1 Tasks needed before the next release.
3 * TO BE DONE SHORTLY BEFORE RELEASE
6 Check cross-references between the manuals (eg from emacs to elisp)
7 are correct. You can use something like the following in the info
8 directory in the Emacs build tree:
10 emacs -Q --eval "(progn (require 'info) (setq Info-directory-list '(\".\")))" \
11 -f info-xref-check-all
13 Setting Info-directory-list avoids having system info pages confuse
14 things. References to external manuals will be flagged as
15 uncheckable. You should still check these, and also that each
16 external manual has an appropriate redirect in the file manual/.htaccess
17 in the web pages repository. E.g.:
18 Redirect /software/emacs/manual/html_mono/automake.html /software/automake/manual/automake.html
19 Redirect /software/emacs/manual/html_node/automake/ /software/automake/manual/html_node/
21 make emacs.dvi, elisp.dvi, and deal with any errors (undefined
22 references etc) in the output. Break any overfull lines.
23 Underfull hboxes are not serious, but it can be nice to get rid of
24 them if a simple rephrasing or rearrangement will work.
26 Update the master menu and detailed menu (eg the antinews version).
27 The command texinfo-multiple-files-update can do this, but you
28 probably want to apply the results selectively (eg the current master
29 menu has better line-breaks than the automatic version). It includes
30 the menu-entry name (if there is one) as well as the node name - using
31 only the latter looks better. Also, it doesn't seem to handle nested
32 includes, so will miss edebug.texi etc.
34 Check for widow and orphan lines in the printed manual; make sure all
35 the pages really look ok in the manual as formatted. Orphans/widows
36 are cases where the first/last line of a paragraph is on its own at
37 the end/start of a page, or where the last word in a paragraph is on
38 its own at the start of a line. It looks better if you reword/respace
39 things to avoid these. (AFAIK, there is no way to find these except
40 paging through the whole manual.) This should be the very last thing
41 you do, since any change can alter the layout.
42 (Actually, there is probably little point in trying to do this.
43 It's only really relevant if printed versions of the manuals are going
44 to be published. End-users are not likely to print out all 1000+
45 pages of the manuals, and even if they do, the resulting page breaks
46 depend on what paper and font size they use. This also means that if
47 you _are_ going to do this, it should be done with the paper and font
48 size that the GNU Press are going to use when they print the manuals.
49 I think this is different to what you get if you just use eg `make
50 emacs.pdf' (e.g., enable "smallbook").
52 ** Check the keybindings in the refcards are correct, and add any new ones.
53 Regenerate the pdf versions in etc/refcards/.
54 What paper size are the English versions supposed to be on?
55 On Debian testing, the packages texlive-lang-czechslovak and
56 texlive-lang-polish will let you generate the cs-* and sk-* pdfs.
57 (You may need texlive-lang-cyrillic, texlive-lang-german for others.)
58 The Makefile rules did not work for me, I had to use something like:
59 csplain -output-format=pdf cs-refcard
61 ** Ask maintainers of refcard translations to update them.
65 LANG Translator Status
74 ** For a major release, add a "New in Emacs XX" section to faq.texi.
76 ** Remove temporary +++/--- lines in NEWS.
78 ** Try to reorder NEWS: most important things first, related items together.
80 ** Consider bumping customize-changed-options-previous-release.
82 ** cusver-check from admin.el can help find new defcustoms missing
87 ** Check for modes which bind M-s that conflicts with a new global binding M-s
88 and change key bindings where necessary. The current list of modes:
90 1. Gnus binds `M-s' to `gnus-summary-search-article-forward'.
92 2. Minibuffer binds `M-s' to `next-matching-history-element'
93 (not useful any more since C-s can now search in the history).
95 3. `center-line' in Text mode was already moved to the text formatting
96 keymap as `M-o M-s' (thus this binding is not necessary any more
97 in `nroff-mode-map' too and can be removed now from the nroff mode
98 because it can now use the global key binding `M-o M-s' `center-line').
100 4. PCL-CVS binds `M-s' to `cvs-status', and log-edit-mode binds it to
101 `log-edit-comment-search-forward'. Perhaps search commands
102 on the global key binding `M-s' are useless in these modes.
104 5. Rmail binds `\es' to `rmail-search'/`rmail-summary-search'.
109 ** Check the Emacs Tutorial.
111 The first line of every tutorial must begin with text ending in a
112 period (".", ASCII 0x2E) saying "Emacs Tutorial" in the respective
113 language. This should be followed by "See end for copying conditions",
114 likewise in the respective language.
116 After each file name, on the same line or the following line, come the
117 names of the people who have checked it.
120 ----------------------------------
133 TUTORIAL.nl Pieter Schoenmakers
139 TUTORIAL.sl Primoz PETERLIN
140 TUTORIAL.sv Mats Lidell
149 arevert-xtra.texi cyd
167 fortran-xtra.texi rgm
174 macos.texi rgm (can't actually test any of it though)
180 msdog.texi rgm (can't actually test any of it though)
181 msdog-xtra.texi rgm (can't actually test any of it though)
182 mule.texi rgm (not 100% sure about "Fontsets")
185 picture-xtra.texi rgm
199 ** Check the Lisp manual.
224 internals.texi rgm cyd
250 windows.texi rgm (skimmed)