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From - Fri Feb 18 17:15:08 2011
Date: Fri Feb 18 17:15:08 2011
To: erlang patches <[email protected]>
Subject: What's cooking in erlang/otp (2011-02-18)
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[Graduated]

* jp/dependencies_makefile (compiler, erts) (2009-12-14) 1 commit
 + Add dependencies Makefile generation to erlc(1) and compile(3) (dd3e666)

* ks/asn1-dialyzer-fixes (asn1) (2010-11-18) 1 commit
 + Shut off some dialyzer warnings (508a6d2)

* mh/file-fix_spec (kernel) (2011-02-14) 1 commit
 + Fix -spec for file:write_file/3 (d26eac5)

* sf/rsa_pub_key (public_key) (2011-01-18) 1 commit
 + Improved support for RSA and DSA public keys (c730d2f)

* ta/asn1-reporting (asn1) (2010-04-23) 1 commit
 + asn1ct: Make formatting of errors and warnings consistent (93face2)

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[New topics]

* ks/hipe-ppc64 (erts, hipe, kernel) (2011-02-10) 8 commits
 - Enable HiPE by default when compiling for PPC64 (577a628)
 - Translate RTL to PPC code on PPC64 too (6f40a86)
 - Changes in ppc files for PPC64 (ea5edef)
 - Additions for the PPC64 backend (861cfc9)
 - Changes for the PPC64 backend (dbba32b)
 - Added loader for ppc64 (60826a5)
 - New files for the 64-bit backends (7c53e28)
 - Cleanup  tags (e34f3a0)

* ks/prim_file-fixes (erts) (2011-02-05) 3 commits
 - New version of the file (ca86ed3)
 - Driver names should be strings, not atoms (b8ea40c)
 - Cleanup and cosmetic changes (6adc116)

* ks/typer (typer) (2011-02-10) 21 commits
 - Strengthen some specs (e70b5f1)
 - Allow for --show_success_typings spelling also (bb66841)
 - Add '--show_success_typings' option (8376b29)
 - Fix crash in oveloaded contracts with overlapping domains (752b058)
 - Fix a type error and do some further cleanup (0ef74b6)
 - Type cleanups and simplifications (39bf5ad)
 - Cleanup the analysis record (0b1d045)
 - Remove typer_annotator.erl and typer.hrl (066368a)
 - Remove typer_info.erl file (03aa23f)
 - Remove typer_options.erl file (3683f8d)
 - Remove typer_preprocess.erl file (f4a8288)
 - Delete typer_map.erl file, really this time (3c1e906)
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[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/supervisor-delete-child-spec-on-child-termination (stdlib) (2011-01-19) 1 commit
 - Added supervisor:start_child/3 (bdf27ab)

* 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)

* 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/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/erl-clarify-detached-doc (erts) (2011-01-24) 1 commit
 - Mention that "-detached" implies "-noinput" (98e954d)

* 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)

* ja/cocci-useless-cast (erts) (2011-02-01) 1 commit
 - Remove useless casts from the emulator (4163493)

* 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) (2011-01-31) 1 commit
 - Add gen_stream behaviour (a2423e4)
 - Add new gen_stream behaviour for efficiently consuming serial streams (65f3db8)

* 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/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) (2011-02-02) 3 commits
 - Cleanup specs (cc526d2)
 - Fix bug in the simplification of inexact comparisons (6c9a53e)
 - Various cleanups and cosmetic changes (b397a5b)

* 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/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/epmd-local-access-check (erts) (2010-11-24) 1 commit
 - epmd: include host address in local access check (5b68030)

* ms/file-fix-hang-reading-compressed-files (erts, kernel) (2011-01-30) 1 commit
 - file: fix hang reading compressed files (292ecd0)

* 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/hipe-remove-constants-pool (erts) (2011-01-29) 1 commit
 - Remove hipe constants pool (0c16b09)

* 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) (2011-01-20) 3 commits

 - Added float_to_list/2 that allows to specify formatting options (343bf6b)
 - Added float_to_list/2 that allows to specify formatting options (ee5a309)
 - Added float_to_list/2 that allows to specify formatting options. (aa206ba)

* 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/binary-part-typo (stdlib) (2011-01-22) 1 commit
 - Fix typo in binary:part/2 example (98f51f2)

* ta/driver-entry-typos (erts) (2010-12-26) 1 commit
 - Fix a couple typos in driver_entry(3) (68aed1c)

* ta/efficiencyguide-typos (otp) (2011-01-27) 1 commit
 - Fix typos in efficiency guide (5d62504)

* 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/erts-doc (erts) (2011-02-01) 1 commit
 - erts: Fix doc typos, duplication and readability (04e81b8)

* 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 (c0663cf)

* ts/cover-with-export_all (tools) (2010-09-23) 1 commit
 - add user specified compiler options on form reloading (eb02beb)

* 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)