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+New in release 0.17 (Jul 15, 2005)
+
+* gnu.xml fix for nodes created outside a namespace context.
+* Add support for output indenting and cdata-section-elements output
+  instruction in xml.transform.
+* xml.xpath corrections for cases where elements/attributes might have
+  been created in non-namespace-aware mode. Corrections to handling of
+  XSL variables and minor conformance updates.
+* DefaultMutableTreeNode preorder, postorder, depthFirst and breadthFirst
+  traversal enumerations implemented.
+* JInternalFrame colors and titlebar draw properly.
+* JTree is working up to par (icons, selection and keyboard traversal).
+* JMenus were made more compatible in visual and programmatic behavior.
+* JTable changeSelection and multiple selections implemented.
+* JButton and JToggleButton change states work properly now.
+* JFileChooser fixes.
+* revalidate and repaint fixes which make Free Swing much more responsive.
+* Correctly handle system call interrupts and timeouts in native nio
+  and net functions.
+* MetalIconFactory implemented.
+* Handle image loading errors correctly for gdkpixbuf and MediaTracker.
+* Added Tree World to GNU Classpath examples Free Swing demo.
+* FileChannel.lock() and FileChannel.force() implemented.
+* java.util.logging.FileHandler now rotates files.
+* Better handle GDK lock. Properly prefix gtkpeer native functions (cp_gtk).
+* Corba bug fixes and documentation updates.
+* Updated gcj build infrastructure.
+* Documentation fixes all over the place.
+  See http://developer.classpath.org/doc/
+* VM Integration Guide updates with a full section on VM/Classpath hooks.
+
+New in release 0.16 (Jun 30, 2005)
+
+* Better GTK scrollbar peer implementation when using GTK >= 2.6.
+* GdkGraphics2D has been updated to use Cairo 0.5.x APIs.
+* BufferedImage and GtkImage rewrites. All image drawing operations
+  should now work correctly (flipping requires gtk+ >= 2.6)
+* Future Graphics2D, Image and Text work is documented at:
+  http://developer.classpath.org/mediation/ClasspathGraphicsImagesText
+* Free Swing Top-Level Compatibility. JFrame, JDialog, JApplet,
+  JInternalFrame, and JWindow are now 1.5 compatible in the sense that you
+  can call add() and setLayout() directly on them, which will have the same
+  effect as calling getContentPane().add() and getContentPane().setLayout().
+* The JTree interface has been completed. JTrees now recognizes mouse clicks
+  and selections work, but the visual implementation is not yet complete.
+  Work on expansion and collapsing of the tree nodes is being implemented.
+* BoxLayout works properly now.
+* Fixed GrayFilter to actually work.
+* Metal SplitPane implemented.
+* Lots of free swing text and editor stuff work now.
+
+* When gtk+ 2.6 or higher is installed the default log handler will produce
+  stack traces whenever a WARNING, CRITICAL or ERROR message is produced.
+
+* The CORBA implementation is now a working prototype that should support
+  features up till 1.3 inclusive. 
+  We would invite groups writing CORBA dependent applications to
+  try Classpath implementation, reporting any possible bugs.
+
+  The CORBA prototype is interoperable with Sun's implementation v 1.4,
+  transferring object references, primitive types, narrow and wide 
+  strings, arrays, structures, trees, abstract interfaces and 
+  value types (feature of CORBA 2.3) between these two platforms. 
+  The remote exceptions are transferred and handled correctly.
+  The stringified object references (IORs) from various sources are
+  parsed as required. 
+  The transient (for current session) and permanent (till jre restart)
+  redirections work. 
+  Both Little and Big Endian encoded messages are accepted. 
+  The implementation is verified using tests from the former cost.omg.org.
+  The current release includes working examples (see the examples directory),
+  demonstrating the client-server communication, using either CORBA Request
+  or IDL-based  stub (usually generated by a IDL to java compiler).
+  These examples also show how to use the Classpath CORBA naming service.
+  The IDL to java compiler is not yet written, but as our library must be 
+  compatible, it naturally accepts the output of other idlj implementations.
+
+* New --with-vm-classes configure option, and new 'build' setting
+  for --with-glibj. (Only for integrators.)
+
+Runtime interface changes:
+
+* Start of a generic JDWP framework in gnu/classpath/jdwp.
+  This is unfinished, but feedback (at classpath@gnu.org) from runtime
+  hackers is greatly appreciated. Although most of the work is currently
+  being done around gcj/gij we want this framework to be as VM neutral as
+  possible. Early design is described in:
+  http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/java/2005-05/msg00260.html
+* Native method VMClass.getModifiers() now takes an additional
+  boolean parameter.
+* Deprecated native method VMClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader,
+  String, byte[], int, int) has been replaced by
+  VMClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader, String, byte[], int, int,
+  ProtectionDomain)
+* VMClassLoader.loadClass(String name, boolean resolve) is now native,
+  replacing the former version which just returned null.
+* Deprecated native method VMClassLoader.getPrimitiveClass(String) has
+  been replaced by new native method VMClassLoader.getPrimitiveClass(char).
+* Previously empty implementations of methods VMThread.countStackFrames(),
+  VMThrowable.fillInStackTrace(), and VMThrowable.getStackTrace() have
+  been removed; these methods are now native methods.
+* Fields "exceptionTypes" and "parameterTypes" have been removed from
+  Contructor.java and getExceptionTypes() and getParameterTypes() are
+  now native methods.
+
+New in release 0.15 (Apr 29, 2005)
+
+* The old character encoding framework (gnu.java.io.EncodingManager)
+has been replaced by a system based completely on nio.charset
+providers. Many converters have been added, both the io, lang and nio
+frameworks now use the same set of converters and the whole character
+stream framework (Readers and Writers) have been optimized. For some
+workloads this leads to 2x till 20x speedups.
+
+The default charsets supported are:
+
+  Cp424, Cp437, Cp737, Cp775, Cp850, Cp852, Cp855, Cp857, Cp860, Cp861,
+  Cp862, Cp863, Cp864, Cp865, Cp866, Cp869, Cp874, ISO_8859_1, ISO_8859_13,
+  ISO_8859_15, ISO_8859_2, ISO_8859_3, ISO_8859_4, ISO_8859_5, ISO_8859_6,
+  ISO_8859_7, ISO_8859_8, ISO_8859_9, KOI_8, MS874, MacCentralEurope,
+  MacCroatian, MacCyrillic, MacDingbat, MacGreek, MacIceland, MacRoman,
+  MacRomania, MacSymbol, MacThai, MacTurkish, US_ASCII, UTF_16, UTF_16BE,
+  UTF_16Decoder, UTF_16Encoder, UTF_16LE, UTF_8, UnicodeLittle, Windows1250,
+  Windows1251, Windows1252, Windows1253, Windows1254, Windows1255,
+  Windows1256, Windows1257, Windows1258.
+
+Many more encoding are supported through the new IconvProvider
+depending on the platform iconv support. GNU libiconv is recommended.
+The IconvProvider is currently not enabled by default. To enable it
+define the system property gnu.classpath.nio.charset.provider.iconv=true.
+Some runtimes might choose to enable this by default by setting it
+through VMSystemProperties. We would like to get feedback on whether
+enabling or disabling the IconvProvider by default results in the
+highest speedups.
+
+* Free swing metal and pluggable look and feels have been improved.
+The GNU Classpath free swing example can now be run with different
+"skins" by setting the system property swing.defaultlaf to the GNU,
+Basic or Metal look and feel.
+
+* Some of the org.omg.CORBA classes and packages have now been
+implemented. The Savannah bug tracker contains additional tasks for
+which we are seeking help.
+
+* Fixed compatibility problems in the java.beans which affected
+Eclipse's Visual Editor Project.
+
+* New completely lock free (Inheritable)ThreadLocal implementation.
+
+* javax.swing.text.rtf framework added which can handle simple (plain)
+text tokens.
+
+* Support for parsing html files into Level 2 Document Object Model
+(org.w3c.dom.html2 and javax.swing.text.html.parser). And a start of
+javax.swing.text.html framework added.
+
+Runtime interface changes:
+
+* jni.h changed to better support compiling runtimes implementing jni;
+  see VM integration guide for details.
+* New --enable-default-toolkit option to configure can be used to set
+  the fully qualified class name of the default AWT toolkit to use.
+  If not given, the old default of gnu.java.awt.peerk.gtk.GtkToolkit
+  is used.
+* New --disable-core-jni option can be used to disable building the
+  "core" JNI libraries.  This is primarily useful if your VM can use the
+  Gtk peers but not the core JNI libraries.
+* New system property "gnu.classpath.boot.library.path" can be specified
+  to define the location of the JNI libraries. It is by all means meant
+  ONLY for VM implementors and GNU Classpath hackers. See the hacking
+  guide for more information.
+* The helper methods currentLoader() and allocateObject() for
+  java.io.ObjectInputStream have been moved to a VMObjectInputStream class.
+  Reference implementations are provided.
+* java.net.InetAddress now uses VMInetAddress for runtime/platform
+  specific methods getLocalHostname(), getHostByAddr() and
+  getHostByName(). java.net.NetworkInterface now uses VMNetworkInterface
+  for runtime/platform specific getInterfaces() support. Default
+  (Posix/GNU JNI) implementations are provided.
+* VMClass has a new method getModifiers(Class, boolean) which can be
+  used to get the real modifiers for an inner class or the ones
+  specified by the InnerClasses attribute.
+* All (possible) runtime specific methods of Object and Double are now
+  in VMObject and VMDouble. Where possible generic reference
+  implementations are provided.
+* The reference implementation of VMClassLoader now handles zip files
+  on the boot loader class path in getResources().
+
+Other changes:
+
+New in release 0.14 (Feb 25, 2005)
+
+* Character encoders and decoders have been added for:
+  iso-8859-6 (arabic), iso-8859-7 (greek), iso-8859-8 (hebrew),
+  iso-8859-9 (latin-5), iso-8859-13, iso-8859-15 (latin-9), cp1047 (ebcdic),
+  ebcdic-xml-us,ascii, windows-1250, windows-1252, UTF-16BE (Big Endian),
+  UTF-16LE (Little Endian), UTF-32BE (Big Endian), UTF-32LE (Little Endian).
+* Full documentation for all classes can be generated (again) by using
+  the --with-gjdoc configure option.
+* javax.awt.imageio support through gdkpixbuf.
+
+Runtime interface changes:
+
+* VMSecurityManager has been replaced by gnu.classpath.VMStackWalker.
+  currentClassLoader() is no longer needed, and there are also two new
+  methods with non-native implementations. VM implementors are encouraged
+  to provide more efficient versions.
+* VMRuntime.nativeLoad() now takes an additional ClassLoader parameter.
+
+New in release 0.13 (Jan 6, 2005)
+
+* The http url protocol handler has been replaced with a full HTTP/1.1
+  version from GNU inetlib.
+* A new ftp url protocol handler has been added also from GNU inetlib.
+* java.beans has been updated to 1.4 including support for XMLEncoder
+  and XMLDecoder.
+* The java.util.Locale support is now based on the Common Locale Data
+  Repository (CLDR) Project (see http://www.unicode.org/cldr/).
+  GNU Classpath provides support for more than 250 locales now.
+  This new support is experimental and the GNU Classpath hackers are
+  working together with runtime developers and the unicode consortium
+  to improve them in the future.
+  If your runtime misdetects your locale or if the default locale gives
+  problems please try running with -Duser.language=en and -Duser.region=US
+  to fall back on a known good locale.
+* Added implementations of javax.xml (JAXP 1.3), org.xml.sax (SAX2) and
+  org.w3c.dom (DOM Level 3) interfaces. It is possible to switch between
+  different implementations AElfred2, GNU DOM, GNU XSL, libxmlj SAX,
+  libxmlj DOM and libxmlj XSL by setting different system properties.
+  Also provided is a preliminary XPath 1.0 implementation.
+  The libxmlj versions are build around libxml2 and libxslt and have to
+  be enabled during build time by the --enable-xmlj configure flag.
+  The current support is equal to the last released GNU JAXP 1.3 release.
+  These packages will be maintained as part of the GNU Classpath core classes
+  in the future. For more information, conformance results and documentation
+  on selecting different implementations see doc/README.jaxp.
+* More AWT accessible support.
+* AWT gtk+ peers component layout, dialog placement, keyboard focus
+  handling and text positioning have been improved.
+* ImageIO interfaces are more complete.
+* JList, JTable and JTree have been hugely improved.
+* java.awt.Robot support with GdkRobot in the gtk+ awt peers.
+  Needs XTest Extension (libXtst) XServer support.
+* New --disable-examples configure argument.
+
+Runtime interface changes:
+
+* Added a new method (VMRuntime.enableShutdownHooks) that enables the VM
+  to lazily register an exit handler.
+* The java.lang.Class constructor now automatically sets the protection
+  domain for array classes, based on the protection domain of the component
+  type class.
+* New gnu.classpath.VMSystemProperties class. This replaces the
+  system properties initialization in VMRuntime. Note that it is
+  now the VMs responsibility to set one additional property:
+  gnu.cpu.endian should be set to "big" or "little".
+* VMRuntime.nativeGetLibname() has been renamed to VMRuntime.mapLibraryName()
+  and has only one argument, the name of the library.
+* String and StringBuffer now call VMSystem.arraycopy() directly and don't
+  go through java.lang.System. Be careful to not initialize java.lang.System
+  early in the bootstrap sequence in your VM runtime interface classes.
+* Some (wrong) documentation about the behavior of VMThread.sleep(0, 0)
+  has been updated. Also, VMThread.sleep() now has a default non-native
+  implementation, but it is a generic implementation that ignores the
+  nano-seconds argument. Runtime hackers are encouraged to provide a more
+  efficient version.
+* There is prelimenary support for nio direct byte buffers.
+  See VMDirectByteBuffer. Please contact the GNU Classpath mailinglist when
+  you add support for this to your runtime.
+
+New in release 0.12 (Nov 14, 2004)
+
+* GNU Classpath's JAR implementation now has preliminary support for
+  signed entries, for so called "signed JAR" file support. Signed JAR
+  files are one of the key security features of managed runtimes, and
+  allows code to run privileged given unforgeable proofs of identity.
+* A much improved version of X.509 certificates has been added,
+  including a robust certificate path checking algorithm. Also
+  included is an implementation of the RSA signature scheme.
+* Full java.awt.color implementation, with all standard ICC profiles,
+  except for PhotoYCC color space.
+* java.beans 1.4 updates and bug fixes.
+* java.awt.image support updated to 1.4.
+* Improved build process. Uses less memory with gcj and C code is
+  buildable with -Werror on most platform. Please configure with
+  --enable-Werror and report any remaining issues.
+* Big-endian (PowerPC) fixes for native awt GTK+ peers.
+* Checkstyle support, see scripts/checkstyle-config.xml.
+* Better AWT focus management fro GTK+ peers.
+* Much faster and better fonts support
+  (for both gdk Graphics and cairo Graphics2D)
+* AWT Choice fixes for hidden components.
+* HTTP Connection Handler fixes for POST support.
+* Much fuller collection documentation.
+* Lots of Calendar bug fixes.
+* More javax.imageio support.
+* Better AWT Help MenuBar support.
+* Lookahead support for regular expressions.
+* Serialization object stream fixes for multiple ClassLoader scenarios.
+* Swing TabbedPane, ColorChooser and ComboBox improvements.
+* Start of JTree functionality.
+* Improved Eclipse 3 support for GNU Classpath based runtimes.
+
+Runtime interface Changes:
+
+* New --enable-java-lang-system-explicit-initialization configuration
+  option. (Warning, will be replaced in next release, please consult
+  the mailinglist.)
+* The reference implementation of VMClassLoader has default
+  implementations for getResource(s) and provides support for a new
+  default getSystemClassLoader implementation.
+
+New in release 0.11 (Sep 13, 2004)
+
+* javax.swing.Spring and SpringLayout support.
+* Added pluggable look and feel support for BasicTextFieldUI and
+  BasicToolBarSeparatorUI.
+* java.swing.text support for (Default and Layered) Highlighter, FieldView,
+  PlainView, TabExpander and TabableView added.
+* Start of JTable and JTree implementation.
+* Internal Swing frames work.
+* JMenu and JPopupMenu work.
+* New gtk+ AWT FileDialog peer now based on gtk+2.4 or higher.
+* java.awt.image LookupTables and kernel support.
+* Improved java.awt.image.BufferedImage support.
+* AWT 1.0 event model support.
+* GNU Classpath now comes with some example programs (see examples/README).
+* New javax.crypto, javax.crypto.interfaces, javax.crypto.spec, javax.net,
+  javax.net.ssl, javax.security.auth, javax.security.auth.callback,
+  javax.security.auth.login, javax.security.auth.x500, javax.security.sasl
+  and org.ietf.jgss packages are now officially part of GNU Classpath.
+  Extra crypto algorithms can be obtained from the GNU Crypto project,
+  a full TLS implementation is provided by the Jessie project.
+  http://www.gnu.org/software/gnu-crypto/
+  http://www.nongnu.org/jessie/
+* Frame.setIconImage() support.
+* AWT GDKGraphics scaling.
+* New configure flag --enable-gtk-cairo to build Graphics2D implementation
+  build on cairo and pangoft2.  Enabled at runtime by defining the system
+  property gnu.java.awt.peer.gtk.Graphics=Graphics2D.
+* javax.swing.JSpinner implemented.
+* Extensive documentation update for java.util collection classes.
+* java.awt.geom completed. Area, Arc2D, Ellipse2D and Line2D implemented.
+* GNU JAXP is no longer included with GNU Classpath. Runtime, compiler and
+  tool integrators are encouraged to directly integrate GNU JAXP.
+  This release has been tested against GNU JAXP 1.1.
+  http://www.gnu.org/software/classpathx/jaxp/jaxp.html
+* JColorChooser, JComboBox and JTextField implemented, including example
+  uses in GNU Classpath Examples swing Demo.
+
+Runtime interface Changes:
+
+* java.lang.Compiler now uses the new java.lang.VMCompiler; there is
+  a reference implementation that most VMs can use.
+* java.lang.VMSystem has a new getenv(String) method and a reference C/JNI
+  implementation that should work on most Posix like systems.
+* java.util.TimeZone has been split into a platform independent class and
+  a platform dependent class VMTimeZone.  GNU Classpath comes with a generic
+  way to get at the default time zone for Posix/GNU-like platforms.
+* [VM]AccessController improvements.  In particular it handles
+  `doPrivileged' calls better, and allows for recursive `doPrivileged'
+  calls in the same Thread. (see vm/reference/java/security/)
+
+New in release 0.10 (Jul 9, 2004)
+
+* java.net.URL now uses application classloader to load URLStreamHandlers
+  and reuses URLStreamHandlers when URL is reset (but protocol isn't changed).
+* java.io.File.deleteOnExit() implementation.
+* java.text multiple new features and bug fixes
+  (only 2 out of the 1000+ java.text Mauve tests now fail).
+* Better (non-black) default AWT System colors.
+* AWT lists use GTK treeviews.
+* Proper AWT focus management has been implemented.
+* Swing menus and scrollpanes are beginning to work.
+* Swing splitpanes, dialogs and internal frames were added.
+* Swing repainting / double buffering was redone.
+* Font management and Pango DPI conversion fixes.
+* A lot of AWT imaging and event bugs have been picked out.
+* More of javax.swing.text has been implemented.
+* javax.swing.Timer has been reimplemented.
+* java.security.AccessController has been implemented
+  (see runtime section).
+* The default java.lang.SecurityManager now uses AccessController.
+* New java.beans.Statement and Expression implementations.
+* Small FileChannel implementation speed improvement for traditional
+  JNI based systems.
+* Regenerated all included JNI header files with gcjh (3.5 CVS),
+  removes extra extern modifier and allows stricter compiler warning.
+* More C code cleanups (-Wmissing-declarations, -Wmissing-prototypes and
+  -Wstring-prototypes) and jni.h fixes (a few funtion prototype fixes,
+  made it compilable with C++ compilers and jni.h got renamed from jni.h.in).
+* Double.toString() and Float.toString() now work properly on 64-bit 
+  PowerPC systems.
+* PPC Darwin, arm, x86-64 and s/390 JNI C code compilation fixes.
+* Build system refactored and removed old Japhar specific support.
+* The gnu.java.awt.EmbeddedWindow class has been improved, and now
+  supports embedding AWT windows in other top-level X windows.
+  This functionality is required by gcjwebplugin.
+* gcjwebplugin, an applet viewer that can be embedded into several web
+  browsers, has been extensively tested with this release of classpath.
+  (See http://www.nongnu.org/gcjwebplugin/)
+* Runtime environments based on GNU Classpath 0.10 should be able to
+  start up Eclipse 3.0 out of the box now.
+
+Runtime interface Changes:
+
+* VMProcess.destroy() default implementation fixes.
+* Fixed the "portable native sync" code; it had been broken since
+  Classpath release 0.06, when we upgraded to GTK+2.    
+  Classpath's AWT peers use GTK+.  GTK+ uses GLIB.  GLIB by default uses
+  the platform's native threading model -- pthreads in most cases.
+  If the Java runtime doesn't use the native threading model, then you should
+  specify --portable-native-sync when configuring Classpath, so that GLIB will
+  use the Java threading primitives instead.  (For a superior alternative,
+  see below.)
+* The VM can set the system property
+  gnu.classpath.awt.gtk.portable.native.sync instead of using the
+  --portable-native-sync configure-type option.
+  See doc/vmintegration.texinfo for details.
+* We intend that the next release of GNU Classpath will require the VM 
+  to provide JNI 1.2.  Classpath currently uses only JNI 1.1, except for 
+  one JNI 1.2 function: GetEnv(), in the JNI Invocation API. 
+  If this poses problems, please raise them on the classpath mailing list.
+* The reference implementation of VMThread.holdsLock(Object) now has
+  a default implementation written in java. For efficiency and to
+  prevent spurious wakeups a real 'native' runtime version can be supplied.
+* There is a new java.security.VMAccessController class that runtimes need
+  to implement to properly support SecurityManagers. The default
+  implementation that comes with GNU Classpath makes sure that ANY attempt
+  to access a protected resource is denied when a SecurityManager is
+  installed. Which is pretty secure, but also no very useful.
+  Please see the documentation in
+  vm/reference/java/security/VMAccessController.java,
+  and please give feedback on the GNU Classpath mailinglist whether or not
+  the current AccessController framework is flexible enough.
+
+New in release 0.09 (May 2, 2004)
+
+* Includes updated GNU JAXP version from 2004-02-01.
+* Native C code is now -ansi -pedantic (C89) clean and (almost) -Wall clean.
+* java.io is now implemented by delegating most tasks directly to java.nio.
+* Reworked/Optimized implementations of java.nio.Buffer and subclasses.
+* New javax.print, javax.print.attribute[.standard] and javax.print.event
+  packages and classes.
+* java.text attributed iterators support.
+* New javax.imageio, javax.imageio.event and javax.imageio.spi packages and
+  classes.
+* GNU Classpath can now load service providers that are described via
+  META-INF/services/* resources in extension JARs. This is useful for
+  implementing the various APIs that are supposed to be extensible via
+  custom plugins. For details, please see the documentation of
+  gnu.classpath.ServiceFactory.
+  Application developers are strongly discouraged from calling glibj
+  internal packages.  Instead, they might want invoke the newly implemented
+  javax.imageio.spi.ServiceRegistry.lookupProviders, which is a standard 
+  method for loading plug-ins.
+* New developers wanting to help the GNU Classpath project might want to
+  review the greatly expanded Hacker Guide included in the doc directory
+  or online at http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/docs/hacking.html
+  Also the FAQ has been expanded. And when working from CVS you can now use
+  a simple autogen.sh script to get all autotools magic done automagically.
+* New configure option --with-glibj which defines how to install the glibj
+  class files as zip, as flat directory files or both (zip|flat|both)
+  [default=zip].  When working with multiple runtimes some of which might
+  not support bootstrap classes in zip files the --with-glibj=both option
+  is recommended (this does take extra disc space).
+* Two big code drops from the libgcj gui branch updating various java.awt
+  and javax.swing classes.
+* Multiple java.net.InetAdress fixes and java.rmi fixes.
+* ServerSocket.accept() now restarts listening when system call interrupted.
+* Much cleanups to make standard API doc valid XHTML (not completed yet).
+* A scan for unused variables and non-static invocation of static methods
+  turned up a couple of subtle bugs which have now all been fixed.
+* The Mauve testsuite has been cleaned up considerable and lots of issues
+  in the GNU Classpath core class implementation have been fixed.
+
+VM Interface changes:
+
+* java.lang.Class/VMClass interface was changed. The interface now no
+  longer requires an instance of VMClass for each Class instance. Instead
+  the field vmdata in Class is now of type Object.
+* GNU Classpath now assumes that JNI calls SetXField can modify final
+  fields. This was previously used silently for System.in/out/err and should
+  be considered as a feature now.
+* A new VMProcess and a sample JNI C implementation are now provided to
+  make Runtime.exec() work out of the box on some systems.  This requires
+  a small change to VMRuntime.exec() when a runtime wants to use it as the
+  default java.lang.Process implementation.
+* The implementation of most of java.io through java.nio moved serveral
+  runtime specific I/O methods. Most methods do have a generic default native
+  C JNI implementation in native/jni/java-nio.
+* Runtime support methods for java.io.File have been moved to VMFile which
+  also comes with a default JNI C implementation.
+* To support the new service provider mechanism runtimes must make sure that
+  extension JARs are made accessible via the default context class loader.
+
+New in release 0.08 (2004/12/03)
+
+* java.util.regexp implementation through gnu.regexp wrappers.
+* java.net.URI implementation.
+* Working implementation of javax.swing.undo.
+* java.awt.geom.CubicCurve2D/QuadCurve2D: Can now solve cubic and quadratic
+  equations; implementation adapted from the GNU Scientific Library.
+* Lots of java.awt and gtk+ peer improvements. Also more Swing work. Start
+  of EmbeddedWindow support.
+* BufferedReader speed improvements.
+* Improved useabilty of java.text implementation for several applications.
+* ObjectInputStream is much faster and more compatible with other
+  implementations.
+* Fix handling of alias methods, where a method has been deprecated in
+  favour of a new one with the same funtion but a different name.
+  (See Deprecated Methods section in the GNU Classpath Hacking Guide.)
+* javax.print.attribute.standard added.
+* Lots of java.nio, java.net, java.io
+* Depend on autoconf 2.59+ and automake 1.7+, GCJ 3.3+, jikes 1.18+.
+
+VM Interface changes:
+* Split native methods in java.lang.Runtime into java.lang.VMRuntime.
+* Resources are now also loaded/needed through the bootstrap classloader
+  (gnu.regexp needs MessageBundle included in glibj.zip
+
+Fixed Classpath bugs:
+  #6095 java.awt.geom.QuadCurve2D.solveQuadratic sometimes gives
+        wrong results
+  #7099 EventListenerList.getListenerCount should accept null argument
+  #7104 EventListenerList.add does not work
+  #7105 EventListenerList.remove does not work
+  #7107 DefaultBoundedRangeModel.setValue and friends should not throw
+  And lots more.
+
+New in release 0.07 (2003/30/11)
+
+* Works with libtool 1.5 (and 1.4.3).
+* java.awt gtk+ peers now depend on gtk+ 2.2.x and uses pango.
+  Lots and lots improvements on the peers.
+* java.awt.geom.CubicCurve2D, java.awt.geom.QuadCurve2D:
+  Subdivision and flatness calculation implemented.
+* java.awt.geom.FlatteningPathIterator: Working implementation.
+* gnu.java.awt.BitwiseXORComposite helper class.
+* New rmic compilers (jikes, kjc) support.
+* java.text bug fixing and 1.4 updates (Currency).
+* Hashtable and HashMap function more similar to other implementations.
+* javax.naming and java.beans classloader fixes.
+* URL parsing, URLConnection, protocol and (needed) permission fixes.
+* More java.nio implementation
+  (API complete, but implementation not finished yet).
+* Lots of java.net code cleanup.
+* Improved documentation.
+* Numerous bug fixes in almost every package, and lots of updates for
+  1.4 functionality.
+* Fixed Classpath bugs:
+  #2944 Incorrect synchronization in java.util.logging.ErrorManager
+  #6075 java.awt.geom.GeneralPath.getCurrentPoint returns wrong results
+  #6076 java.awt.geom.GeneralPath constructor sometimes hangs
+  #6089 java.awt.geom.GeneralPath.getPathIterator does not work
+  [...]
+
+VM Interface changes:
+
+* Thread has been split in a VM-independent Thread class and a VM-dependent
+  VMThread class.
+
+New in release 0.06 (2003/22/08)
+
+* Update java.awt peers to GTK+2.
+* java.awt.GridBagLayout implementation.
+* javax.swing.border implementation.
+* java.security and java.security.cert updated to 1.4 spec.
+* New JNI native target code layer. See native/target/readme.txt.
+* --enable-regen-headers configure flag for automatic jni .h file generation.
+* Removed workaround for gcj 3.2 and lower, gcj 3.3+ or jikes 1.18+ is now
+  needed for compiling.
+* Lots of improvements and/or new classes for java.awt, java.awt.dnd,
+  java.awt.font, java.awt.geom, java.awt.image, java.io, java.math, java.net,
+  java.nio, java.rmi, java.text, java.util, javax.swing, javax.swing.plaf,
+  javax.swing.text.
+
+VM Interface changes:
+
+* VMClassLoader.loadClass(), the bootstrap classloader called by
+  Class.forName() and ClassLoader.loadClass(), may now return null when
+  a class is not found instead of throwing a new ClassNotFoundException.
+  This is a performance optimization in some cases. This also changes
+  the Class.forName() reference code.
+* Native methods in Class have been moved to VMClass.  A few additional
+  methods are also available in VMClass to provide optional performance
+  improvements.
+* A VM can now supply its own String.intern() strategy through the
+  VMString class. The supplied VMString reference class implements the
+  original WeakHashMap strategy.
+* Float and Double to/from bits conversion functions can now be supplied by
+  the VM through VMFloat and VMDouble. Default JNI conversion methods are
+  supplied.
+
+New in release 0.05 (2003/02/15)
+* Supports free Java VMs Jikes RVM and Kissme out of the box, perhaps others.
+* Supports GNU Crypto 1.1 as the official provider of cryptographic primitives
+  and tools for GNU Classpath, available separately from 
+  http://www.gnu.org/software/classpathx/crypto/crypto.html. 
+* Supports GNU Classpath Tools sub-project of GNU Classpath, official provider
+  of standard tools such as gjdoc, a javadoc replacement, and others.  Future
+  releases of GNU Classpath will begin to include these tools, available
+  separately from http://www.gnu.org/software/cp-tools/.
+* Java primitives can be used to support AWT native threading, see 
+  the --enable-portable-native-sync configure option which may become the
+  default in a future release.
+* Include file jni.h has been updated to the 1.4 specification.
+* VM specific internal types for jobject, jfieldID, and jmethodID are
+  supported in jni.h.  More details can be found by reading the comment
+  in include/jni.h.in.  By default the old definitions are used instead.
+* New VM helper class java.io.VMObjectStreamClass which should provide
+  the hasClassInitializer() method. Previously ObjectStreamClass used
+  Class.getDeclaredMethod("<clinit>") but according to the spec this
+  should always throw NoSuchMethodException for class initialization methods.
+  A JNI reference implementation is provided as
+  vm/reference/java-io/java_io_VMObjectStreamClass.c
+* There have been numerous infrastructure improvements
+  * Configure option --enable-gjdoc to generate javadoc-like output 
+  * Gjdoc output is included with distribution, see doc/api/html/
+  * DESTDIR fully supported for install and uninstall
+* Runtime.execInternal contract changed to allow for null `env'
+  and to accept `dir' argument.
+* VMObject.getClass() removed. It was never used.
+* java.lang.Throwable is now a 'normal' GNU Classpath class that uses the
+  VM specific java.lang.VMThrowable to get at the VM state and (if needed)
+  the StackTraceElements for a particular exception. A default implementation
+  (that does nothing) is provided in vm/reference/java/lang/VMThrowable.java.
+* The vm/reference classes from the gnu.vm.stack and their counterparts
+  ExecutionStack and StackFrame in gnu.java.lang have been removed since they
+  are not actually part of the VM interface anyway.
+* The GPLed com.sun.javadoc classes have been moved to the gjdoc application
+  from the GNU Classpath Tools project. See for more information the homepage
+  at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/cp-tools/>.
+
+New in release 0.04 (2002/05/05)
+* Additional configure options to disable zip creation and installation as
+  well as disable gtk peer native compilation.
+* Addition of java.nio, java.util.logging, and javax.swing.
+* Integration of most or all of the ORP patches to date, the purpose of 
+  which are to make it possible to use JBOSS with ORP and Classpath.  This
+  is still in a testing phase however.
+* Significant changes in the reference VM interface that may require
+  support from the JVMs.
+* Lots of bugfixes.
+
+New in release 0.03 (2002/02/08)
+* More merges with libgcj have been performed including java.math which now
+  provides a pure Java implementation of that package.
+  Current status at <http://gcc.gnu.org/java/libgcj-classpath-compare.html>
+* A pure Java implementation (Jazzlib) of java.util.zip is available.
+* Added the java.rmi implementation that Transvirtual donated to the FSF.
+* Includes jni.h now, eliminating the need to specify a particular VM
+  via configure.
+* No proprietary classes or programs are required to compile.
+  Compiles out of the box with jikes or gcj.
+* Separation of compiling Java source and native libraries through the 
+  configure mechanism.  If given no arguments, configure will setup the
+  subsequent build to only produce Java bytecode (.class files).  More
+  information is available in INSTALLING.
+* Support for compiling in a separate directory, as an example you may
+  cd classpath-0.03; mkdir build; cd build; ../configure; make
+* Works with Orp 1.0.9 out of the box. Build instructions can be found at
+  <http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/doc/orp.html>
+* Lots of bugfixes that were found by using Classpath with the gcj, Orp,
+  SableVM, KissMe and Jaos VMs. Please use our bugdatabase at
+  <http://savannah.gnu.org/support/?group_id=85>
+* Lots of updates to make Classpath more compliant with the 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4
+  API specification. The current status can be found at
+  <http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/status.html>
+* All files are now distributed under the same terms. Added clarification to
+  GPL exception.
+
+New in release 0.02 (2001/01/06)
+* Support for printing exceptions with Japhar 0.09 + patch included in
+  resource/japhar-0.09.patch.1.
+* Typos, assorted bugfixes.
+
+New in release 0.01 (2000/11/20)
+* More packages are included now, though many remain untested.
+* Support for Japhar 0.09 included.
+
+New in release 0.00 (1999/02/01)
+* First official development release of clean room class library for Java
+* Following packages included:
+	-- java.beans
+	-- java.io
+	-- java.lang
+	-- java.lang.reflect
+	-- java.math
+	-- java.net
+	-- java.security (partial and non-functioning)
+	-- java.security.acl
+	-- java.security.interfaces
+	-- java.util
+* Code is mostly Java 2 (see JDK 1.2) compatible with some functionality
+  missing and/or untested.
+* Support for Japhar (http://www.japhar.org/) virtual machine is included.
+  Requires the current Japhar from CVS.
+* Extensive javadoc comments for public API included
+* Licensed under the GNU Library General Public License (see COPYING.LIB)
+* Does not depend on any non-free code - developed in a "clean room"
+  environment.
+