What's cooking in erlang/otp (2010-04-13)

Tue Apr 13 09:15:41 CEST 2010

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[Graduated]

* bg/ts_run (test_server) (2010-04-02) 1 commit
 + ts_run: Don't run make:all/1 without a good reason (b42442e)

* jb/pp_arm-imm-fix (hipe) (2010-04-05) 1 commit
 + Modify pp_arm to decode imm8m constants (807ebc9)

* rb/ssl-fix-http-packet-decoding (ssl) (2010-03-16) 1 commit
 + Fix ssl to decode http packets in the same way as gen_tcp (b1d9fec)

* rb/ssl-opts-fix (ssl) (2010-04-05) 2 commits
 + Fix verification of ssl client when fail_if_no_peer_cert (16dafd1)
 + Fix mishandling of valid ssl options (c754439)

* rb/ssl-transport-accept-fix (ssl) (2010-03-28) 1 commit
 + Fix ssl:transport_accept/2 to return properly when socket is closed (0e502e4)

* sk/old_heap-unused (erts) (2010-04-08) 1 commit
 + system_info(procs): Fix the value for "OldHeap unused" (ac8f094)

* ta/asn1-verbose (asn1) (2010-04-08) 2 commits
 + Add test for verbose option to asn1_SUITE (2afc5c0)
 + Teach asn1ct verbose option (900ee73)

* ta/doc-fakefop (erts, otp) (2010-03-29) 1 commit
 + Build placeholder PDF files if FOP is not found (bdb41b9)

* ta/nif-documentation (erts) (2010-04-03) 2 commits
 + Fix typos in erl_nif.xml (f265f7d)
 + Build erl_nif manpage (cba83b3)

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[New topics]

* bg/deprecations (compiler, crypto, stdlib) (2010-04-08) 3 commits
 - test suites: Remove incidental use of deprecated concat_binary/1 (1403571)
 - Postpone removal of concat_binary/1 (ca2b31a)
 - Remove deprecated lists:flat_length/1 (0c2be22)

* bg/fconv (erts) (2010-04-07) 1 commit
 - erts: Fix loading of modules with invalid floating point arithmetic (fd9bb9f)

* bg/remove-stray-ose-support (erl_interface, erts, kernel, otp, test_server) (2010-04-13) 11 commits
 - configure: Remove stray OSE/Delta support (734e7f7)
 - Makefiles: Remove stray OSE/Delta support (8c55c15)
 - kernel tests: Remove stray OSE/Delta support (954bddc)
 - system tests: Remove stray OSE/Delta support (102566a)
 - erl_interface tests: Remove stray OSE/Delta support (3f844ee)
 - epmd: Remove stray OSE/Delta support (a1a3259)
 - epmd: #ifdef out start_epmd() for other platforms than VxWorks (20d4049)
 - emulator tests: Remove stray OSE/Delta support (62a5970)
 - emulator: Remove stray OSE/Delta support (7e6b3b2)
 - emulator: Eliminate #ifdef for sys_tty_reset() (5281c61)
 - test_server: Remove stray support for OSE/Delta (7f85f02)

* cf/timer_tc (stdlib) (2010-04-06) 1 commit
 - Add timer:tc/2 to measure the elapsed time of anonymous functions (2cca650)

* hb/edoc (edoc) (2010-04-01) 1 commit
 - EDoc and Dialyzer specs and types (516e16c)

* ks/stdlib (stdlib) (2010-04-10) 4 commits
 - erl_parse.yrl: Add missing operator in type declaration (d1e8737)
 - stdlib: Add types and specs (0ca1793)
 - stdlib: Use fun object instead of {M,F} tuple (19babf5)
 - ets: Cleanup as suggested by tidier (95c2c8f)

* ms/inet_gethost-safe-debug-output (erts) (2010-04-12) 1 commit
 - Truncate debug messages (c4c2067)

* ta/asn1-gratuitous-output (asn1) (2010-04-10) 1 commit
 - Remove gratuitous ok report in asn1ct (1eb1f13)

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[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 an idea how the underlying problem can be fixed in
    the calendar module (only) and I plan to try it out after the
    release. We will keep this branch in pu as a reminder.

Action expected from: BjÃ¶rn Gustavsson

* db/tv_nthtail_fix (tv) (2009-12-01) 1 commit
 - Fix for tv which restarts while trying to open a table (abe0759)

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: BjÃ¶rn 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

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[Cooking]

* am/kernel-stops (kernel) (2010-02-21) 1 commit
 - Change restart behavior of network apps from permanent to transient (397343b)

* am/net_kernel_catchall (kernel) (2010-02-20) 1 commit
 - Add catch all handle_call to net_kernel (77ee109)

* bg/compiler (compiler, stdlib) (2010-03-12) 5 commits
 - beam_peep: Remove optimization already done by beam_dead (f4e3b6e)
 - beam_dead: Combine is_eq_exact instructions into select_val instructions (c964f06)
 - Evaluate is_record/3 at compile-time using type information (e54f3a3)
 - Evaluate element/2 at compile-time using type information (01deb2c)
 - erl_expand_records: Replace is_record() with matching (e95dcd6)

* 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.

* dp/shell-line-editing (kernel, stdlib) (2010-03-05) 1 commit
 - Readline-style line edit history (91e912b)

* gl/jinterface-pom (jinterface, otp) (2010-02-15) 2 commits
 - Exclude jinterface build artifact from git (5acf5fa)
 - Add pom.xml for jinterface build (aa68190)

* jb/inet6-dist (erts, kernel) (2010-03-23) 3 commits
 - Support IPv6 addresses in long host names (a1fb1dd)
 - Fix implementation of IPv6 TCP distribution protocol (3c1f843)
 - Fix compilation of epmd with IPv6 enabled (b39b8b7)

* jf/run_erl-disable-flow-control (erts) (2010-03-05) 1 commit
 - Teach run_erl RUN_ERL_DISABLE_FLOWCNTRL for disabling flow control (d0775cd)

* jl/windows-file-share-delete (erts) (2010-02-22) 1 commit
 - Windows: Open files with FILE_SHARE_DELETE to get closer to UNIX semantics (e5e5597)

* jn/ic-docs-without-java (ic) (2010-03-07) 1 commit
 - Permit building and installing documentation without Java (2016a08)

* ks/cleanups (compiler, debugger, docbuilder, gs, kernel, stdlib) (2010-04-10) 6 commits
 - compiler: Fix incorrect types and specs (fe8e26c)
 - escript: Add more types to records (9510645)
 - kernel: Clean up as suggested by tidier (1aa54a1)
 - debugger: Clean up as suggested by tidier (bd4b8be)
 - docbuilder: Clean up as suggested by tidier (8e534c7)
 - gs: Clean up as suggested by tidier (7944862)

Was formerly called ks/cleanups-after-r13b04.

* ks/export_type (compiler, dialyzer, hipe, kernel, stdlib, syntax_tools) (2010-03-22) 12 commits
 - Minor fix in a print message (358383d)
 - Add handling of unknown types (86431df)
 - Add declaration for exported types (3c33970)
 - Add types and specs; performed some cleanups also (b9246e3)
 - erl_scan: Add declarations for exported types (a5aecf9)
 - stdlib: Add declarations for exported types (c99bb08)
 - hipe: Add declarations for exported types (ccf4f09)
 - compiler: Add declarations for exported types (dbb1e73)
 - syntax_tools: Add declarations for exported types (bfbf202)
 - kernel: Add declaration for exported types (e56ebd6)
 - Support -export_type() in dialyzer and erl_types (704ae6f)
 - Add infrastructure for the -export_type() attribute (8a3faa7)

* mh/ssh_channel-init-no-catch (ssh) (2010-01-25) 1 commit
 - Remove pointless catch from ssh_channel:init/1. (bb7eaa5)

* ms/epmd-error-checking (erts) (2010-03-29) 2 commits
 - fixup! Exit if an error occurs with the listening socket (c103599)
 - Exit if an error occurs with the listening socket (a4882b4)

* ms/pcre-compile-workspace-overrun (erts, stdlib) (2010-03-19) 2 commits
 - re_SUITE: Add pcre_compile_workspace_overflow/1 (3efa1b8)
 - Fix check for compile workspace overflow (272e106)

* ra/include-public_key-in-ssh (ssh) (2010-01-20) 1 commit
 - Added public_key among ssh applications. (3a0c2c5)

* rd/erlang-eunit (tools) (2010-03-22) 1 commit
 - erlang-eunit.el: Require cl, as it is used (43ae537)

* sv/format_status_error_info (stdlib) (2010-02-28) 2 commits
 - Add support for the format_status callback to gen_event (fd9abcb)
 - Extend format_status for gen_server/gen_fsm termination error logging (3d06952)

* sv/sasl-fix-get_status (sasl) (2010-03-26) 1 commit
 - fix sys:get_status backward compatibility for sasl release_handler_1 (3cc2ceb)

* ta/nested-records (compiler, stdlib) (2010-03-25) 1 commit
 - Support nested record field access without parentheses (34053b5)