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+From - Fri Feb  4 17:09:45 2011
+Date: Fri Feb  4 17:09:45 2011
+To: erlang patches <erlang-patches@erlang.org>
+Subject: What's cooking in erlang/otp (2011-02-04)
+X-dev-at: a7ff13dc99a9e83e70ab44c011c184109346fcc3
+
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[Graduated]
+
+* ks/bs_add-fail-labels (hipe) (2011-02-03) 1 commit
+ + Fix translation of bs_add's fail labels (64c8d86)
+
+* ks/bs_start_match-fails (hipe) (2011-01-06) 1 commit
+ + Fix erroneous fail info of a hipe_bs_primop (1791b2d)
+
+* uw/xmerl-expand-simple (xmerl) (2010-10-25) 1 commit
+ + Track parents when expanding #xmlElement records (4e28e50)
+
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[New topics]
+
+* fd/supervisor-delete-child-spec-on-child-termination (stdlib) (2011-01-19) 1 commit
+ - Added supervisor:start_child/3 (bdf27ab)
+
+* 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/erl-clarify-detached-doc (erts) (2011-01-24) 1 commit
+ - Mention that "-detached" implies "-noinput" (98e954d)
+
+* ja/cocci-useless-cast (erts) (2011-02-01) 1 commit
+ - Remove useless casts from the emulator (4163493)
+
+* 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, xmerl) (2011-02-02) 3 commits
+ - Fix bug in the simplification of inexact comparisons (5fe3efd)
+ - Various cleanups and cosmetic changes (235ce15)
+ - Track parents when expanding #xmlElement records (d8269b6)
+
+* 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/file-fix-hang-reading-compressed-files (erts, kernel) (2011-01-30) 1 commit
+ - file: fix hang reading compressed files (292ecd0)
+
+* pg/hipe-remove-constants-pool (erts) (2011-01-29) 1 commit
+ - Remove hipe constants pool (0c16b09)
+
+* ta/binary-part-typo (stdlib) (2011-01-22) 1 commit
+ - Fix typo in binary:part/2 example (98f51f2)
+
+* ta/efficiencyguide-typos (otp) (2011-01-27) 1 commit
+ - Fix typos in efficiency guide (5d62504)
+
+* ta/erts-doc (erts) (2011-02-01) 1 commit
+ - erts: Fix doc typos, duplication and readability (87d2d2b)
+
+* 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)
+
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[Stalled]
+
+* 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)
+
+This topic branch has a failing test case:
+
+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.
+
+Action expected from: Topic author.
+
+* jp/dependencies_makefile (compiler, erts) (2009-12-14) 1 commit
+ - Add dependencies Makefile generation to erlc(1) and compile(3) (4945add)
+
+Approved in principle by the OTP Technical Board; now awaits a closer
+review of the implementation.
+
+Action expected from: Björn Gustavsson (the reviewer)
+
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[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/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)
+
+* 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/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)
+
+* jf/run_erl-disable-flow-control (erts) (2010-03-05) 1 commit
+ - Teach run_erl RUN_ERL_DISABLE_FLOWCNTRL for disabling flow control (d0775cd)
+
+* 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/asn1-dialyzer-fixes (asn1) (2010-11-18) 1 commit
+ - Shut off some dialyzer warnings (508a6d2)
+
+* 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/epmd-local-access-check (erts) (2010-11-24) 1 commit
+ - epmd: include host address in local access check (5b68030)
+
+* 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/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) (2011-01-12) 1 commit
+ - new float_to_list/2 (3beeabd)
+
+* 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/asn1-reporting (asn1) (2010-04-23) 1 commit
+ - asn1ct: Make formatting of errors and warnings consistent (93face2)
+
+* ta/driver-entry-typos (erts) (2010-12-26) 1 commit
+ - Fix a couple typos in driver_entry(3) (08edf97)
+
+* ta/ensure-dot-ssh-exists (ssh) (2010-09-02) 1 commit
+ - ssh: ensure ~/.ssh exists (2c14d90)
+
+* 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/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 (b68ee2b)
+
+* ta/ssh-ensure-userdir (ssh) (2010-09-02) 1 commit
+ - ssh: ensure ~/.ssh exists (267b3a0)
+
+* ts/cover-with-export_all (tools) (2010-09-23) 1 commit
+ - add user specified compiler options on form reloading (eb02beb)
+
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[Dropped]
+
+* mh/dialyzer-full-path-option (dialyzer) (2010-09-15) 1 commit
+ . Dialyzer: add --fullpath option for printing full paths in warnings (3703ea6)
+
+* ml/add-os-pid-to-port-info (erts) (2010-08-19) 1 commit
+ . Extend erlang:port_info/1,2 to show the OS pid of a spawned process (b2d85bf)
+
+* ml/better-error-message-on-shell-input-eof (stdlib) (2010-12-12) 1 commit
+ . Be more helpful when the shell encounters EOF (b2315b0)
+