Subject: to do for 2.4 (update 37)

From: Dominik Vogt <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 12:01:16 +0200

Okay folks, we have a number of unconfirmed open issues whose
reporters did not respond to any question.  I am willing to
ignore these to get 2.4 out the door.  Others are simply
unreproducible or not worth the time spent:

  122, 123, 127, 129, 130, 156, 158, 162

Items with highest priority / most severe problems:

  117, 134, 146

New since last update:

148 (re-opened), 162

Closed since last update:

121, 124, 128, 138, 139, 152, 157

---------- Summary: ----------------------------------------------

 1 to be verified
11 to be discussed
 8 to do
 3 distribution issues
 9 testing
----------------------
32 open items
130 items closed
162 items in total

---------- To be verified: ---------------------------------------

118) Investigate "FvwmPager & StaysOnTop" bug (#543).
     [reported by Nadim Shaikli <[email-masked]>]

---------- To be discussed ---------------------------------------

 17) Fix the bug that causes icons to lose management (bug #352).
     [couldn't reproduce this yet; can anybody who has netcool
     event manager try it?]
     -> [unreproducible]
 32) Several applications are reported to not resize well under fvwm
     (Datek's "Streamer", CodeWarrior).
     [optional]
     -> [unreproducible]
122) Investigate FvwmButtons panel problem.
     [reported by Robert H. Ford II <[email-masked]> on 18-Feb-2000]
     -> [no usable feedback]
123) Bug #378 (FvwmPager interferes with xscreensaver)
     -> [unreproducible]
126) Bug #489 (icons migrating on restart, ident does not work)
     -> [unreproducible]
127) Bug #511 (xpp subwindows not drawn properly)
     -> [unreproducible]
129) Bug #560 (freeze on Exceed)
     [various reporters, but no usable feedback yet]
     -> [no usable feedback]
130) Fix bounds error with 'DestroyStyle *' in
     update_window_color_hi_style().
     [reported by Ben Winslow <[email-masked]>]
     [not reproduced yet]
     [purify may bring it up when we run the test script again]
     -> [unreproducible]
156) xterm client window cursor corrupted.
     [reported by Nagi Aboulenein on 2-Nov-1999]
     -> [unreproducible]
158) IS_NAME_CHANGED flag still broken?
     [Mikhael]
     -> ?
162) Fix core dump with icon boxes
     [reported on 25-may-2000 by [email-masked]]
     -> [unreproducible]

--------- To do: ------------------------------------------------

116) Fix problem that can cause long icon titles to be expanded
     although the pointer is not over it.
     [reported by Mikhael]
117) Investigate icons disappearing if icon changes while on a
     different desk.
     [reported by Julian Gilbey/David Cunningham on 16-Mar-2000]
125) Bug #479 (windows migrating to page 0 0 during restart w/ xsession)
134) Investigate DecWindows ConfigureRequest/Notify race condition.
     [reported by Fabien Viallard on 19-Apr-2000]
143) Bug #603 (TaskBar bugs): investigate and possibly fix.
146) Bug #542 (Winch signals).
148) Losing focus when entering root window bug.
     [reported by Elliot Sowadsky on 29-Dec-1999]
     [suggested fix: Lenience style... does not help]
159) configure check for gnome.h

---------- Distribution issues: ----------------------------------

 9)  Set up RPM packages.
     [???; Jason?]
 12) Set up bzip2 tarballs.
     [optional]
 62) Write a new announcement.
     [in progress]

---------- Testing: ----------------------------------------------

 33) Test the GNOME patches.
 34) Update and run the purify script again (and update it).
 35) Test the strokes patch.
 36) Test the new menu styles (ItemFormat!)
 92) Test new session management code.
 94) Test colour set support in modules and fvwm.
 95) Test new panel implementation in FvwmButtons.
105) Test binding code.
106) Test window position code.

========== Closed recently: ======================================

107) "Recapture" while an icon is focused takes several seconds.
     [reported by Mikhael; confirmed by Dominik]
     [workaround implemented]
120) Icons are not always sorted properly; there may be
     gaps after page switching (with IconBox).
121) Investigate FvwmPager core dump.
     [reported by Wing Tung Leung <[email-masked]> on 20-Feb-2000]
     [Dominik: Didn't get any reply, stack trace, ...]
     [unreproducible]
124) Bug #477 (closing xbuffy popup window nukes focus)
133) Bug #602 (window placement w/ 2.3.15)
138) Bug #593 (key bindings w/ Motif)
139) Fix TaskBar tips drawing.
     [reported by [email-masked] (Gregory A. Shimansky) on
     14-Apr-2000]
157) Stack ring still broken sometimes.

Bye

Dominik ^_^  ^_^

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