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authorMark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>2007-04-23 11:16:10 +0000
committerMark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>2007-04-23 11:16:10 +0000
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* NEWS: Add new 0.95 features.
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-rw-r--r--NEWS27
2 files changed, 27 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-04-23 Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>
+
+ * NEWS: Add new 0.95 features.
+
2007-04-23 Jeroen Frijters <jeroen@frijters.net>
PR classpath/31646:
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4d184a16b..85630ffab 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,12 +1,29 @@
-New in release 0.94 (UNRELEASED)
+New in release 0.95 (Apr 23, 2007)
-* The ASM library is now included. A separate copy is no longer needed.
+* Full merge of 1.5 generics work.
+* Added 1.6 java.util.ServiceLoader support.
+* The ASM library is now included. A separate copy is no longer
+ needed. gjavah works out of the box now.
* The setReadTimeout and getReadTimeout methods have been added to
- java.net.URLConnection. They are now fully implemented for http URLs.
+ java.net.URLConnection. They are now fully implemented for http URLs.
* The java.lang.management implementation now includes the new features
added in 1.6
* java.util.TimeZone now reads time zone information from the system
- zoneinfo files.
+ zoneinfo files (see also runtime interface changes below).
+* The collection classes have been updated to support all the 1.6
+ additions.
+* java.util.spi 1.6 package has been added and is used in java.text.
+* Bootstrappable with OpenJDK javac compiler
+ (use configure --with-javac).
+* Large speedups (and locking behaviour updated) in Graphics2D cairo
+ and freetype support.
+* Better detection of browser plugin mechanism for mozilla, iceweasel,
+ firefox on various platforms.
+* Inclusion of generic javadoc classes in tools.zip to support more
+ javadoc processing tools.
+* Added documentation for command lines options for the included GNU
+ Classpath Tools gjar, gjavah, gnative2ascii, gorbd, grmid,
+ grmiregistry, gserialver and gtnameserv.
Runtime interface changes:
@@ -27,6 +44,8 @@ Runtime interface changes:
to point to the directory where zoneinfo files live. In libgcj
this is set to the value of the TZDATA environment variable, or
"/usr/share/zoneinfo" if this is not set.
+* VMFile has been extended to support new 1.6 methods (canExecute,
+ setReadable, setWritable, setExecutable).
New in release 0.93 (Dec 8, 2006)