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diff --git a/libjava/classpath/doc/www.gnu.org/announce/20050429.wml b/libjava/classpath/doc/www.gnu.org/announce/20050429.wml deleted file mode 100644 index 16f0dd7c48b..00000000000 --- a/libjava/classpath/doc/www.gnu.org/announce/20050429.wml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,309 +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 0.15 Announcement (2005-04-29)"> -<pre> -We are pleased to announce a new developer snapshot release of GNU Classpath. - -GNU Classpath, essential libraries for java, is a project to create free -core class libraries for use with runtimes, compilers and tools for the -java programming language. - -The GNU Classpath developer snapshot releases are not directly aimed -at the end user but are meant to be integrated into larger development -platforms. For example the GCC (gcj) and Kaffe projects will use the -developer snapshots as a base for future versions. - -Some highlights of changes in this release (more extensive list below): - -Optimized nio and nio.charset plus io streams integration leading to -large speedups in character stream performance. To compliment this -new framework a native iconv based charset provider was added. Better -support for free swing metal and pluggable lafs. Some org.omg.CORBA -support added. Better java.beans support for the Eclipse Visual Editor -Project. Completely lock free ThreadLocal implementation added. More -javax.swing.text support for RTF and HTML. More flexible runtime -interfaces and build configuration options. - -26 people actively contributed code to this release and made 299 CVS -commits during the last two months of development. diffstat since 0.14: -993 files changed, 74259 insertions(+), 15666 deletions(-) -More details about the various changes and contributions below. - -GNU Classpath 0.15 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-0.15.tar.gz -MD5sum: 036c23aec7cb53a43b7b9dc63a92fbbe -SHA1sum: 971bdd436b8010ab30096869f689a44d41e5a01c - -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 and JEdit start up on GNU Classpath based runtimes. -To enable this support install the cairo 0.3.0 snapshot, configure -GNU Classpath with --enable-gtk-cairo and make sure the system -property gnu.java.awt.peer.gtk.Graphics=Graphics2D is set. - -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. - -One of the major focusses of the GNU Classpath project is expanding -and using the Mauve test suite for Compatibility, Completeness and -Correctness checking. Various groups around GNU Classpath collaborate -on the free software Mauve test suite which contains more then 27.500 -library tests. Mauve has various modules for testing core class -library implementations, byte code verifiers, source to byte code and -native code compiler tests. Mauve also contains the Wonka visual test -suite and the Jacks Compiler Killer Suite. This release passes 27.325 -of the mauve core library tests. -See for more information: http://sources.redhat.com/mauve/ - -Conformance reports for the included jaxp support can be found in the -doc/README.jaxp file. - -The GNU Classpath developers site http://developer.classpath.org/ -provides detailed information on how to start with helping the GNU -Classpath project and gives an overview of the core class library -packages currently provided. For each snapshot release generated -documentation is provided through the GNU Classpath Tools gjdoc -project. A documentation generation framework for java source files -used by the GNU project. Full documentation on the currently -implementated packages and classes can be found at: -http://developer.classpath.org/doc/ - - -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. Most active GNU Classpath -hackers use JamVM (http://jamvm.sourceforge.net/) and the gcj or Jikes -bytecode compiler (http://www.jikes.org) for quick development. But -other environments can certainly be used to hack on the GNU Classpath -core libraries. - -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 - -Note that these are just byte code execution compilers and/or -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). - -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. Many more architectures and platforms -are supported. Check the actual runtime you use together with GNU -Classpath for detailed information on the supported platforms. - -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/ - -The GNU Classpath developer recently held a conference during Fosdem. -This was a standing room event and provided lot of communication between -the GNU Classpath, Kaffe, GCJ, IKVM, Apache, java-gnome and Cacao hackers -and users. The presentations of this event have been publised and should -give a good overview of the current status and future plans of the project: -http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/events/escape_fosdem05.html - -Developers wanting to help out with the project will find more -information and tools on http://developer.classpath.org/ - -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 0.15 (Apr 29, 2005) -(See the ChangeLog file for a full list of changes.) - -* 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(). - -The following people helped with this release: - -Andreas Tobler (Security warning fixes, fdlibm merging and cleanups) -Andrew Haley (FileChannel optimizations) -Andrew John Hughes (URL/URI, rmi.naming, java.text, Currency and generics) -Archie Cobbs (RPM spec file, VMClassLoader fixes, jni cleanups) -Audrius Meskauskas (Lots of corba work, javax.swing.text.html and dom parser) -Casey Marshall (x509 and asn1/der fixes) -Chris Burdess (writeUTF optimization, html2 dom support and net protocols) -Dalibor Topic (FileChannel fixes, kaffe porting) -David Daney (InetAddress fixes) -David Gilbert (awt documentation, font fixes) -Guilhem Lavaux (VMSelector and IndexColorModel fixes) -Ito Kazumitsu (DecimalFormat parse fixes) -Jeroen Frijters (nio optimizations, VMClass fixes, ThreadLocal rewrite) -Luca Barbieri (FileChannel.tryLock fixes) -Mark Wielaard (cleanups and packaging) -Michael Franz (OSX testing) -Michael Koch (VM interface restructuring, libgcj merging, lots of bug fixing) -Mike Stump (fdlibm ppc64 fixes) -Olafur Bragason (PipedInputStream bug reporting) -Patrik Reali (Website maintenance) -Rei Odaira (VMSelector bug reporting) -Riccardo Mottola (Darwin6 testing) -Robert Schuster (java.beans, boot.library.path, jni fixes, mediation work) -Roman Kennke (Lots of free swing work, MediaTracker and RTF work) -Sven de Marothy (io, nio and charset optimizations and rewrites) -Thomas Fitzsimmons (URL, gtk-peers and free swing work) -Tom Tromey (build and code cleanups, jni merging with libgcj and generics) - -</pre> - -<footer> |
