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+From - Fri Sep  3 11:41:56 2010
+Date: Fri Sep  3 11:41:56 2010
+To: erlang patches <[email protected]>
+Subject: What's cooking in erlang/otp (2010-09-03)
+X-dev-at: 8f67f51105560f1c0e721117100cf20d0c6061c0
+
+R14B will be released September 15.
+
+We might include more topics that already are in 'pu'
+into the release. New topics received from now on
+are unlikely to be included in the release, unless
+they fix fairly serious bugs.
+
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[Graduated]
+
+* mp/fix-hipe-icode-exceptions (hipe) (2010-08-27) 1 commit
+ + fix crash in hipe_icode_exceptions (4992955)
+
+* mp/fix-hipe-on_load_crash (erts) (2010-06-30) 1 commit
+ + fix native code crash when calling unloaded module with on_load function (9010837)
+
+* mp/robustify-hipe_bifs_get_hrvtime (erts) (2010-08-26) 1 commit
+ + robustify hipe_bifs:get_hrvtime/0 (789f950)
+
+* pan/local_univ_time_bsd/OTP-8580 (erts) (2010-06-10) 1 commit
+ + Teach erl_time_sup to handle timezones w/o DST on FreeBSD as on other platforms (7e6fe78)
+
+* pg/fix-crypto-rc4_encrypt_with_state (crypto) (2010-08-20) 1 commit
+ + Fix RC4 stream cipher binding (crypto:rc4_encrypt_with_state/2) (c1af26a)
+
+* pg/fix-hipe-load (hipe) (2010-07-11) 1 commit
+ + Fix hipe:load/1 (7d6a804)
+
+* pg/fix-segfault-on-crash_dump-with-hipe (erts) (2010-07-06) 1 commit
+ + Fix segmentation fault when dumping the crash log with hipe enabled and natively compiled modules (c042183)
+
+* rz/fix-httpc-docs (inets) (2010-07-10) 1 commit
+ . Fix broken links in inets docs (7e417c3)
+
+* tl/ssl-fix-packet-line-mode-list (ssl) (2010-08-18) 2 commits
+ . Correct behaviour if {packet, line} and mode list are given (06f147c)
+ . Change packet_line_decode/1 to not only check binary mode (5e6972f)
+
+Included with corrections.
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[New topics]
+
+* km/pool_connect-to-running-nodes (stdlib) (2010-09-02) 1 commit
+ - Change pool module to attempt to attach to nodes that are already running (0c89959)
+
+* ms/ei-overflow-fix (erl_interface) (2010-08-21) 1 commit
+ - ei: prevent overflow in ei_connect_init/ei_xconnect (ada2e2f)
+
+* ms/ei_connect-doc-examples (erl_interface) (2010-08-21) 1 commit
+ - ei_connect: correct man page examples (cdd39a4)
+
+* ms/fix-erl_call-overflow (erl_interface) (2010-08-22) 1 commit
+ - erl_call: fix multiple buffer overflows (9d70687)
+
+* ph/auto_recognize_ipv6 (kernel) (2010-08-24) 1 commit
+ - Let an 8-tuple given as ip_address() for gen_tcp/gen_udp/gen_sctp imply 'inet6' (a0f020b)
+
+* ta/asn1-test-compile-options (asn1) (2010-04-24) 1 commit
+ - Fix asn1_SUITE test_compile_options:verbose/1 (da97a82)
+
+* ta/ensure-dot-ssh-exists (ssh) (2010-09-03) 1 commit
+ - ssh: ensure ~/.ssh exists (5bc5325)
+
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[Stalled]
+
+* 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
+
+* jn/gen_stream (stdlib) (2010-07-15) 2 commits
+ - Track gen_stream processes directly for accurate test results (38a4083)
+ - Patch dev to reproduce jn/gen_stream (7694a74)
+
+ . Add new gen_stream behaviour for efficiently consuming serial streams (65f3db8)
+
+This topic branch has a failing test case:
+
+shell_SUITE:start_restricted_from_shell;
+    We have now tested with and without this topic branch and when
+    it is present that test case fails. We consider it proved
+    to be guilty. The test case does not fail when run standalone
+    so it seems to be tricky... Also, some of its own test cases
+    fail sporadicly.
+
+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
+
+* sf/erts_de_busy_limit (erts) (2010-06-08) 1 commit
+ - Add flag-based setting for 'erts_de_busy_limit' constant (67ed9ab)
+
+This topic branch has multiple issues described in this email:
+
+http://www.erlang.org/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:mss:1303:201008:ldciadjdmjednikemjch
+
+Action expected from: Topic author.
+
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[Cooking]
+
+* bg/temp-hipe-fixes (compiler, hipe, kernel) (2010-03-15) 6 commits
+ - Avoid crash by skipping compilation_SUITE:on_load/1 (290bb30)
+ - Inline less aggressively for native-code compilation (d505c72)
+ - Crudely fix return type for the lists:key{search,find,member}/3 (df0669e)
+ - seq_trace_SUITE: Don't native-compile (9e3a3f0)
+ - Disable native code if on_load is used (2446475)
+ - andor_SUITE: Don't native-compile (eed30d2)
+
+This branch contains temporary workarounds to avoid failing test
+cases and is never intended to graduate.
+
+* gc/gen-format-status-improvements (stdlib) (2010-06-12) 1 commit
+ - Fix format_status bug for unregistered gen_event processes (95ed86f)
+
+* jf/run_erl-disable-flow-control (erts) (2010-03-05) 1 commit
+ - Teach run_erl RUN_ERL_DISABLE_FLOWCNTRL for disabling flow control (d0775cd)
+
+* mk/net-dragonfly-bsd-patches (asn1, common_test, erl_interface, erts, et, mnesia, reltool, runtime_tools, test_server, wx) (2010-06-23) 4 commits
+ - Remove unused variables (88a04a1)
+ - Use proper install method (6960062)
+ - Add support for DragonFly BSD (2008472)
+ - Add support for NetBSD (2fb2a1e)
+
+* ml/add-os-pid-to-port-info (erts) (2010-08-19) 1 commit
+ - Extend erlang:port_info/1,2 to show the OS pid of a spawned process (b2d85bf)
+
+* ms/inet-bug-fixes (erts, kernel) (2010-07-21) 4 commits
+ - inet: support retrieving MAC address on BSD (c8070ff)
+ - inet: fix getservbyname buffer overflow (d61d41e)
+ - inet: fix ifr_name buffer overflow (227d3f3)
+ - inet: null terminate ifr_name buffer (cfcb962)
+
+* pg/honor-start-type-in-rel-files (sasl) (2010-06-06) 1 commit
+ - Honor start type in .rel files when building relup files (7599900)
+
+* rt/solaris-pty-handling-fixes (erts) (2010-08-06) 2 commits
+ - Add corrected support for Solaris PTYs to run_erl (2ba4818)
+ - Fix a typo that leads to syntax errors with DEBUG defined in run_erl (edfe4b9)
+
+* sa/callback-attr (compiler, inets, kernel, otp, stdlib) (2010-06-08) 7 commits
+ - Add callback specs into 'application' module in kernel (b12de0a)
+ - Add callback specs to tftp module following internet documentation (2f27196)
+ - Add callback specs to inets_service module following possibly deprecated comments (cc249ec)
+ - Add '-callback' attributes in stdlib's behaviours (6df97f4)
+ - Update primary bootstrap (c864c17)
+ - Automatical generation of 'behaviour_info' function from '-callback' attributes (5b455e8)
+ - Add '-callback' attribute to language syntax (2f6c340)
+
+* sb/make-files-like-erlc (tools) (2010-05-18) 1 commit
+ - Change make:files to behave more like erlc (5e9d051)
+
+* sv/epmd-check-listen (erts) (2010-07-14) 1 commit
+ - check return value of epmd server listen() call (c5c8baa)
+
+* ta/asn1-reporting (asn1) (2010-04-23) 1 commit
+ - asn1ct: Make formatting of errors and warnings consistent (93face2)
+
+* ta/asn1ct-fix-whitespace (asn1) (2010-07-12) 1 commit
+ - asn1ct: change unusual whitespace char from 0xA0 to 0x20 (c43d20b)
+
+* tj/ct-timestamp-granularity (common_test) (2010-07-13) 1 commit
+ - Include milliseconds in timestamps in Common Test log entries (4d18f18)
+
+* uw/epmd-fullnames (kernel) (2010-05-07) 1 commit
+ - Allow the erlang nodename host part to differ from the hostname (e0774be)
+
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[Dropped]
+
+* jp/ssl-foaf (ssl) (2010-08-12) 1 commit
+ . Allow server to use verify_peer and have no cacert (9971792)
+
+This functionality will be implemented in a slightly different way,
+probably in R14B.
+
+* jr/cover-src-path (tools) (2010-04-23) 1 commit
+ . Fix searching for source files in analyse_to_file/* (b9d5068)
+
+Some serious flaws were pointed out.
+
+* pg/hipe_crash_with_on_load (erts) (2010-06-27) 1 commit
+ . Fix crash when calling a module with an on_load attribute from a native module (2862bd2)
+
+Replaced by mp/fix-hipe-on_load_crash.