2008-02-26 Andrew John Hughes <gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org>

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+2008-02-26  Andrew John Hughes  <gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org>
+
+	* doc/www.gnu.org/newsitems.txt:
+	Add 20080222 announcement.
+	* doc/www.gnu.org/announce/20080222.wml:
+	Add announcement of 0.97.
+
 2008-02-22  Andrew John Hughes  <gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org>
 
 	* NEWS: Add 0.98.
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+#!wml --include=..
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+#include "include/layout.wml"
+
+<subject "GNU Classpath 0.97 Announcement (2008-02-22)"> 
+
+<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>
diff --git a/doc/www.gnu.org/newsitems.txt b/doc/www.gnu.org/newsitems.txt
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+++ b/doc/www.gnu.org/newsitems.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+<newsitem date="22 Feb 2008">
+<createlink name="GNU Classpath 0.97"
+            url="announce/20080222.html">
+</newsitem>
+
 <newsitem date="16 Oct 2007">
 <createlink name="GNU Classpath 0.96.1"
             url="announce/20071016.html">