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author | Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org> | 2005-05-01 20:42:00 +0000 |
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committer | Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org> | 2005-05-01 20:42:00 +0000 |
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* doc/www.gnu.org/newsitems.txt: Add announcement.
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diff --git a/doc/www.gnu.org/announce/20050429.wml b/doc/www.gnu.org/announce/20050429.wml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..16f0dd7c4 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/www.gnu.org/announce/20050429.wml @@ -0,0 +1,309 @@ +#!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> diff --git a/doc/www.gnu.org/downloads/downloads.wml b/doc/www.gnu.org/downloads/downloads.wml index 729836169..342162bf2 100644 --- a/doc/www.gnu.org/downloads/downloads.wml +++ b/doc/www.gnu.org/downloads/downloads.wml @@ -77,10 +77,10 @@ sub mylink { <download-block> <download - date="26 February 2005" - version="0.14" - url="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/classpath/classpath-0.14.tar.gz" - notes="http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/announce/20050226.html" + date="29 April 2005" + version="0.15" + url="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/classpath/classpath-0.15.tar.gz" + notes="http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/announce/20050429.html" > <!-- download @@ -100,6 +100,13 @@ sub mylink { <download-block> <download + date="26 February 2005" + version="0.14" + url="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/classpath/classpath-0.14.tar.gz" + notes="http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/announce/20050226.html" +> + +<download date="6 January 2005" version="0.13" url="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/classpath/classpath-0.13.tar.gz" diff --git a/doc/www.gnu.org/newsitems.txt b/doc/www.gnu.org/newsitems.txt index 0874bc9c9..a1f8e7454 100644 --- a/doc/www.gnu.org/newsitems.txt +++ b/doc/www.gnu.org/newsitems.txt @@ -1,6 +1,11 @@ -<newsitem date="Feb 25 2005"> +<newsitem date="29 Apr 2005"> +<createlink name="GNU Classpath 0.15" + url="announce/20050429.html"> +</newsitem> + +<newsitem date="25 Feb 2005"> <createlink name="GNU Classpath 0.14" - url="https://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=3690"> + url="announce/20050226.html"> Base core class libraries for the GCC 4.0 (gcj) and Kaffe 1.1.5 releases. </newsitem> |