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diff --git a/libjava/classpath/doc/www.gnu.org/announce/20050107.wml b/libjava/classpath/doc/www.gnu.org/announce/20050107.wml deleted file mode 100644 index ed603e2627e..00000000000 --- a/libjava/classpath/doc/www.gnu.org/announce/20050107.wml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,256 +0,0 @@ -#!wml --include=.. - -#use wml::std::page -#use wml::std::lang -#use wml::fmt::isolatin -#use wml::std::case global=upper - -<lang:star:slice:> - -<set-var last-modified-author="prr"> - -#include <include/macros.wml> - -<header title="GNU Classpath 0.13 Announcement (2005-01-07)"> -<pre> -We are pleased to announce a new developer snapshot release of GNU Classpath. - -GNU Classpath, essential libraries for the java, is a project to create free -core class libraries for use with runtimes, compilers and tools for the -java programming language. - -GNU Classpath 0.13 can be downloaded from -ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/classpath/ -or one of the ftp.gnu.org mirrors -http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html - -File: classpath-0.13.tar.gz -MD5sum: 9920904c15f2cdb15e38c4a44968c4f9 -SHA1sum: f431a24d7f25259123ae8a897b4d71be76ac76ea - -Some highlights of this release (more extensive list below): - -Includes HTTP/1.1 and FTP URL handlers. Added java.beans XMLEncoder and -XMLDecoder classes. More than 250 locales are supported now. SAX, DOM, -XSL and XPath implementations for javax.xml (JAXP 1.3) have been added. -Better AWT on gtk+ and Swing support. An AWT Robot implementation based -on the XServer XTest Extension for the gtk+ peers has been added. - -GNU Classpath uses the Mauve test suite for Compatibility, Completeness -and Correctness checking. This release passes 23131 of 23729 mauve tests. -Conformance reports for the included jaxp support can be found in the -doc/README.jaxp file. - -22 people are listed in the ChangeLog file (full list below) -and there were 245 commits to CVS since the last release. - -Included, but not activated by default in this release is a Graphics2D -implementation based on the Cairo Graphics framework -(http://www.cairographics.org/). Enabling this makes programs like -JFreeChart work on GNU Classpath based runtimes. Note that this release -needs a cairo CVS build. - -[It is recommended that people wanting to experiment with the -Graphics2D implementation follow the instructions for building gcj -with jhbuild which automatically builds the latest CVS version of GCJ -and Cairo at http://people.redhat.com/fitzsim/gcj-and-jhbuild.html] - -Not yet included is an implementation of Generic collection classes -and classes for other 1.5 language extensions. Work on this is being -done on a special development branch that will be included in a future -GNU Classpath release when free runtimes, compilers and tools have all -been upgraded to support these new language features. - -Here are answers to some questions you might have about this project and -this release. - -1). Who should use this software? - -Although GNU Classpath is already capable of supporting many -applications written in the java programming language, this is a -development release. As such, there are still some unfinished -components, and some problems are to be expected. You should install it -if you are interested in GNU Classpath development or reporting bugs. -We appreciate both. - -For end users we recommend to use one of the development environments -based on GNU Classpath which combine the core libraries with compilers -and other tools needed for creating applications and libraries. - - * GCC with GCJ (http://gcc.gnu.org/java/) - * Kaffe (http://www.kaffe.org/) - -Both projects have CVS versions which track GNU Classpath closely. - -2). What is required to build/install/run? - -GNU Classpath requires a working GNU build environment and a byte code -compiler such as jikes, gcj or kjc. When creating native code you will -also need a working C compiler and up to date Gnome development -libraries (gtk+, libart and gdk-pixbuf). More information on the -precise version numbers for the tools and libraries can be found in -the INSTALL file. - -You will also need a runtime environment. The following runtime -environments (which don't include compilers or other tools, see above) -work out of the box with GNU Classpath (tested by and recommended for -GNU Classpath hackers). - - * JamVM (1.2.3) (http://jamvm.sourceforge.net/) - * Kissme (CVS) (http://kissme.sourceforge.net/) - -Other runtimes known to work with the latest or a previous release are -JikesRVM, IKVM.NET, JC, SableVM (-Xgnuclasspath) and CACAO. -(You might need staging, development or CVS versions for support of the -latest GNU Classpath release with some of these.) - -Note that these are just byte code execution runtimes. For development -of programs written in the java programming language you will also -need compilers and other tools for creating libraries and/or -executables (see question 1). - -For other environments that might need modified version of the current -release see the README file. A complete list of virtual machines and -compilers known to be based on GNU Classpath can be found at our -website: http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/stories.html - -2). What platforms are supported? - -GNU/Linux and FreeBSD on x86 and powerpc are regularly tested by the -developers. Since 0.12 there is also support for cygwin. -We plan to eventually support many others. - -5). Where do I go for more information? - -The project home page with information on our mailing list can be -found at http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/ - -A good overview of the current status can be found on the GNU Classpath -at FOSDEM'04 page which describes the last GNU Classpath hacker meeting. -It includes reports and presentations on the current status and future -plans: http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/events/fosdem04.html - -The following presentation given during the Desktop Developers -Conference shows how to integrate GNU Claspath and GCJ more with the -Free Desktop environments: http://people.redhat.com/fitzsim/ddc2004/ - -6). How do I extend the functionality of the core classes? - -Besides combining GNU Classpath with the runtimes and compilers above -you might want to add support for additional encryption libraries and -algorithms as provided by GNU Crypto -(http://www.gnu.org/software/gnu-crypto/). And for additional -extension libraries (mail, activation, infobus, servlet, etc.) -check out GNU ClasspathX (http://www.gnu.org/software/classpathx). - -Additional network protocol support is provided by a sub-project -called GNU Classpath Inetlib, an extension library to provide extra -network protocol support (ftp, finger, gopher) for GNU Classpath, but -it can also standalone to ease adding http, imap, pop3 and smtp client -support to applictions. Also distributed from -<ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/classpath/> - -The following projects extend the functionality of GNU Classpath -with additional algorithms, new core packages and tools. -All are released under GPL compatible licenses: - -* Jessie: A free implementation of the JSSE. Secure Sockets Extension. - http://www.nongnu.org/jessie/ -* Tritonus: A implementation of the javax.sound API. - http://www.tritonus.org/ -* gcjwebplugin: A plugin for the execution of applets in web browsers. - http://www.nongnu.org/gcjwebplugin/ - -Note that the above libraries might already have been included in the -various platforms that also integrate GNU Classpath like done by the -Kaffe project. - -6). What is new in this release? - -New in release 0.13 (Jan 6, 2005) -(See the ChangeLog file for a full list of changes.) - -* 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. - -The following people helped with this release: - -Andrew John Hughes (Locale, Currency and java.text updates), Archie Cobbs -(Thread improvements), Bryce McKinlay (ResourceBundle speedups), Casey -Marshall (FileLock fixes), Chris Burdess (locale generator, xml integration, -http and ftp handlers), Craig Black (BeanInfoEmbryo improvements), David -Gilbert (AWT and geom documentation), Graydon Hoare (Graphics2D and -BufferedImage improvements), Guilhem Lavaux (CLDR parser and Object stream -serialization improvements), Ito Kazumitsu (nio ByteBuffer fixes), Jeroen -Frijters (Runtime interfaces improvements, including shutdown hooks and -system properties, nio and zip fixes), Jerry Quinn (AWT accessibility -support), Mark Wielaard (packaging and integration), Michael Koch (Locale, -Swing, InetAddress, ImageIO, nio improvements and libgcj integration), -Olga Rodimina (JTable improvements), Patrik Reali (website maintenance), -Paul Jenner (ImageIcon additions), Ranjit Mathew (IdentityHashMap fix), -Robert Schuster (java.beans updates, XMLEncode and XMLDecoder -implementations and JComboBox improvements), Sven de Marothy (Graphics2D, -java.awt.image and java.awt.geom fixes), Thomas Fitzsimmons (GdkRobot, -gtk+ peers component layout, dialog placement, keyboard focus handling and -text positioning), Tom Tromey (gcjx support, zip and ResourceBundle fixes) -</pre> - -<footer> - - |
