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-<subject "GNU Classpath 0.97 Announcement (2008-02-22)"> 
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-<box>
-<boxtitle>GNU Classpath 0.97 "I Aten't Dead"</boxtitle>
-<boxitem>
-We are proud to announce the release of GNU Classpath 0.97 "I Aten't Dead"
-<p>
-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.
-<p>
-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. More projects based
-on GNU Classpath:
-<createlink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/stories.html">
-<p>
-<p>
-Again, this release is primarily a maintenance release.  The recent release of the 
-majority of Sun's class library as Free Software on May the 8th, 2007, under the 
-auspices of the OpenJDK project (<createlink url="http://openjdk.java.net">)
-has changed the position of GNU Classpath within the community and recent efforts
-have  focused on bringing together Classpath and OpenJDK code under the umbrella of 
-IcedTea (<createlink url="http://icedtea.classpath.org">) and
-BrandWeg (<createlink url="http://icedtea.classpath.org/wiki/BrandWeg">).  We hope to 
-extend support and work together with the OpenJDK community over time.
-<p>
-The main feature of this release is major changes to Classpath's build
-system.  Notably, configure now tries to find ecj, javac and gcj (in that
-order), with the --with-ecj and --with-javac options being removed.  To
-override this, set JAVAC when calling configure.  This brings the use of
-the Java compiler in line with that of the C and C++ compilers. Building
-also now requires a version of javah so that headers may be generated. 
-<p>
-There have also been many bugfixes over the past four months.  Those relevant
-to 0.97 can be found at
-<createlink url="http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?product=classpath&target_milestone=0.97">.
-<p>
-With the 0.95 release, we switched fully towards the 1.5 generics work 
-that we previously released separately as classpath-generics. All this work 
-is now fully integrated in the main release and various runtimes (gcj,
-cacao, jamvm, ikvm, etc) have been extended to take advantage of the
-new generics, annotations and enumeration support in the core
-library. As a consequence, only 1.5 capable compilers (currently the Eclipse 
-Compiler for Java (ecj) and Sun's javac) may be used to build Classpath.
-<p>
-The GNU Classpath developers site
-<createlink url="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.
-<p>
-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: <createlink url="http://developer.classpath.org/doc/">
-We are looking into how to extend the documentation experience in the
-future. Please contact the mailinglist if you would like to help with
-this effort.
-<p>
-For more information about the project see also:
-<ul>
-<li>GNU Classpath home page: <createlink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/">
-
-<li>Developer information (wiki): <createlink url="http://developer.classpath.org/">
-
-<li>Full class documentation: <createlink url="http://developer.classpath.org/doc/">
-
-<li>GNU Classpath hackers: <createlink url="http://planet.classpath.org/">
-
-<li>Autobuilder, current build status, build snapshots: <createlink url="http://builder.classpath.org/">
-
-<li>Application test pages (wiki)
-  <createlink url="http://developer.classpath.org/mediation/Applets">
-  <createlink url="http://developer.classpath.org/mediation/FreeAWTTestApps">
-  <createlink url="http://developer.classpath.org/mediation/FreeSwingTestApps">
-  <createlink url="http://developer.classpath.org/mediation/FreeSWTTestApps">
-
-<li>GNU Classpath hacking with Eclipse (wiki)
-  <createlink url="http://developer.classpath.org/mediation/ClasspathHackingWithEclipse">
-
-<li>GNU Classpath promotion banners: <createlink url="http://developer.classpath.org/mediation/ClasspathBanners">
-</ul>
-GNU Classpath 0.97 can be downloaded from <createlink url="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/classpath/"> or one of the ftp.gnu.org mirrors <createlink url="http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html"> or the Classpath continuous integration system <createlink url="http://builder.classpath.org/dist">
-<p><pre>
-File: classpath-0.97.tar.gz
-MD5sum: 73c36efc5dc265cf8950fe43247541de
-SHA1sum: c53703710c6030d105d750c9dad7ed7551be5317
-</pre></p>
-New in release 0.97 (Feb 22, 2007)
-<p>
-Build changes:
-<p>
-<ul>
-<li>A copy of javah (to produce C header files from Java source code)
-is now required to generate the files in include.</li>
-<li>The javac check has been changed so that it attempts to find ecj,
-javac and gcj (in that order).  You may override this by using
-JAVAC=<preferred javac></li>
-</ul>
-<p>
-Runtime interface changes:
-</p>
-<ul>
-<li>Removed VMFloat.floatToIntBits amd VMDouble.doubleToLongBits.</li>
-<li>Added new getParameterAnnotations() methods in Constructor and Method.</li>
-</ul>
-<p>
-The following people helped with this release:
-</p>
-<p>
-Luciano Chavez, Thomas Fitzsimmons, Bernhard Fischer, Jeroen Frijters,
-Stefan Huehner, Andrew John Hughes, Jakub Jelinek, Ito Kazumitsu,
-Roman Kennke, Alexandre Oliva, Ian Rogers, Robert Schuster, Leen Toelen,
-Mario Torre, Dalibor Topic, Tom Tromey, David Walluck, Mark Wielaard
-and Ralf Wildenhues.
-</p>
-<p>
-We would also like to thank the numerous bug reporters and testers!  In 
-addition, we'd like to extend our thanks to all those who've contributed over 
-the years and have helped in building a thriving and friendly community 
-around the GNU Classpath project.
-</p>
-</boxitem>
-</box>