Re: Emacs 31 release-blocking bugs

Eshel Yaron <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Jul 2026 18:52:43 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.emacs.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Sean Whitton <[email protected]> writes:

> These are the open bugs, at the time of writing, that I think we need to
> either fix or decide not to fix before we can prepare a release
> candidate.
>
[...]

> - #81254 work-buffer--release incorrectly resets current-buffer on first
>    release, clearing mark-active

That only affects master if I'm not mistaken, not the release branch.

> I ignored anything that is reproducible in Emacs 30 and not serious.
> I focused on things that are about new features added or significantly
> modified in Emacs 31, and started from the date of the feature freeze,
> both at Eli's suggestion.

Please consider waiting for some mitigation for the vulnerability Stefan
described in bug#80574.
It's a serious security concern, better fix it before the release.


Thanks,

Eshel