commit
+ - Change lib/gs/src/tool_utils.erl to select multiple browsers other than Netscape (802d159)
+
+This topic branch introduces a new call to the deprecated regexp module.
+
+Action expected from: Topic author or anyone else with an interest to
+advance the topic
+
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[Cooking]
+
+* am/kernel-stops (kernel) (2010-02-21) 1 commit
+ - Change restart behavior of network apps from permanent to transient (397343b)
+
+* am/net_kernel_catchall (kernel) (2010-02-20) 1 commit
+ - Add catch all handle_call to net_kernel (77ee109)
+
+* bg/compiler (compiler, stdlib) (2010-03-12) 5 commits
+ - beam_peep: Remove optimization already done by beam_dead (8adc56b)
+ - beam_dead: Combine is_eq_exact instructions into select_val instructions (3626739)
+ - Evaluate is_record/3 at compile-time using type information (07ceb97)
+ - Evaluate element/2 at compile-time using type information (4bbe919)
+ - erl_expand_records: Replace is_record() with matching (dce204e)
+
+* bg/compiler-cover-and-clean (compiler, erts, hipe) (2010-05-09) 19 commits
+ - v3_life: Remove clause that cannot match in match_fail/3 (41bedda)
+ - v3_life tests: Cover exception handling code in v3_life:function/1 (7a6151f)
+ - beam_type: Remove redundant clause (0aa0c85)
+ - v3_core tests: Cover make_bool_switch_guard/5 (658a448)
+ - v3_core tests: Cover handling of pattern aliases (3dacdce)
+ - v3_core: Remove a clause in is_simple/1 that cannot match (5221040)
+ - v3_core: Remove unused support for generating compilation errors (e5568f0)
+ - Remove stray support for the put_literal/2 instruction (8886957)
+ - Remove stray support for the bs_bits_to_bytes2/2 instruction (d4370bd)
+ - Remove the bs_bits_to_bytes/3 instruction (45d10cb)
+ - Cover handling of 'math' BIFs (8e7e16e)
+ - beam_bool: Remove a clause in live_regs/1 that cannot match (3672c7a)
+.
+.
+.
+
+.
+.
+.
+
+* bg/opt-receive (compiler, erts, hipe, kernel, orber, otp, stdlib) (2010-04-23) 10 commits
+ - Test that gen_server:call/2,3 are fast even with a huge message queue (a9cc3a6)
+ - erts: Add tests for the receive optimization (31faf2f)
+ - Update primary bootstrap (110fcec)
+ - erts: Implement recv_mark/1 and recv_set/1 for real (ffe5530)
+ - compiler tests: Cover the error handling code in beam_receive (c335694)
+ - compiler test: Test optimization of receive statements (787796b)
+ - Optimize selective receives in the presence of a large message queue (4aba9c7)
+ - Introduce the new recv_mark/1 and recv_mark/1 instructions (17e9d5c)
+ - Move p_run/2 to test_lib (f0d8728)
+ - gen: Inline wait_resp_mon/2 to help the compiler optimize (23362ae)
+
+* bg/temp-hipe-fixes (compiler, hipe, kernel) (2010-03-15) 6 commits
+ - Avoid crash by skipping compilation_SUITE:on_load/1 (234e13e)
+ - Inline less aggressively for native-code compilation (9fcb48b)
+ - Crudely fix return type for the lists:key{search,find,member}/3 (ef71597)
+ - seq_trace_SUITE: Don't native-compile (2a81b1a)
+ - Disable native code if on_load is used (3befa76)
+ - andor_SUITE: Don't native-compile (97aa2da)
+
+This branch contains temporary workarounds to avoid failing test
+cases and is never intended to graduate.
+
+* cf/timer_tc (stdlib) (2010-04-06) 1 commit
+ - Add timer:tc/2 to measure the elapsed time of anonymous functions (2cca650)
+
+* dp/shell-line-editing (kernel, stdlib) (2010-03-05) 1 commit
+ - Readline-style line edit history (91e912b)
+
+* fm/file-operations (erts, kernel) (2010-04-26) 3 commits
+ - Update preloaded modules (c2dbc5e)
+ - Add file:advise/4 - a wrapper to the POSIX syscall posix_fadvise (6fd827d)
+ - Add file:datasync/1 for syncing file contents only (d96666a)
+
+* gl/jinterface-pom (jinterface, otp) (2010-02-15) 2 commits
+ - Exclude jinterface build artifact from git (5acf5fa)
+ - Add pom.xml for jinterface build (aa68190)
+
+* hb/edoc (edoc) (2010-04-01) 1 commit
+ - EDoc and Dialyzer specs and types (516e16c)
+
+* jf/run_erl-disable-flow-control (erts) (2010-03-05) 1 commit
+ - Teach run_erl RUN_ERL_DISABLE_FLOWCNTRL for disabling flow control (d0775cd)
+
+* jl/windows-file-share-delete (erts) (2010-02-22) 1 commit
+ - Windows: Open files with FILE_SHARE_DELETE to get closer to UNIX semantics (0544a2c)
+
+* jn/ic-docs-without-java (ic) (2010-03-07) 1 commit
+ - Permit building and installing documentation without Java (2016a08)
+
+* jr/cover-src-path (tools) (2010-04-23) 1 commit
+ - Fix searching for source files in analyse_to_file/* (b9d5068)
+
+* ks/cleanups (compiler, debugger, docbuilder, gs, stdlib) (2010-04-10) 5 commits
+ - compiler: Fix incorrect types and specs (9021667)
+ - escript: Add more types to records (edfbc4b)
+ - debugger: Clean up as suggested by tidier (42c0c33)
+ - docbuilder: Clean up as suggested by tidier (c22830a)
+ - gs: Clean up as suggested by tidier (eda4f7a)
+
+Was formerly called ks/cleanups-after-r13b04.
+
+* ks/export_type (compiler, dialyzer, hipe, kernel, stdlib, syntax_tools) (2010-03-22) 12 commits
+ - Minor fix in a print message (69ed36b)
+ - Add handling of unknown types (58a099f)
+ - Add declaration for exported types (6aa213f)
+ - Add types and specs; performed some cleanups also (8160670)
+ - erl_scan: Add declarations for exported types (8e49dce)
+ - stdlib: Add declarations for exported types (299b6b7)
+ - hipe: Add declarations for exported types (f22087c)
+ - compiler: Add declarations for exported types (50fd2d0)
+ - syntax_tools: Add declarations for exported types (552bf5f)
+ - kernel: Add declaration for exported types (ebfad2e)
+ - Support -export_type() in dialyzer and erl_types (dafb1e6)
+ - Add infrastructure for the -export_type() attribute (0085c95)
+
+* mh/ssh_channel-init-no-catch (ssh) (2010-01-25) 1 commit
+ - Remove pointless catch from ssh_channel:init/1. (bb7eaa5)
+
+* ms/file-exclusive-mode (erts, kernel) (2010-04-30) 1 commit
+ - Support opening files in exclusive mode (5d1253d)
+
+* pl/fix-shared-lib-install (asn1, megaco, wx) (2010-04-15) 1 commit
+ - Fix shared libraries installation (7809f92)
+
+* ra/include-public_key-in-ssh (ssh) (2010-01-20) 1 commit
+ - Added public_key among ssh applications. (3a0c2c5)
+
+* se/spawn_drv_win_deadlock (erts) (2010-04-28) 1 commit
+ - Fix deadlock in spawn driver on windows (4fe6e7e)
+
+* sv/format_status_error_info (stdlib) (2010-02-28) 2 commits
+ - Add support for the format_status callback to gen_event (fa4a3b2)
+ - Extend format_status for gen_server/gen_fsm termination error logging (53bf35a)
+
+* ta/asn1-reporting (asn1) (2010-04-23) 1 commit
+ - asn1ct: Make formatting of errors and warnings consistent (93face2)
+
+* ta/extend-nif-api (erts) (2010-05-07) 3 commits
+ - erl_nif: add make_atom_len, make_existing_atom_len and make_string_len (96eec0e)
+ - erl_nif: add enif_get_atom_length and enif_get_list_length (d122616)
+ - erl_nif: add enif_is_list and enif_is_tuple (d265224)