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diff --git a/whats/cooking/2011/02/04.txt b/whats/cooking/2011/02/04.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8fd09b3dd3 --- /dev/null +++ b/whats/cooking/2011/02/04.txt @@ -0,0 +1,290 @@ +From - Fri Feb 4 17:09:45 2011 +Date: Fri Feb 4 17:09:45 2011 +To: erlang patches <[email protected]> +Subject: What's cooking in erlang/otp (2011-02-04) +X-dev-at: a7ff13dc99a9e83e70ab44c011c184109346fcc3 + +------------------------------------------------------------ +[Graduated] + +* ks/bs_add-fail-labels (hipe) (2011-02-03) 1 commit + + Fix translation of bs_add's fail labels (64c8d86) + +* ks/bs_start_match-fails (hipe) (2011-01-06) 1 commit + + Fix erroneous fail info of a hipe_bs_primop (1791b2d) + +* uw/xmerl-expand-simple (xmerl) (2010-10-25) 1 commit + + Track parents when expanding #xmlElement records (4e28e50) + +------------------------------------------------------------ +[New topics] + +* fd/supervisor-delete-child-spec-on-child-termination (stdlib) (2011-01-19) 1 commit + - Added supervisor:start_child/3 (bdf27ab) + +* gl/gen_server-doc (erts, otp, xmerl) (2011-01-29) 6 commits + - Update Handling Other Messages section in gen_server, gen_fsm, gen_events overviews (c1a9537) + - Support more top-level primary expressions (0f19985) + - Set `vsn` field in `#xmlDecl` record (29017b4) + - Track parents in `#xmlPI` nodes (b265acb) + - Fix namespace-conformance constraints (7452055) + - Add back documentation on .erlang processing. (0db8fad) + +* hw/erl-clarify-detached-doc (erts) (2011-01-24) 1 commit + - Mention that "-detached" implies "-noinput" (98e954d) + +* ja/cocci-useless-cast (erts) (2011-02-01) 1 commit + - Remove useless casts from the emulator (4163493) + +* ks/code-spec-fixes (hipe, kernel) (2011-01-30) 1 commit + - Sanitize the specs of the code module (2697ce8) + +* ks/dialyzer-fullpath (dialyzer) (2011-01-20) 1 commit + - Add a --fullpath option to Dialyzer (b4c3711) + +* ks/hipe-icode-range-fix (hipe, xmerl) (2011-02-02) 3 commits + - Fix bug in the simplification of inexact comparisons (5fe3efd) + - Various cleanups and cosmetic changes (235ce15) + - Track parents when expanding #xmlElement records (d8269b6) + +* ms/ei-buffer-overflow-when-decoding-atoms (erl_interface) (2011-01-23) 1 commit + - ei: buffer overflow when decoding atoms (caba1ef) + +* ms/ei-fix-buffer-overflows (erl_interface) (2011-01-23) 1 commit + - erl_interface: fix buffer overflows (ce7fa36) + +* ms/file-fix-hang-reading-compressed-files (erts, kernel) (2011-01-30) 1 commit + - file: fix hang reading compressed files (292ecd0) + +* pg/hipe-remove-constants-pool (erts) (2011-01-29) 1 commit + - Remove hipe constants pool (0c16b09) + +* ta/binary-part-typo (stdlib) (2011-01-22) 1 commit + - Fix typo in binary:part/2 example (98f51f2) + +* ta/efficiencyguide-typos (otp) (2011-01-27) 1 commit + - Fix typos in efficiency guide (5d62504) + +* ta/erts-doc (erts) (2011-02-01) 1 commit + - erts: Fix doc typos, duplication and readability (87d2d2b) + +* tv/edoc-loop-fix (edoc) (2011-02-01) 1 commit + - Fix infinite loop for malformed edoc input (6ac05e5) + +* uw/mnesia-majority (mnesia) (2011-01-30) 8 commits + - Add documentation text about majority checking (f5b8427) + - add mnesia_majority_test suite (9c2f765) + - where_to_wlock optimization + change_table_majority/2 (a535b6c) + - bug in mnesia_tm:needs_majority/2 (eb81e20) + - optimize sticky_lock maj. check (5b304d4) + - check majority for sticky locks (ae9e1fa) + - Write locks now check majority when needed. (6f02d2e) + - Add {majority, boolean()} per-table option. (c3241c0) + +* vb/shell (erts, kernel, stdlib) (2011-01-21) 6 commits + - Add expandfmt_fun option for io:setopts (f139eab) + - Correct JCL's help indentation (95672fa) + - Handle JCL's "r" command error when no pool started (ba4b196) + - Fix tab expansion in remote shell (e2077cb) + - edlin_expand: fix matches formatting (838b84a) + - Take into account arity len when calculating field's width (ff28c52) + +------------------------------------------------------------ +[Stalled] + +* jn/gen_stream (stdlib) (2011-01-31) 1 commit + - Add gen_stream behaviour (a2423e4) + + . 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) (2009-12-14) 1 commit + - Add dependencies Makefile generation to erlc(1) and compile(3) (4945add) + +Approved in principle by the OTP Technical Board; now awaits a closer +review of the implementation. + +Action expected from: Björn Gustavsson (the reviewer) + +------------------------------------------------------------ +[Cooking] + +* bg/temp-hipe-fixes (compiler, hipe, kernel) (2010-03-15) 6 commits + - Avoid crash by skipping compilation_SUITE:on_load/1 (8592a02) + - Inline less aggressively for native-code compilation (e699ad4) + - Crudely fix return type for the lists:key{search,find,member}/3 (2b72202) + - seq_trace_SUITE: Don't native-compile (2712344) + - Disable native code if on_load is used (e8d0ea4) + - andor_SUITE: Don't native-compile (e25ef8c) + +This branch contains temporary workarounds to avoid failing test +cases and is never intended to graduate. + +* bsmr/fix-makefile-in-for-xref-mod-app-escript (otp) (2010-12-10) 1 commit + - Fix for Makefile.in invoking xref_mod_app.escript (10d4235) + +* bw/efile_exists (erts) (2010-10-07) 1 commit + - prim_file:exists/{1,2} which is lightweight file existence check (7203932) + +* bw/tv-render-fix (tv) (2010-10-06) 1 commit + - tv: Allow table viewer to display refs, ports and small binaries (5eff630) + +* cg/fix-prng (stdlib) (2010-10-06) 1 commit + - Fix a bug in the implementation of the pseudo-random number generator (863ec4d) + +* cr/httpc-docs (inets, kernel) (2010-12-15) 1 commit + - inets/httpc: Polish documentation (e6180a6) + +* dk/agent-capabilities (snmp) (2010-12-01) 1 commit + - AGENT-CAPABILITIES handling added to SNMP mib compiler (17c3b19) + +* fd/httpc-man-page-fixes (inets) (2010-12-16) 1 commit + - Grammar and typo fixes for the httpc module documentation (778a608) + +* fd/unix-efile-readdir-fix (erts) (2010-12-15) 1 commit + - Fix call to strncat, 3rd arg should be of type size_t and not a pointer (78cfdaf) + +* fm/dict-man-page (stdlib) (2010-12-13) 2 commits + - Fixes to the orddict module documentation (18777e8) + - Fixes to the dict module documentation (c537777) + +* fm/httpc-upload-body-streaming (inets) (2010-12-01) 1 commit + - httpc: added support for streaming the body of an upload request (PUT or POST). Examples: (6ec259d) + +* fm/posix-fallocate (erts, kernel) (2011-01-10) 2 commits + - Fix build on Solaris (38a922d) + - Added file:allocate/2 (9870d9b) + +* gc/gen-format-status-improvements (stdlib) (2010-06-12) 1 commit + - Fix format_status bug for unregistered gen_event processes (95ed86f) + +* gl/erts-doterlang-docs (erts) (2010-12-19) 1 commit + - Add back documentation on .erlang processing. (a80ace9) + +* hw/call-chmod-without-f (asn1, common_test, compiler, cosFileTransfer, crypto, debugger, docbuilder, edoc, erl_interface, erts, et, inets, inviso, kernel, megaco, mnesia, orber, parsetools, percept, public_key, reltool, runtime_tools, snmp, ssl, stdlib, syntax_tools, test_server, tools) (2010-11-15) 1 commit + - Call chmod without the "-f" flag (7ed11a8) + +* hw/epmd-bind-to-address (erts) (2010-11-10) 1 commit + - Allow user to specify the IP address epmd binds to (bcf3b3d) + +* hw/fix-epmd-perror (erts) (2010-11-13) 1 commit + - Fix epmd's dbg_perror() output (b363d7d) + +* ih/calendar-iso-8601-erl (stdlib) (2010-12-14) 1 commit + - Add ISO week number calculation functions to the calendar module in stdlib (d82b0eb) + +* jf/run_erl-disable-flow-control (erts) (2010-03-05) 1 commit + - Teach run_erl RUN_ERL_DISABLE_FLOWCNTRL for disabling flow control (d0775cd) + +* 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 (a9f4cbc) + +* ks/asn1-dialyzer-fixes (asn1) (2010-11-18) 1 commit + - Shut off some dialyzer warnings (508a6d2) + +* ks/reltool-spec-fixes (reltool) (2011-01-12) 1 commit + - Fix two erroneous specs of reltool.erl (96c81d6) + +* mk/net-kernel-epmd-return-list (kernel) (2010-12-10) 1 commit + - Fix list returned by net_kernel:epmd_module (169d7e4) + +* ms/epmd-local-access-check (erts) (2010-11-24) 1 commit + - epmd: include host address in local access check (5b68030) + +* nox/xmerl-namespace-axis (xmerl) (2010-12-07) 12 commits + - Implement namespace axis (27d791f) + - Add `#xmlPI` support to xmerl_xpath:write_node/1 (75e67f5) + - Fix processing-instruction(name?) (f05e78b) + - Fix path filters (610df56) + - Support more top-level primary expressions (770d6d9) + - Accumulate comments in element nodes (e5b6b3a) + - Add `default_attrs` option (18584c5) + - Allow whole documents to be returned (aef3dea) + - Track parents and namespace in `#xmlAttribute` nodes (dc9b220) + - Track parents in `#xmlPI` nodes (5095331) + - Set `vsn` field in `#xmlDecl` record (d712331) + - Fix namespace-conformance constraints (e062270) + +* pg/des-cfb-functions (crypto) (2010-10-16) 1 commit + - Add DES and Triple DES cipher feedback (CFB) mode functions (2c79ae7) + +* pg/fix-hibernate-with-hipe (erts, otp) (2010-09-27) 1 commit + - Fix several bugs related to hibernate/3 and HiPE (ce00ecb) + + . Fix several bugs related to hibernate/3 and HiPE (babd761) + +* pg/honor-start-type-in-rel-files (sasl) (2010-06-06) 1 commit + - Honor start type in .rel files when building relup files (7599900) + +* sa/callback-attr (compiler, inets, kernel, otp, stdlib) (2010-06-08) 7 commits + - Add callback specs into 'application' module in kernel (85ae9d7) + - Add callback specs to tftp module following internet documentation (019e6d1) + - Add callback specs to inets_service module following possibly deprecated comments (575c7af) + - Add '-callback' attributes in stdlib's behaviours (a9da5cc) + - Update primary bootstrap (d5d255b) + - Automatically generate 'behaviour_info' function from '-callback' attributes (1155c86) + - Add '-callback' attribute to language syntax (1a1cc4b) + +* sa/dialyzer-fix-guards (dialyzer) (2011-01-14) 3 commits + - Fix warnings about guards containing not (271ee93) + - Fix errors in the handling of 'and'/'or' guards (02e0f98) + - Cosmetic changes (326ec4e) + +* sa/float_to_list_2 (erts, stdlib) (2011-01-12) 1 commit + - new float_to_list/2 (3beeabd) + +* sb/make-files-like-erlc (tools) (2010-05-18) 1 commit + - Change make:files to behave more like erlc (5e9d051) + +* sg/fix-diskless-booted-relup (sasl) (2010-09-19) 1 commit + - Remove traces of release_handler reading from filesystem when it has Masters list (54cb5df) + +* ta/asn1-reporting (asn1) (2010-04-23) 1 commit + - asn1ct: Make formatting of errors and warnings consistent (93face2) + +* ta/driver-entry-typos (erts) (2010-12-26) 1 commit + - Fix a couple typos in driver_entry(3) (08edf97) + +* ta/ensure-dot-ssh-exists (ssh) (2010-09-02) 1 commit + - ssh: ensure ~/.ssh exists (2c14d90) + +* ta/epmd-typo (erts) (2011-01-09) 1 commit + - Fix typo in epmd help (ce956a8) + +* ta/erlsrv-typos (erts) (2010-12-14) 1 commit + - Fix two typos in erlsrv log messages (31b82e8) + +* ta/httpc-typo (inets) (2011-01-09) 1 commit + - Fix typo in httpc documentation (e331e0d) + +* ta/sendfile (erts, kernel) (2011-01-13) 1 commit + - Implement file:sendfile (b68ee2b) + +* ta/ssh-ensure-userdir (ssh) (2010-09-02) 1 commit + - ssh: ensure ~/.ssh exists (267b3a0) + +* ts/cover-with-export_all (tools) (2010-09-23) 1 commit + - add user specified compiler options on form reloading (eb02beb) + +------------------------------------------------------------ +[Dropped] + +* mh/dialyzer-full-path-option (dialyzer) (2010-09-15) 1 commit + . Dialyzer: add --fullpath option for printing full paths in warnings (3703ea6) + +* 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) + +* ml/better-error-message-on-shell-input-eof (stdlib) (2010-12-12) 1 commit + . Be more helpful when the shell encounters EOF (b2315b0) + |