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diff --git a/whats/cooking/2012/08/03.txt b/whats/cooking/2012/08/03.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..687a62b179 --- /dev/null +++ b/whats/cooking/2012/08/03.txt @@ -0,0 +1,402 @@ +From - Fri Aug 3 12:12:18 2012 +Date: Fri Aug 3 12:12:18 2012 +To: erlang patches <[email protected]> +Subject: What's cooking in erlang/otp (2012-08-03) +X-dev-at: ee51d735f05514a784d808be9604703d70561731 + + +------------------------------------------------------------ +[Graduated to Master] + +* jv/filelib_recursion_wildcard (stdlib) (2012-02-20) 1 commit + . Allow ** in filelib:wildcard (964649b) + +[Graduated] + +* at/fix_asn1_typo (asn1) (2012-05-17) 1 commit + + Fix typo error in selected decode function (24367b7) + +* dc/dch-fix-win32-escript (erts) (2011-11-25) 1 commit + + add escript win32 alternative invocation (thanks Pierre Rouleau) (a50b285) + +* jc/omit-undefined-start_phases () (2012-01-13) 0 commits + +* jn/inets_sup_start_link (inets) (2012-03-05) 1 commit + + Add inets_sup:start_link/0 (7b9b7c1) + +* jv/forms-source (compiler) (2012-03-23) 1 commit + + Allow the source to be set when compiling forms (2d785c0) + +* jv/on_load_docs (otp) (2012-02-20) 2 commits + + Fix a typo on documentation. desciption -> description. (4bbff5f) + + Mention on_load on module attributes section. (645e39f) + +* ks/compile_info-fix (compiler, hipe) (2012-01-16) 1 commit + + Fix discrepancy in compile_info (34f7610) + +* mh/create_cookie_error_msg (kernel) (2011-09-15) 1 commit + + Specify file name and error on create_cookie failure (9319587) + +* mh/remove-compilation-error-regexp (tools) (2012-06-08) 1 commit + + Remove Erlang-specific compilation error regexp (a87a969) + +* mpe/hipe_arm-remove-dead-code () (2012-05-09) 0 commits + + +* ms/correct-formating-in-exit (erts, kernel, runtime_tools) (2012-05-08) 1 commit + + Correct formating in exit error messages (408e776) + +* ph/fix_enfile () (2012-01-04) 0 commits + +* ps/inet6-less-build-fix (erts) (2012-02-15) 1 commit + + Add missing HAVE_IN6 && AF_INET6 ifdef (4f3dd18) + +* rj/add-space-spec_proc-doc (otp) (2012-02-14) 1 commit + + Add missing white space in Special Process doc (ab83345) + +* rj/fix-eprof-doc (tools) (2012-06-01) 1 commit + + Fix nonsense of eprof doc (0c01a34) + +* rj/fix-et-doc (et) (2012-06-05) 1 commit + + Fix typo in ET doc (80b57b1) + +* rj/fix-gen_udp_tcp-leak () (2012-02-04) 0 commits + +* rj/fix-misc-doc-typos (otp, stdlib) (2012-02-15) 1 commit + + Fix a code snippet and two typos in the doc (67c16b4) + +* ja/jl-httpc-doc-elaborate (inets) (2012-06-08) 1 commit + . Elaborate on timeouts in the httpc documentation (1bc041b) + +* pg/ssl_dist-fixes (ssl) (2012-01-16) 1 commit + . Robustness and improvement to distribution over SSL (71e9aa2) + +* sa/dialyzer-contract-variables (dialyzer, hipe) (2012-04-23) 3 commits + + Correct handling of type names in contracts (56e3930) + + Don't rewrite unchanged PLT (3ab2dd6) + + Fix crash related to contract checking (20412ad) + +* sa/dialyzer-parallel (dialyzer, erts, typer) (2012-03-28) 54 commits + + Logfile-like statistics (enabled with --resources) (49c6574) + + Anonymous SCCtoPID ETS table (12b8ce0) + + Anonymous time server (5c52ff6) + + Regulate all kinds of running workers up to the number of schedulers (720b65d) + + Relocate start and stop of timing server (4e1ed3a) + + Better names for callgaph ETS tables (24c2c72) + + Remove needless conversion (d24d65f) + + Fix types and specs (76b7c72) + + Inline a function in dialyzer_worker (19f4b40) + + Remove unused function (4920bb6) + + Change --time to --statistics and include more info (4a1fa04) + + Better reflect side-effect based code in dialyzer_callgraph (49ccc5d) + +* slf/dtrace-nif-N-probes (runtime_tools) (2012-05-08) 2 commits + + Remove crufty scaffolding code (978cdb3) + + Add 1024 separate USDT probes to dyntrace.erl and dyntrace.c (44c68a7) + +* slf/dyntrace-comment-and-func-cleanup (runtime_tools) (2012-04-02) 1 commit + + dyntrace.erl comment cleanup and unused function removal (78b3cb7) + +* sz/dtrace-message-send-fix (erts) (2012-05-09) 1 commit + + DTrace bug in message-send (d032e09) + +* ta/docs-maint (common_test, erts, otp) (2012-01-07) 3 commits + + Fix typos in ct getting_started_chapter.xml (1eca92e) + + Fix typos in driver.xml and erl_driver.xml (1588a1d) + + Fix typos in INSTALL-WIN32.md (7cdb7fe) + +* ta/prim_archive-reloading (erts, kernel, stdlib) (2011-10-19) 2 commits + + escript_SUITE: remove gratuitous space (7875e98) + + [erts,kernel,stdlib] fix escript/primary archive reloading (449a093) + +* tab/fix-indentation-records-emacs (tools) (2012-02-11) 1 commit + + Fix indentation of record fields in Emacs (ad5f78a) + +* tc/rpc-call-fix (kernel) (2012-05-02) 1 commit + + Fix rpc:call/5 for local calls with a finite Timeout (b991b99) + +* ts/no_hipe_ceach (hipe) (2012-01-01) 1 commit + + Remove hipe_ceach from hipe.app.src to fix reltool-generated release startup (27d83b0) + +* ud/fix-return-do_get_disc_copy2 (mnesia) (2011-09-16) 1 commit + + Fixes value returned by mnesia_loader:do_get_disc_copy2/4 (a85fe55) + +* uw/extending_gen (stdlib) (2011-01-17) 1 commit + + + Add plugin support for alternative name lookup (b042673) +* ta/archive-script (erts, stdlib) (2012-05-01) 3 commits + . escript: add test for ./archive_script workarounds (269778a) + . erts: work around prim archive list_dir error (Co-Authored-by: Shunichi Shinohara) (0766132) + . erts: work around prim archive read_file_info error (Co-Authored-by: Tuncer Ayaz) (87f6c54) + +* slf/dtrace (Makefile +, dtrace, erts, kernel, otp) (2011-11-17) 4 commits + . Add DTrace support for OS X, Solaris, and Linux (via SystemTap), 4/4 (2913fb9) + . Add DTrace support for OS X, Solaris, and Linux (via SystemTap), 3/4 (ccf25b8) + . Add DTrace support for OS X, Solaris, and Linux (via SystemTap), 2/4 (6bf92ea) + . Add DTrace support for OS X, Solaris, and Linux (via SystemTap), 1/4 (538fee7) + +* ta/docs15 (common_test, erts, otp) (2012-01-07) 3 commits + . Fix typos in ct getting_started_chapter.xml (e3c347c) + . Fix typos in driver.xml and erl_driver.xml (4136021) + . Fix typos in INSTALL-WIN32.md (1392462) + + + +------------------------------------------------------------ +[New topics] + + +------------------------------------------------------------ +[Stalled] + +* bg/temp-hipe-fixes (compiler, kernel) (2010-03-15) 5 commits + - Avoid crash by skipping compilation_SUITE:on_load/1 (497eae8) + - Inline less aggressively for native-code compilation (5a5fffe) + - seq_trace_SUITE: Don't native-compile (cac1991) + - Disable native code if on_load is used (7c3d056) + - andor_SUITE: Don't native-compile (8c513a4) + +This branch contains temporary workarounds to avoid failing test +cases and is never intended to graduate. + +* cv/update-localtime-configuration (erts) (2011-11-18) 1 commit + . erts: Fix localtime BIFs does not update system timezone configuration (c14ba7b) + +Action expected from: Topic author + +* fm/posix-fallocate (erts, kernel) (2010-12-28) 1 commit + . Added file:allocate/2 (7b39f0f) + +Action expected from: Topic author + +* mh/run_erl-exit-status (erts) (2011-11-29) 1 commit + . run_erl.c: propagate exit status from child process (bd15706) + +Action expected from: Topic author + +------------------------------------------------------------ +[Cooking] + +* hw/asn1rt_check-transform (asn1) (2011-10-15) 1 commit + - asn1rt_check: Fix transform_to_EXTERNAL1990 for binary input (6a69602) + +* mp/fix-assembler-comment-char-for-hipe-ppc (erts) (2012-01-17) 1 commit + - Fix assembler comment character for hipe on ppc (17ab3d9) + +* mz/odbc-support-param_query (odbc) (2011-12-19) 1 commit + - Add support for NULL value in odbc:param_query (c6e01fe) + +* tab/fix-sctp-multihoming-IPv6 (erts, kernel) (2012-05-10) 4 commits + - Allow mixed IPv4 and IPv6 addresses to sctp_bindx (4552cb6) + - Add checks for in6addr_any and in6addr_loopback (c8ccd95) + - Fix SCTP multihoming (e87b966) + - inet_drv.c: Set sockaddr lengths in inet_set_[f]address (6d464a1) + +* tp/supervisor-pass-on-errors (sasl, stdlib) (2012-07-22) 2 commits + - Have supervisor send errors up the chain (16d298e) + - Test supervisor pass through error (a9e03ff) + +* af/feature-crypto-ripemd160 (crypto) (2012-07-27) 1 commit + - Add RIPEMD-160 hash function(s) to the crypto module (eff7eea) + +* bp/fix_mnesia_index_drop (mnesia) (2012-06-18) 2 commits + - Prevent index from being corrupted if a nonexistent item is deleted (0fcdb6f) + - Add tests showing that trying to delete non-existing object may corrupt the table index (8490cb63) + +* fma/gb_difference (stdlib) (2012-04-11) 4 commits + - andalso, not and (cb368d0) + - No need to qualify the function (6da0bd0) + - gb_sets:fold/3, not lists:foldl/3. (3d3538d) + - Sane gb_sets:difference/2 and gb_sets:is_subset/2 (fe3f833) + +* gp/make_erlang_mode_elpa_friendly (tools) (2012-02-14) 1 commit + - Make erlang-mode more compatible with package.el (59d3e59) + +* hm/wx-silent_start (wx) (2012-06-12) 1 commit + - Enable silent start of wx (571ba06) + +* jkl/erlsrv-graceful-shutdown (erts) (2012-07-31) 1 commit + - erlsrv: gracefully stop emulator on Windows shutdown (0398508) + +* jkl/fix-filename-nativename (stdlib) (2012-06-23) 2 commits + - Fix filename:nativename/1 on Win32 (6a22e6b) + - Add filename:nativename/1 binary argument test to suite (f2b8bdc) + +* kr/r15_ssh_test_ipv6_fix (ssh) (2012-06-25) 1 commit + - Fix lib/src/test/ssh_basic_SUITE.erl to fix IPv6 option typos (a33b8c3) + +* mh/doc-now-vs-timestamp (erts) (2012-07-25) 1 commit + - Doc fix: link from erlang:now/0 to os:timestamp/0 (6c6e745) + +* mpe/hipe_arm-fix-compile-warning (erts) (2012-05-08) 1 commit + - hipe_arm.c: remove dead code (d05d8e4) + +* msp/double_middle_endian (erl_interface, erts, odbc, otp, wx) (2012-07-20) 3 commits + - Revise the autoconf tests for double middle endianness. (eba4d24) + - Add test for floating-point output to float_SUITE. (cab9edd) + - Unbreak floating point on middle-endian machines. (933e701) + +* nk/jinterface-fix_compressed_binary (jinterface) (2012-06-12) 2 commits + - add (de)compress roundtrip tests with larger values (a835771) + - fix reading compressed binary terms from Java (a963b81) + +* nox/compile-column-numbers (compiler, stdlib) (2012-06-10) 7 commits + - Fix messages ordering with column numbers (d932ad5) + - Fix type compile:err_info/0 (198ef4b) + - Test column number reporting in error_SUITE (c98bc0e) + - Fix printing of errors with column numbers (5af6bd4) + - Create a new "column" option in compile (f6dc9c0) + - Allow setting of initial position in epp (26ad68f) + - Export type erl_scan:location/0 (78553dc) + +* pg/fix-zip-multidisk (stdlib) (2012-06-18) 1 commit + - Fix bug where zip archives wrongly have a first disk number set to 1 (da11eb7) + +* pgö/escape-control-chars-tv (observer) (2012-06-14) 3 commits + - Fix Table Viewer search crash on new|changed|deleted rows (5d299de) + - Escape control characters in Table Viewer (f530bdb) + - Fix Table Viewer crash after a 'Found' -> 'Not found' search sequence (12db9a2) + +* pgö/observer-edit-table-row (observer) (2012-06-29) 2 commits + - Make Table Viewer search a bit faster (913aba2) + - Edit table row in a multiline text dialog (e223525) + +* psi/fix-clever-mktime (erts) (2012-07-14) 1 commit + - Fix use of "clever" mktime (99f6356) + +* psi/fix-leap-seconds (erts) (2012-07-14) 1 commit + - Fix support for leap seconds-aware timezones (9043843) + +* rc/fix-MP-compiler-flag (compiler, erts) (2012-03-08) 1 commit + - Fix the erlc -MP flag (6dc4227) + +* sal/float_to_list_2 (erts, hipe, stdlib) (2012-05-24) 2 commits + - Added type definition for float_to_list/2 (f9ddbed) + - Implement float_to_list/2 accepting a list of formatting options (9fdc4af) + +* ssh/ssl_connection-handle_alert (ssl) (2012-08-03) 1 commit + - fix bug in ssl_connection (d78a157) + +* sze/improve-interoperability-SSH-clients (ssh) (2012-07-20) 1 commit + - Improve interoperability with SSH clients (9a73dd6) + +* sze/snmp_generic-split_index (snmp) (2012-07-04) 1 commit + - fix snmp_generic:split_index_to_keys/2 (8f1a00e) + +* sze/ssh-auth_methods (ssh) (2012-08-01) 1 commit + - SSH: Make "auth_methods" server option re-usable (d808864) + +* sze/usmUserTable (snmp) (2012-07-23) 1 commit + - semantic fixes to SNMP-USER-BASED-SM_MIB (dd34659) + +* sze/vacmAccessTable (snmp) (2012-07-31) 1 commit + - fix walk over vacmAccessTable (b0f5251) + +* sze/vacmAccessTable-RowStatus-handling (snmp) (2012-07-31) 1 commit + - Errors in vacmAccessTable RowStatus handling (a75ecd1) + +* sze/verify-tabe-row-index (snmp) (2012-07-04) 1 commit + - verify table row index constraints in SNMP set requests (031bbaf) + +* ta/docsmaint (common_test, compiler, erts, inets, kernel, reltool, ssl, tools) (2012-04-10) 2 commits + - Fix various doc typos for R15B02 (541e986) + - Fix various code typos for R15B02 (8af5bd5) + +* ta/observer-app (observer) (2012-07-03) 1 commit + - observer: fix app file (Noticed-by: Motiejus Jakstys) (d763d58) + +* tja/fix-base (compiler) (2012-08-02) 1 commit + - sys_pre_expand: Fix BASE never being set (18943e7) + +* uw/release_handler-find_script (sasl) (2012-05-01) 1 commit + - release_handler:find_script/4 to use 're' matching in .appup scripts (4752892) + +* bm/ssl_npn (ssl) (2011-12-10) 2 commits + . Update SSL docs for SSL Next Protocol Support (4d2ba8b) + . Support for SSL Next Protocol Negotiation * http://technotes.googlecode.com/git/nextprotoneg.html (1173de0) + +------------------------------------------------------------ +[Master-pu] + +* jf/fix_sctp_peeloff_active_true (erts) (2012-07-20) 1 commit + . Set new peeled off SCTP socket to nonblocking socket (7adbaf8) + +* bd/odbc_extended_errors (odbc) (2012-07-25) 1 commit + . Add extended_errors option to ODBC (b8143e9) + +* jh/incomplete_packet_asn1 (asn1) (2012-07-24) 5 commits + . Add a test case for {error, incomplete} (0cd2ad0) + . Update documentation (8fb53cb) + . Add case clause for {error, incomplete} in per encode modules (ab678b9) + . Fix bug when undec-rest option is false (010bb43) + . Modify asn1 generated decode/2 functions to return {error,incomplete} (ee95fc8) + +* rc/break-out-asserts (eunit, stdlib) (2012-05-19) 1 commit + . Break out the assert macros in eunit.hrl to stdlib/include/assert.hrl (a5ecb2d) + +* ta/docsmaster (erts, otp) (2012-07-20) 2 commits + . Fix various typos in HOWTO/ for R16 (bffc0a7) + . Fix various comment typos for R16 (ad8e903) + +* vs/re_back_reference (stdlib) (2012-04-04) 1 commit + . extend re back reference syntax with \g escape sequence (264e667) + +* wc/bind_port_to_scheduler (erts) (2012-07-06) 2 commits + . Bind port to owner process's scheduler if owner is bound to a scheduler (787ff90) + . Change pollset implementation to use one pollset for each scheduler (121afd0) + +* wc/pollset_per_scheduler (erts) (2012-07-06) 1 commit + . Change pollset implementation to use one pollset for each scheduler (121afd0) + +Under consideration + +------------------------------------------------------------ +[Dropped] + + +* bi/ssh_cli-tty_geometry (ssh) (2012-05-04) 1 commit + . Fix 2 second delay after eval in shell running under ssh_cli (2a5ef29) + +More of a quickfix, Dropped untill a proper fix is submitted. + +* bw/efile_exists (erts) (2010-10-07) 1 commit + . prim_file:exists/{1,2} which is lightweight file existence check (2759905) + +Outdated + +* fma/gb-delete_any (stdlib) (2012-06-18) 6 commits + . Using exceptions in deletions for gb_{sets,trees} when key is missing (da626bd) + . Merge branch 'master' into gb_delete_any (3b19930) + . Fix gb_sets:delete_1/2 (92930ec) + . Consistent naming in gb_sets and gb_trees (8b79bfe) + . Fix gb_trees:delete_1/2, syntax fix in gb_sets (1a15a7f) + . Fixed gb_{sets,trees}:delete_any/2 to traverse the tree once (abab896) + +Rejected breaks the documentation which says that it does nothing if the key is not present. + +* mh/eunit_surefire-fixture-errors (eunit) (2011-03-10) 1 commit + . Include fixture setup and cleanup errors in Eunit Surefire report (7425075) + +included by Richard Carlsson + +* ms/epmd-IPv6-node-reg (erts, kernel) (2011-06-03) 1 commit + . epmd: support IPv6 node registration (5523b21) + +Crashing windows, no action taken + +* pg/add-os-pid-to-port-info (dialyzer, erts, hipe) (2010-08-19) 1 commit + . Extend erlang:port_info/1,2 to show the OS pid of a spawned process (336d1d1) + +Fixed in another way by OTP + +* rc/mnesia-lock-conflict-events (mnesia) (2011-11-28) 1 commit + . Generate mnesia events for conflicting locks (f4d94ae) + +Not wanted by OTP + +* wc/fix-eunit-print-stacktrace (eunit) (2011-11-02) 1 commit + . fix eunit to print stacktrace correctly if test cases throw any exception (73b94a9) +Fixed by Richard Carlsson in another branch + + |