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diff --git a/libjava/classpath/doc/www.gnu.org/announce/20051102.wml b/libjava/classpath/doc/www.gnu.org/announce/20051102.wml deleted file mode 100644 index e39a4eaa5c5..00000000000 --- a/libjava/classpath/doc/www.gnu.org/announce/20051102.wml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,247 +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="mjw"> - -#include <include/macros.wml> - -<header title="GNU Classpath 0.19 Announcement (2005-11-02)"> -<pre> -GNU Classpath "95% and counting" 0.19 released - -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): - - Much more efficient painting for large Free Swing GUIs. Improved - accessibility support. HttpURLConnection rewrite. Official CORBA - VMCID assigned. Start of RMI over IIOP support. Qt4 support for - OS-X. Much improved Free Swing Metal theme. Free Swing Demo includes - theme switcher example (Metal, Ocean, GNU). JBoss now starts up and - Jonas testsuite passes for 95%. Support for the javax.sound.midi - framework and experimental DSSI and ALSA service providers. Early - version of the popular StAX API. Now has 96% coverage of 1.4 API. - -This is the first time we also have a pre-release of our 1.5 generics -work. classpath-0.19-generics contains a version of the core library -that uses the new 1.5 language features such as generics and -enumerations. ECJ and JamVM are known to support the generics release -out of the box. And you should be able to run Eclipse 3.1 with it to -develop programs that use the new 1.5 language and core library -additions. classpath-generics is a work in progress and not as -extensively tested as our regular releases. But please try it out if -you want to help us test the new 1.5 support of the core libraries. - -For this release we setup a Free Swing Test Application page -http://developer.classpath.org/mediation/FreeSwingTestApps -Please see that page for showcases of applications that work with this -release and to help test other applications. - -It is also the first release that has GNU Classpath promotion banners. -http://developer.classpath.org/mediation/ClasspathBanners -Please feel free to add them to your project pages if your project is -known to work with GNU Classpath or just to promote the project. - -32 people actively contributed to this release and made -787 CVS commits during the last two months of development -(excluding the generics branch work). diffstat since 0.18: - 1158 files changed, 93916 insertions(+), 36407 deletions(-) - -More details about the various changes and contributions below. - -A full list of bug reports fixed for this release can be found at: -http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?product=classpath&target_milestone=0.19 - -This release depends on gtk+ 2.4 for AWT support. But gtk+ 2.6 or -higher is recommended. 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 and JEdit start up on GNU Classpath based runtimes. -To enable this support install the cairo 0.5.x snapshot, configure GNU -Classpath with --enable-gtk-cairo. - -One of the major focuses 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 around 34.000 -core 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. -See for more information: http://www.sourceware.org/mauve/ -This release passes 33.381 out of 34.262 Mauve core library tests. - -Conformance reports for the included jaxp support can be found in the -doc/README.jaxp file. - -GNU Classpath 0.19 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-0.19.tar.gz -MD5sum: 0b93b1c1dd3d33ef7fb6a47dbb29e41d -SHA1sum: 43d499e8b83e04a7fc4a1d4d301638c5cec6c679 - -File: classpath-0.19-generics.tar.gz (EXPERIMENTAL) -MD5sum: 4c0ccc91a147af4010d19f48dbf441b3 -SHA1sum: b2a2b968523b3af35cd7e44bcc4f940621b3ca66 - -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/ - -New in release 0.19 (Nov 2, 2005) -(See the ChangeLog file for a full list of changes.) - -* The Swing RepaintManager has been reworked for more efficient - painting, especially for large GUIs. - -* The Swing layout manager OverlayLayout has been implemented, the - BoxLayout has been rewritten to make use of the SizeRequirements - utility class and caching for more efficient layout. - -* Improved accessibility support for Swing. - -* The java.net.HttpURLConnection implementation no longer buffers the - entire response body in memory. This means that response bodies - larger than available memory can now be handled. - -* The Andrew Watson, Vice President and Technical Director of the - Object Management Group, has officially assigned us 20 bit Vendor - Minor Code Id: 0x47430 ("GC") that will mark remote Classpath - - specific system exceptions. Obtaining the VMCID means that GNU - Classpath now is a recogniseable type of node in a highly - interoperable CORBA world. - -* Classpath now includes the first working draft to support the RMI - over IIOP protocol. The current implementation is capable for remote - invocations, transferring various Serializables and Externalizables - via RMI-IIOP protocol. It can flatten graphs and, at least for the - simple cases, is interoperable with Sun's jdk 1.5. - -* Qt4 configury switches for OS-X. Additional to the --enable-qt-peer, - OS-X users with a Qt4 installation can build the qt-peers with the - argument --with-qt4dir=<Qt4-installation-dir>. - -* Significant progress has been made in the implementation of the - javax.swing.plaf.metal.* package, with most UI delegates in a - working state now. Please test this with your own applications and - provide feedback that will help us to improve this package. - -* The GUI demo (gnu.classpath.examples.swing.Demo) has been extended - to highlight various features in our free-swing implementation. And - includes a look and feel switcher (Metal default, Ocean or GNU). - -Runtime interface changes: - -* Changed implementation of VMClassLoader.getPackage(s) : new method - VMClassLoader.getBootPackages should be implemented by the vm, and - sould return a string array of boot package names ("java.lang", - "java.net", ...). Feedback from vm implementors for usability and - relevance of the getBootPackages method would be greatly - appreciated. - -New Untested/Disabled Features: - - The following new features are included, but not ready for - production yet. They are explicitly disabled and not supported. But - if you want to help with the development of these new features we - are interested in feedback. You will have to explicitly enable them - to try them out (and they will most likely contain bugs). If you are - interested in any of these then please join the mailing-list and - follow development in CVS. - -* Cairo Gtk+ Graphics2D support, enabled by giving configure - --enable-gtk-cairo. -* QT4 AWT peers, enable by giving configure --enable-qt-peer. - -The following people helped with this release: - -Andreas Tobler - Qt4 support for Darwin/OSX, Graphics2D support, gtk+ updates. -Andrew Haley - Serialization and URLClassLoader fixes. -Andrew John Hughes - Serialization fixes, Properties XML support and generic branch work. -Anthony Balkissoon - Lots of Free Swing additions. -Anthony Green - MIDI framework, ALSA and DSSI providers. -Audrius Meskauskas - Lots of new CORBA and RMI work and bugfixes. -Casey Marshall - Crypto algorithm fixes. -Chris Burdess - StAX and dom xml:id support. -Christian Thalinger - Configuration and VM inteface fixes and CACAO integration. -Dalibor Topic - Build cleanups and Kaffe integration. -David Daney - HttpURLConnection rewrite and improvements. -David Gilbert - Lots of Free Swing and metal theme additions. -David Lichteblau - JCL support library global/local reference cleanups. -Gael Thomas - VMClassLoader boot packages support sugestions. -Guilhem Lavaux - Configuration, thread and channel fixes and Kaffe integration. -Jan Roehrich - BasicTreeUI fixes. -Jeroen Frijters - Serialization fixes, better Proxy support, bug fixes and IKVM integration. -Julian Scheid - Documentation updates and gjdoc support. -Keith Seitz - JDWP support. -Lillian Angel - Lots of Free Swing additions. -Mark Wielaard - Bug fixes, packaging and release management -Martin Cordova - Suggestions for better SocketTimeoutException. -Michael Koch - Configuration fixes. -Nicolas Geoffray - VMClassLoader and AccessController improvements. -Paul Jenner - Better -Werror support. -Robert Schuster - XML and URL, AWT and Free Swing bug fixes -Roman Kennke - Lots of Free Swing additions. -Santiago Gala - AccessControlContext fixes. -Stuart Ballard - RMI constant fixes. -Sven de Marothy - BMP imageio support, CSS and TextLayout fixes. -Thomas Fitzsimmons - Lots of imageio framework additions, lots of AWT and Free Swing bug fixes. -Tom Tromey - Eclipse integration, generics work, lots of bug fixes and gcj integration. - -We would also like to thank the numerous bug reporters and testers! -</pre> -<footer> |
