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diff --git a/whats/cooking/2011/05/02.txt b/whats/cooking/2011/05/02.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3433e8d062 --- /dev/null +++ b/whats/cooking/2011/05/02.txt @@ -0,0 +1,212 @@ +From - Mon May 2 15:36:00 2011 +Date: Mon May 2 15:36:00 2011 +To: erlang patches <[email protected]> +Subject: What's cooking in erlang/otp (2011-05-02) +X-dev-at: 8d74122d8ee9eb46bfb49c13ec39f515996a58a2 + +------------------------------------------------------------ +[Graduated] + +* 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/prim_file-fixes (erts) (2011-04-27) 3 commits + + add prim_file.beam (e56d1c1) + + Driver names should be strings, not atoms (0f03b1e) + + Cleanup and cosmetic changes (bfc2254) + +* ms/erl_interface-compile-error (erl_interface) (2011-04-08) 1 commit + + erl_interface: fix compile error (daad8e6) + +* ms/file-fix-hang-reading-compressed-files (erts, kernel) (2011-04-07) 1 commit + + file: fix hang reading compressed files (b9e8506) + +* ms/unsigned-integer-overflow-in-error (erts) (2011-04-06) 1 commit + + Unsigned integer may overflow in error message (3257bb0) + +* sv/enif_is_exception (erts) (2011-02-22) 1 commit + + add support for checking if an ERL_NIF_TERM is an exception (b02f03c) + +* ta/common_test-ignore-ct_slave-xml (otp) (2011-04-27) 1 commit + + Ignore lib/common_test/doc/src/ct_slave.xml (44465b1) + +* ta/driver_entry-typo (erts) (2011-04-26) 1 commit + + driver_entry: Remove gratuitous paren and fix typo (4380605) + +------------------------------------------------------------ +[New topics] + +* kj/eunit-race-cond (eunit) (2011-04-17) 2 commits + - Don't let eunit_surefire report back to eunit when stopping (bd38a12) + - Wait until all eunit listeners terminate (0e7c557) + +* ks/list_to_bitstring (hipe) (2011-05-01) 4 commits + - Fix handling of <<_:N,_:_*M>> type expressions (9a256f1) + - Fix the argument of erlang:list_to_bitstring/1 (1abe7a3) + - Move function to its proper place (ba73458) + - Remove unneeded function 'sequence/2' (b9903ed) + +* ss/fix-cover-fd-leak (tools) (2011-04-29) 1 commit + - Fix file descriptor leak (0568a0e) + +* ta/inet_drv-cleanup (erts) (2011-05-02) 2 commits + - inet_drv: remove unused tcp request id (1a0389b) + - inet_drv: remove gratuitous assignment (92b693e) + +------------------------------------------------------------ +[Stalled] + +* bw/efile_exists (erts) (2010-10-07) 1 commit + - prim_file:exists/{1,2} which is lightweight file existence check (7203932) + +Action expected from: Topic author + +* fm/posix-fallocate (erts, kernel) (2011-04-15) 4 commits + - Added missing surrounding if statement (5ec9fab) + - Fixes to file:allocate/2 and respective tests (d0fb479) + - Fix build on Solaris (9b8aecf) + - Added file:allocate/2 (7554dbb) + +Action expected from: Topic author + +* jf/run_erl-disable-flow-control (erts) (2010-03-05) 1 commit + - Teach run_erl RUN_ERL_DISABLE_FLOWCNTRL for disabling flow control (d0775cd) + +Action expected from: Topic author + +* jn/gen_stream (stdlib) (2011-04-15) 2 commits + - Update gen_stream tests to conform with common_test standard (9f50d34) + - Add gen_stream behaviour (3065e10) + +Action expected from: OTP-Team + +* lt/et-fix (et) (2011-03-30) 1 commit + - Force contents window size to display correctly on Windows. (9836fb2) + +Action expected from: Topic author + +* sa/callback-attr (compiler, inets, kernel, otp, stdlib) (2010-06-08) 6 commits + - Add callback specs into 'application' module in kernel (a180fb1) + - Add callback specs to tftp module following internet documentation (d0e32d8) + - Add callback specs to inets_service module following possibly deprecated comments (d90e984) + - Add '-callback' attributes in stdlib's behaviours (acf3d67) + - Update primary bootstrap (30c1e91) + - Add '-callback' attribute to language syntax (6ee955e) + +Action expected from: OTP-Team + +* ta/typer-quote-atoms (hipe, typer) (2011-03-20) 1 commit + - Quote atoms if necessary in types (254e21e) + +Action expected from: Hipe-team reviewer + +* 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) + +Action expected from: OTP-Applications team + +* 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) + +Action expected from: OTP-reviewer + +* 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) + +Action expected from: R15 rel +------------------------------------------------------------ +[Cooking] + +* bd/mod_esi_timeout_fix (inets) (2011-03-17) 1 commit + - Fix timeout message generated by mod_esi (eea0a7b) + +* bg/temp-hipe-fixes (compiler, hipe, kernel) (2010-03-15) 6 commits + - Avoid crash by skipping compilation_SUITE:on_load/1 (0d913e0) + - Inline less aggressively for native-code compilation (0215ac6) + - Crudely fix return type for the lists:key{search,find,member}/3 (4f48864) + - seq_trace_SUITE: Don't native-compile (3799b17) + - Disable native code if on_load is used (f35872c) + - andor_SUITE: Don't native-compile (a8ab68c) + +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) + +* ks/snmp-specs (snmp) (2011-04-03) 1 commit + - Add specs for functions that do not return (7354ffb) + +* mh/inhibit-newline-inside-typespec (tools) (2011-04-14) 1 commit + - Inhibit electric newline after "->" when inside a type spec (c0c600a) + +* ms/beam-fix-format-specifiers-in-erl_exit-msg (erts) (2011-04-06) 1 commit + - Fix format specifiers in erl_exit messages (a8bacf3) + +* pr/mnesia_frag_hash (mnesia) (2011-04-27) 2 commits + - add mnesia_frag_hash test (1d6762d) + - Reduce calls to phash in key_to_frag_number (67a20c0) + +* rj/fix-httpd-format (inets) (2011-03-17) 1 commit + - Fix log messages formating in httpd (cbe8b2e) + +* sa/dialyzer-tests (dialyzer) (2011-03-21) 22 commits + - Update dialyzer.spec (6f2b127) + - Add race/ets_insert_public (fee1a1e) + - Add opaque/ewgi,ewgi2 (7cd0b26) + - Add opaque/schuett_bug (9c7d84b) + - Add small/param_types_crash (aaf9ec2) + - Add small/file_open_encoding (a106909) + - Add small/false_false (4cd05bf) + - Add small/ets_update_counter (3f25077) + - Add small/bin_compr (8b3b609) + - Add small/tuple_set_crash (dc91d02) + - Add small/refine_failing (bb03af3) + - Add small/not_bogus_warning (c3c4253) +... + +* ta/dragonfly-test_server-config (test_server) (2011-04-22) 1 commit + - Add DragonflyBSD support to test_server (0a97fea) + +* ta/sendfile (erts, kernel) (2011-01-13) 1 commit + - Implement file:sendfile (6c70e81) + +* ta/unicode-non-chars (stdlib) (2011-04-05) 1 commit + - unicode: document 16#FFFE and 16#FFFF (non chars) (5043e8f) + +* tn/inet_drv-fix (erts) (2011-04-08) 1 commit + - Use libdlpi to get physical address (e360563) + +* dc/improved_find_redist (erts) (2011-03-18) 1 commit + . support new SDKs in find_redist.sh and fallback to $ERL_TOP as last resort (f4f35aa) + +------------------------------------------------------------ +[Dropped] + +* ta/inet_drv-gratuitous-assign (erts) (2011-04-30) 1 commit + . inet_drv: remove gratuitous assignment (6d2477c) + + |