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author | Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org> | 2006-12-17 19:56:47 +0000 |
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committer | Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org> | 2006-12-17 19:56:47 +0000 |
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diff --git a/doc/www.gnu.org/announce/20061211.wml b/doc/www.gnu.org/announce/20061211.wml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..783a5c3e8 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/www.gnu.org/announce/20061211.wml @@ -0,0 +1,262 @@ +#!wml --include=.. + +#include "include/layout.wml" + +<subject "GNU Classpath 0.93 Announcement (2006-12-11)"> + +<box> +<boxtitle>GNU Classpath 0.93 "Dreamland"</boxtitle> +<boxitem> +We are proud to announce the release of GNU Classpath 0.93 "Dreamland" +<p> +Read on for highlights of new features in this release, pointers to +supported applications and screenshots, the status and future of the +1.4 and 1.5 generics branches. An update on the Summer of Code +student work. Plus some prelimenary ideas on cooperating with the Sun +GPL OpenJDK Java project. And the GNU Classpath commitments to the +Free Software community for the future of various projects around GNU +Classpath, the users and GNU/Linux distros relying on our work. +<p> +Highlights of new features in this release (more extensive list below): +<blockquote> + NIO Selector epoll (linux 2.6 kernel) and kio (BSD and Darwin) + notification mechanisms added. Fast, direct call, support for in + runtime CORBA objects. Support for user JNDI context factories (plus + corbaname: and rmi: jndi urls). New javah tool included. JSSE + SSLEngine support including TLSv1.1 and pre-shared key ciphersuites. + Full lang.management MX Beans ManagementFactory implementation. + 99.95% api coverage for 1.4, 95.5% api coverage for 1.5. Much + better swing HTML support (aka JGecko). Graphics2D on cairo speedups + and make it respects interpolation hints, better gradient + support and custom Composites and Paints. +</blockquote> +Screenshots of applications (eclipse, jedit, jfreechart, "jgecko", +statcvs.png) working out of the box with GNU Classpath 0.93 can be +found at <createlink url="http://developer.classpath.org/screenshots/"> +<p> +With this release our 1.4 library work is 99.95 API complete. +Although this doesn't mean GNU Classpath is fully compatible and a +perfect drop in replacement for proprietary 1.4 JDKs yet, it is pretty +close and any divergence should be considered a bug. Our 1.5 library +work is now 95.5% API complete. +<p> +This is the last release that will have two separate library releases +for 1.4 and 1.5. The next release will be based on our 1.5 generics +branch work. We are willing to maintain a 1.4 branch based the +non-generic 0.93 release if people are interested in support for +this. Please contact the mailinglist classpath@gnu.org if you are. +<p> +This release contains two large contributions sponsored by the Google +Summer of Code project. Casey Marshall rewrote the SSL library to use +the NIO model of JSSE (implementing SSLEngine) and added support for +TLSv1.1 and pre-shared key ciphersuites. Originally developed on the +ssl-nio-branch this work is now available in the generics release. +Andrew John Hughes wrote a lang.management MX Beans ManagementFactory +implementation, which allows a runtime based on GNU Classpath to +provide various MX Beans through javax.management services that a user +can use to query the status and usage of various low level vm +resources. The the original implementation was written for GCJ, but +for this release other runtimes (e.g. jamvm and cacao) have added +support based on the generic vm-interface designed by Andrew. +<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> +On November 13 (now known as Java Liberation Day) Sun decided to start +releasing all its Java ME, SE and EE implementations under the GPL. +<createlink url="http://www.sun.com/software/opensource/java/"> For the last decade the +GNU Classpath community has worked together with various other free +software projects to help people avoid the so called "Java Trap" +<createlink url="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/java-trap.html"> +As the FSF press release welcoming the Sun announcement said: 'Now, +Sun has begun disarming the "Java Trap", turning it from a pitfall +into a valuable foundation for future free software development.' +<createlink url="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-welcomes-gpl-java.html"> +<p> +The new project 'OpenJDK' started by Sun will provide a full SE Java +environment. Only parts have been released now. And the GNU Classpath +community already started adopting independent parts to make them work +on a full free stack. With the 0.93 generics release you should be +able to compile and run the GPl javac compiler with some tricks. +<createlink url="http://gnu.wildebeest.org/diary/index.php?p=172"> +We hope to cooperate more substantially with the OpenJDK community in +the future. +<p> +Not all code has been released by Sun, in particular the core class +libraries will not be release till somewhere next year. And some parts +might be encumbered preventing Sun from releasing those parts. We will +try and help plugg any holes left. It is too early to claim we already +know how our communities will interact and work together. But the +general feeling is positive. Sun has been very open, clear and +cooperative about OpenJDK and letting the GNU Classpath community know +about their plans and willingness to work with the existing free +software communities. +<p> +The GNU Classpath community is happy with this development and +although it is too early to see what the future might bring we know we +have the following commitments to our developers, users, projects and +GNU/Linux distros depending on our work: +<p> +<ul> +<li> We will not regress on freedom. For anything Sun cannot release + (now) under the GPL we will provide free replacements. + +<li> We will not regress on coverage. The platforms, architectures, + projects and programs that run now with GNU Classpath should run in + the future. + +<li> We will not regress on having fun, innovating and hacking together! +</ul> +We want to make it easy to adopt and collaborate. We want to make it +easy for people to improve together with GNU Classpath and OpenJDK by +helping also the smaller projects and platforms with less resources to +adopt the new innovation (coordinating new VM and Platform interfaces) +<p> +Various individual GNU Classpath hackers have made personal statements +about all this (from Planet Classpath - http://planet.classpath.org/): +<ul> +<li>Mario Torre <createlink url="http://jroller.com/page/neugens?entry=watch_out_we_have_changed" name="Watch out, we have changed history..."> + +<li>Roman Kennke <createlink url="http://kennke.org/blog/?p=25" name="First Rays of a New Rising Sun"> + +<li>Brian Jones <createlink url="http://cbj.livejournal.com/234857.html" name="Nov. 13 2006, is a notable bookmark in the history of free software"> + +<li>David Gilbert <createlink url="http://jroller.com/page/dgilbert?entry=on_walled_gardens" name="On Walled Gardens"> + +<li>Anthony Green <createlink url="http://spindazzle.org/greenblog/index.php?/archives/43-Now-thats-what-I-call-harmony....html" name="Now that's what I call harmony..."> + +<li>Casey Marshall <createlink url="http://metastatic.org/text/Concern/2006/11/13/107/" name="Free Java!"> + +<li>Andrew Hughes <createlink url="http://blog.fuseyism.com/?p=18" name="Victory! Pigs Fly as Java is GPLed and javac compiles Freely"> + +<li>Dalibor Topic <createlink url="http://robilad.livejournal.com/2056.html" name="San i java"> + +<li>Jeroen Frijters <createlink url="http://weblog.ikvm.net/PermaLink.aspx?guid=3620697a-52f4-4067-9afa-863b3066317b" name="Sun Open Sourcing Java"> + +<li>Andrew Overholt <createlink url="http://overholt.ca/wp/?p=74" name="Sun commits to 'GPL + Exception'ing Their Java Implementation"> + +<li>Thomas Fitzsimmons <createlink url="http://fitzsim.org/blog/?p=13" name="The New Free Java Project"> + +<li>Mark Wielaard <createlink url="http://gnu.wildebeest.org/diary/index.php?p=171" name="Collaborate"> and + <createlink url="http://gnu.wildebeest.org/diary/index.php?p=175" name="GNU Classpath, Sun, Java, GPL, Reflections & The Future"> + +<li>Tom Tromey <createlink url="http://tromey.com/blog/?p=293" name="Sun Frees Java"> +</ul> +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/ +<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 0.93 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"> +<p> +<pre> +File: classpath-0.93.tar.gz +MD5sum: ffa9e9cac31c5acbf0ea9eff9efa923d +SHA1sum: 336cae589ec91a4fe212c2149c57b51dab2ca002 + +File: classpath-0.93-generics.tar.gz +MD5sum: 9d3f5941b9fc0d8bc056344cb07a5c86 +SHA1sum: 4362433a4bd985baf00a00586c355939905861ff + +New in release 0.93 (Dec 8, 2006) +(See the ChangeLog file for a full list of changes.) + +* CORBA objects that exist on the same virtual machine and only are + connected to another ORB are now accessed directly and no longer via + network. It is the same feature that RMI implementation + provides. These faster calls should be completely transparent, as the + parameters are cloned, where required. Currently the direct calls are + only possible for the non-deprecated objects that are connected to the + ORB via POA. +* The 'javah' tool has been added. It requires the ASM library + (see asm.objectweb.org); it can be enabled with the --with-asm + option to configure +* Added the rmi and corbaname URL context factories for JNDI. +* Fixes in the JNDI InitialContext now allows to plug-in user + implementations. +* Removed currentClassLoader method from + vm/reference/java/io/ObjectInputStream.java. +* Added firstNonNullClassLoader method to + vm/reference/gnu/classpath/VMStackWalker.java. VMs are encouraged to + provide a more efficient implementation. +* Added aton method to vm/reference/java/net/VMInetAddress.java. +* NetworkInterface has been implemented for systems that provide the + `getifaddrs' function. +* java.nio.channels.Selector implementations have been added that use + the kqueue notification mechanism on Mac OS X and *BSD, and that use + the epoll notification mechanism on Linux 2.6. +* java.nio has been refactored to support more non-blocking operations + natively. Blocking IO classes have been refactored to call + non-blocking classes. Non-blocking accepts, connects, and + scatter-gather IO should now be better supported. +* HTML support for Swing has been greatly enhanced. + +Runtime interface changes: + +* java.net.VMNetworkInterface and java.net.NetworkInterface have been + updated to keep native-modified state in the former, and to simplify + the native code in our reference implementation. +* gnu.java.nio.VMChannel has been expanded to better support native + non-blocking IO. Most native state data (such as file descriptor + integers) has been abstracted away into private state in the runtime + interface. +* gnu.java.nio.VMPipe has been similarly changed. +* gnu.java.net.VMPlainSocketImpl has been changed to remove some + functionality now provided by VMChannel; datagram socket-specific + methods have also been moved here, deprecating VMPlainDatagramSocketImpl. +* gnu.java.net.VMPlainDatagramSocketImpl removed. + +The following people helped with this release: + +Aaron M. Ucko, Andreas Tobler, Andrew John Hughes, Audrius Meskauskas, +Ben Konrath, Cameron McCormack, Casey Marshall, Chris Burdess, +Christian Elias Naur, Christian Thalinger, Dalibor Topic, David Daney, +David Fu, David Gilbert, David Pirkle, Edwin Steiner, Francis Kung, +Friedjof Siebert, Gary Benson, Guilhem Lavaux, Helmer Kraemer, +Ian Rogers, Ingo Proetel, Ito Kazumitsu, Jeroen Frijters, +Keith Seitz, Lillian Angel, Marco Trudel, Mario Torre, Mark Wielaard, +Martin Platter, Matthew Burgess, Michael Franz, Michael Koch, +Paul Jenner, Raif S. Naffah, Riccardo Mottola, Robert Lougher, +Robert Schuster, Roger Sayle, Roman Kennke, Sven de Marothy, +Tania Bento, Thomas Fitzsimmons and Tom Tromey + +We would also like to thank the numerous bug reporters and testers! + +</pre> +</boxitem> +</box> diff --git a/doc/www.gnu.org/downloads/downloads.wml b/doc/www.gnu.org/downloads/downloads.wml index a6b6c1c28..d184f7bf5 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="09 Aug 2006" - version="0.92" - url="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/classpath/classpath-0.92.tar.gz" - notes="http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/announce/20060809.html" + date="11 Dec 2006" + version="0.93" + url="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/classpath/classpath-0.93.tar.gz" + notes="http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/announce/20061211.html" > <!-- download @@ -100,6 +100,12 @@ sub mylink { <download-block> <download + date="09 Aug 2006" + version="0.92" + url="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/classpath/classpath-0.92.tar.gz" + notes="http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/announce/20060809.html" +> +<download date="15 May 2006" version="0.91" url="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/classpath/classpath-0.91.tar.gz" diff --git a/doc/www.gnu.org/include/layout.wml b/doc/www.gnu.org/include/layout.wml index fda795098..8d931f9fb 100644 --- a/doc/www.gnu.org/include/layout.wml +++ b/doc/www.gnu.org/include/layout.wml @@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ <img src="http://www.gnu.org/graphics/drop-1.jpg" alt=" [image of the evil water droplet] " width="130" height="86" border="0"> (jpeg 3k) </a> - <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/gif.html">no gifs due to patent problems</a> </applet> </td><td> <div align="center"> diff --git a/doc/www.gnu.org/include/macros.wml b/doc/www.gnu.org/include/macros.wml index fe6ca84bb..cbf9b6e43 100644 --- a/doc/www.gnu.org/include/macros.wml +++ b/doc/www.gnu.org/include/macros.wml @@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ Return to <A HREF="/home.html">GNU's home page</A>. 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