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@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@ +* sourceforge migration + +** Move CVS to sourceforge (estes) %% + +** test the mailing lists (estes) %% + +** inform GNU folks about changeover (estes) %% + +* resolve the items in the to.do directory + +** expand the above into individual requests and handle those requests + +** transfer to.do/Wishlist contents to top level TODO file + +* the manual: + +** do an end-to-end proofread of the manual (this is under way, but is + going slowly) + +** pretty up the dvi output; overflows, etc. + +** faq + +*** clean up the faqs section. The information is good; the texinfo + could use some touching up. + +*** index the faq entries + +*** mention that it's possible to use a variable to scan matching + brackets, nested comments etc. + +*** include something about lexing/parsing fortran + +** create a section on flex design, features, etc. + +* address lex-replacement: document or provide an option through + configure for creating lex and libl.a files (but remember this has + posix implications) + +* getext + +** make sure all flex modules use gettext translation facilities + +*subdirectories + +** in examples/manual, integrate the Makefile.examples into the + Makefile.am + +* test suite + +** integrate the test suite into automake's framework (note that the + test suite can be run from the top level directory with "make + check". Still, we want to get it completely under automake's control.) + +** make test suite more complete + +* generic coding + +** move as much skeleton code as possible out of gen.c and into + flex.skl + +** figure out whether we want to add the capability to have + auto-generated backout rules + +** token-type and token buffer support + +** check if we still need to #undef macros at the end of a header + +** merge yylineno into support for location tracking + +** bug where yylineno is not decremented on REJECT + +** bug where yylineno is counted in trailing context + +* C++ + +** have a separate skeleton for c++ + +** c++ is getting so broken and different from C, that we need to + reevaluate the usefuleness of c++ in flex + +** revisit the C++ API. We get requests to make it more complete. + +* distribution + +** use bootstrapper + +** remove texinfo.tex from the cvs tree; it only needs to be present + on the system where the flex release is put together + +** use clcommit to manage ChangeLog + +Legend: + +*, **, ***: outline depth +%% at end of item: must be adressed before next major release + +Local Variables: +Mode: text +mode: outline-minor +End: |