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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -New in release 0.92 (UNRELEASED) +New in release 0.92 (Aug 9, 2006) * libjawtgnu.so has been renamed libjawt.so for binary compatibility. libjawt.so should be installed in a VM-specific directory rather @@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ New in release 0.92 (UNRELEASED) build the GTK peers. * A Mozilla plugin, 'gcjwebplugin', is now included. It introduces a dependency on the Mozilla plugin support headers and libraries. -* A tools.texinfo document has been created and now includes documentation - about: +* New java implementations of png and gif imageio readers and writers. +* A tools.texinfo document has been created and now includes + documentation about: * appletviewer * gcjwebplugin * jarsigner @@ -31,13 +32,19 @@ New in release 0.92 (UNRELEASED) * We've imported the JSR 166 (concurrency) reference implementation. * javax.sound.midi providers have been added to read and write standard MIDI files. +* A javax.sound.sampled .au and .wav file readers have been added. * New Java Virtual Machine Tool Interface header, jvmti.h. -* AWT peers for X Windows based on Escher (a pure Java X protocol +* AWT peers for X Windows based on Escher (a pure java X protocol implementation) have been added. So far it supports AWT 1.1 style Graphics, image loading via ImageIO (PNG, GIF and BMP images in this release), top level components as well as mouse and keyboard input. It is capable of running many Swing applications. Graphics2D and - AWT widgets are not yet supported. + AWT widgets are not yet supported with this peer set. +* GConf based util.peers backend (see the --enable-gconf-peer and + --enable-default-preferences-peer configure options). +* Support for batch importing trusted certificates for use with ssl + connections (see script/import-cacerts.sh). +* NIO scatter-gather channel support. Runtime interface changes: |