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diff --git a/whats/cooking/2010/06/28.txt b/whats/cooking/2010/06/28.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7e3c1edce1 --- /dev/null +++ b/whats/cooking/2010/06/28.txt @@ -0,0 +1,196 @@ +From - Mon Jun 28 13:33:39 2010 +Date: Mon Jun 28 13:33:39 2010 +To: erlang patches <[email protected]> +Subject: What's cooking in erlang/otp (2010-06-28) +X-dev-at: 249613f10368dc694edb0a962d6025e19940b5af + +This issue of "What's cooking" is a weekend late due to +midsummer holiday. Sorry about that. + +R14A was released as planned. We are now developing towards +the R14B release. The 'dev' branch has just got updated +version numbers, but more is to come... + +------------------------------------------------------------ +[Graduated] + +* egil/update-system-vsn (erts, kernel, stdlib) (2010-06-17) 1 commit + + Update Erlang system version to R14B (1e3f585) + +------------------------------------------------------------ +[New topics] + +* mk/net-dragonfly-bsd-patches (asn1, common_test, erl_interface, erts, et, gs, mnesia, odbc, reltool, runtime_tools, test_server, wx) (2010-06-23) 7 commits + - Remove unused variables (dab5af5) + - Do not hardcode browser name (82dcc82) + - Make sure the odbcserver binary finds the ODBC library at run-time (c86dff5) + - Use xxx(void) instead of xxx() (7142d52) + - Use proper install method (5314ae6) + - Add support for DragonFly BSD (03baa22) + - Add support for NetBSD (6b72959) + +* pg/beam_lib_cmp_2_return_type_specification (stdlib) (2010-06-17) 1 commit + - Fix beam_lib:cmp/2 return type specification (8dad90e) + +* pg/hipe_crash_with_on_load (erts) (2010-06-27) 1 commit + - Fix crash when calling functions in a module with an on_load attribute from a native module (495804b) + +* rani/sctp-udp-recv-error (erts) (2010-06-21) 1 commit + - Fix inet_drv to detect passive mode UDP errors for SCTP builds (5615d7a) + +* sd/epmd-stop-cli (erts) (2010-06-16) 2 commits + - fix typo (101b731) + - allow epmd -stop name to unregister a client from epmd (b070575) + +* ta/filetypo (kernel) (2010-06-11) 1 commit + - Correct trivial typos in file manual (6973f77) + +------------------------------------------------------------ +[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 a better solution for the underlying problem + in the pipeline soon to surface in 'dev'. + +Action expected from: OTP Team + +* db/tv_nthtail_fix (tv) (2009-12-01) 1 commit + - Fix for tv which restarts while trying to open a table (28f1e36) + +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] + +* 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) + +* 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/gen_stream (stdlib) (2010-05-17) 1 commit + - Add new gen_stream behaviour for efficiently consuming serial streams (65f3db8) + + . Add new gen_stream behaviour for efficiently consuming serial streams (65f3db8) + +This topic branch has failing test cases. + +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 apparently since the assumption there shoul + be no more processes after the test case does not hold; + probably a timing issue. + +Action expected from: Topic author. + +* jr/cover-src-path (tools) (2010-04-23) 1 commit + - Fix searching for source files in analyse_to_file/* (b9d5068) + +* ks/auth-specs (kernel) (2010-06-09) 1 commit + - auth: Fix types and specs (1c51135) + +* ks/cleanups (compiler, debugger, docbuilder, stdlib) (2010-04-10) 4 commits + - compiler: Fix incorrect types and specs (8e79baa) + - escript: Add more types to records (f2a2139) + - debugger: Clean up as suggested by tidier (9e962d7) + - docbuilder: Clean up as suggested by tidier (3647def) + +Was formerly called ks/cleanups-after-r13b04. + +* pg/honor-start-type-in-rel-files (sasl) (2010-06-06) 1 commit + - Honor start type in .rel files when building relup files (7599900) + + . Honor start type in .rel files when building relup files (7f0192d) + +* sb/make-files-like-erlc (tools) (2010-05-18) 1 commit + - Change make:files to behave more like erlc (5e9d051) + +* se/http_response_empty_phrase (erts) (2010-06-10) 1 commit + - {packet,http} allow empty response phrase (288f54c) + +* sf/erts_de_busy_limit (erts) (2010-06-08) 1 commit + - Add flag-based setting for 'erts_de_busy_limit' constant (57c0eaf) + + . Add flag-based setting for 'erts_de_busy_limit' constant (b584553) + +* ta/asn1-reporting (asn1) (2010-04-23) 1 commit + - asn1ct: Make formatting of errors and warnings consistent (93face2) + +* uw/epmd-fullnames (kernel) (2010-05-07) 1 commit + - Allow the erlang nodename host part to differ from the hostname (e0774be) + +* gl/jinterface-pom (jinterface, otp) (2010-02-08) 1 commit + - Generate pom.xml during jinterface build (165fbca) + +------------------------------------------------------------ +[Dropped] + +* hb/edoc (edoc) (2010-04-01) 1 commit + . EDoc and Dialyzer specs and types (516e16c) + +Temporarily dropped. Will be fixed to use updated dialyzer. + +* pg/xmerl_scan_hex_entities (xmerl) (2010-06-07) 1 commit + . Fix decoding of hex entities (&#xXXXX;) in xmerl_scan (36448fc) + +The bug it fixes is recognized, but the fix in the branch is +not complete... The test case is in our internal 'dev' branch +but the test suites are not released yet due to remaining +copyright issues. We will fix the bug in a future release. |