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+To: erlang patches <[email protected]>
+Subject: What's cooking in erlang/otp (2010-03-11)
+X-dev-at: 356c33b6063de632f9c98c66260603e6edbc3ee5
+
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[Graduated]
+
+* ks/types (kernel, stdlib) (2010-02-14) 2 commits
+ + file.hrl: Move out type declarations (8fef4ff)
+ + kernel: Add types and specs (da70b2b)
+
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[New topics]
+
+* am/restricted-port (erts) (2010-03-06) 5 commits
+ - Add unit test for 'restricted' flag to port_SUITE (837fdb1)
+ - Add enforcement of 'restricted' flag when using erlang:send (970aa8c)
+ - Add checks to port functions to enforce 'restricted' flag (6f3ec5b)
+ - Add 'restricted' option to opening ports (6a25251)
+ - Add 'restricted' as atom (d54ba70)
+
+Will be discussed by the OTP Technical Board.
+
+* bg/asn1-tests (asn1) (2010-03-10) 6 commits
+ - asn1 tests: No longer tolerate compilation warnings (54ba270)
+ - asn1 tests: Eliminate use of deprecated concat_binary/1 (66dee97)
+ - asn1 tests: Eliminate warning for an unused variable (4c3e9d4)
+ - asn1 tests: Modernize guard tests (eb66ccf)
+ - asn1 tests: Clean up comments (561706d)
+ - asn1 tests: Don't refer to $ERL_TOP in compiler options (c2fa06c)
+
+* dgud/wx-new-doxygen (wx) (2010-03-10) 4 commits
+ - Added a non existing macro on windows. (d5b08b9)
+ - Commit of the generated code with previous commit. (8cd7999)
+ - Fixed code generation from newer doxygen versions. (f5eeb0f)
+ - Whitespace fixes (b89ee2b)
+
+* dp/shell-line-editing (kernel, stdlib) (2010-03-05) 1 commit
+ - Readline-style line edit history (91e912b)
+
+* er/ei-decode_msg (erl_interface) (2010-03-10) 1 commit
+ - Add function to decode distribution header (01821ee)
+
+* hawk/escript-add-create-and-extract (erts, reltool, stdlib) (2010-03-05) 4 commits
+ - Remove the undocumented function escript:foldl/3 (643f1bf)
+ - Make reltool independent of the function escript:foldl/3 (af90428)
+ - Add functions to create and extract escripts (1b12c59)
+ - Add function zip:foldl/3 to iterate over zip archives (14eef37)
+
+* jf/run_erl-disable-flow-control (erts) (2010-03-05) 1 commit
+ - Teach run_erl RUN_ERL_DISABLE_FLOWCNTRL for disabling flow control (d0775cd)
+
+* jn/ic-docs-without-java (ic) (2010-03-07) 1 commit
+ - Permit building and installing documentation without Java (2016a08)
+
+* ks/export_type (dialyzer, hipe) (2010-03-08) 1 commit
+ - Support -export_type() in dialyzer and erl_types (0e39287)
+
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[Stalled]
+
+* am/spawn_rpc (kernel) (2010-03-07) 2 commits
+ . Add filter to remote spawn (d84c5bb)
+ . Add filter to rpc (4a621c0)
+
+Awaits a decision by the OTP Technical Board.
+
+* at/odbc_osx_fix (odbc) (2009-11-30) 1 commit
+ - Workaround broken ODBC implementation on OSX 10.5 (88c71c9)
+
+The patch in itself is good. It solves the problem on Mac OS X
+in the only way that seems possible. Unfortunately, our
+test cases fail on Linux, and fixing it seems to require a
+backward-incompatible change to the API of the odbc module or
+ugly workarounds. The reviewer (Jakob Cederlund) will email
+the details and suggest and/or implement a solution.
+
+Action expected from: OTP/Jakob Cederlund
+
+* 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.
+
+* 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)
+
+* jv/update-rpccall-to-use-try (kernel) (2010-02-24) 1 commit
+ . fix rpc handling of uncaught throws (3f21ed7)
+
+The follow test cases fall when this topic branch is included:
+
+compiler:  inline_SUITE:barnes2/1
+kernel:    global_SUITE:simple_resolve/1
+           global_SUITE:simple_resolve2/1
+           rpc_SUITE:called_throws/1
+
+Action expected from: Topic author or anyone else with an interest to
+advance the topic
+
+* 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)
+
+* au/crypto (crypto) (2010-03-01) 2 commits
+ - Add missing docs for crypto:md4/1 (b869aef)
+ - Add des_ecb_encrypt/2 and des_ecb_decrypt/2 to crypto module (544ed56)
+
+* bd/mnesia-activity-subscription (mnesia) (2010-02-12) 1 commit
+ - Add mnesia activity subscription message (a564dd3)
+
+* bg/compiler-bugs (otp) (2010-02-16) 1 commit
+ - bug: inlining a module causes an internal compiler error (f77e8aa)
+
+Reminder for a (low priority) bug to fix after the R13B04 release.
+
+* bg/efficiency-guide (otp) (2010-02-28) 3 commits
+ - Efficiency Guide: Recommend external funs over tuple funs (5a662ce)
+ - Efficiency Guide: The maximum number of atoms can be configured (cedee54)
+ - Efficiency Guide: Fix typos (a0fc666)
+
+* bg/temp-hipe-fixes (compiler, hipe, kernel) (2010-01-31) 4 commits
+ - Crudely fix return type for the lists:key{search,find,member}/3 (0e3ab3e)
+ - seq_trace_SUITE: Don't native-compile (c9fc04b)
+ - Disable native code if on_load is used (bd4fe28)
+ - andor_SUITE: Don't native-compile (8aadc4c)
+
+This branch contains temporary workarounds to avoid failing test
+cases and is never intended to graduate.
+
+* dgud/emacs-bugfixes (tools) (2010-02-25) 2 commits
+ - Added erlang-skels to release target (ddcad46)
+ - Fixed electric semi-colon and tuples inside lists. (cfde62b)
+
+* gl/jinterface-pom (jinterface, otp) (2010-02-15) 2 commits
+ - Exclude jinterface build artifact from git (5acf5fa)
+ - Add pom.xml for jinterface build (aa68190)
+
+* jl/windows-file-share-delete (erts) (2010-02-22) 1 commit
+ - Windows: Open files with FILE_SHARE_DELETE to get closer to UNIX semantics (e5e5597)
+
+* ks/cleanups (debugger, docbuilder, gs, kernel, stdlib) (2010-03-07) 6 commits
+ - kernel: Clean up as suggested by tidier (4b7962b)
+ - debugger: Clean up as suggested by tidier (8dc0d23)
+ - docbuilder: Clean up as suggested by tidier (9c46be1)
+ - gs: Clean up as suggested by tidier (068dbc4)
+ - stdlib: Use fun object instead of {M,F} tuple (d52f2bc)
+ - ets: Cleanup as suggested by tidier (7b6ffc8)
+
+Was formerly called ks/cleanups-after-r13b04.
+
+* mh/ssh_channel-init-no-catch (ssh) (2010-01-25) 1 commit
+ - Remove pointless catch from ssh_channel:init/1. (bb7eaa5)
+
+* ra/include-public_key-in-ssh (ssh) (2010-01-20) 1 commit
+ - Added public_key among ssh applications. (3a0c2c5)
+
+* sv/format_status_error_info (stdlib) (2010-02-28) 2 commits
+ - Add support for the format_status callback to gen_event (fd9abcb)
+ - Extend format_status for gen_server/gen_fsm termination error logging (3d06952)