New in release 0.05 [ no date yet ]
* There have been numerous infrastructure improvements
  * Configure option --enable-gjdoc to generate javadoc-like output 
  * Gjdoc output is included with distribution, see doc/api/html/
  * DESTDIR fully supported for install and uninstall
* Runtime.execInternal contract changed to allow for null `env'
  and to accept `dir' argument.
* VMObject.getClass() removed. It was never used.
* java.lang.Throwable is now a 'normal' GNU Classpath class that uses the
  VM specific java.lang.VMThrowable to get at the VM state and (if needed)
  the StackTraceElements for a particular exception. A default implementation
  (that does nothing) is provided in vm/reference/java/lang/VMThrowable.java.
* The vm/reference classes from the gnu.vm.stack and their counterparts
  ExecutionStack and StackFrame in gnu.java.lang have been removed since they
  are not actually part of the VM interface anyway.
* The GPLed com.sun.javadoc classes have been moved to the gjdoc application
  from the GNU Classpath Tools project. See for more information the homepage
  at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/cp-tools/>.

New in release 0.04 (2002/05/05)
* Additional configure options to disable zip creation and installation as
  well as disable gtk peer native compilation.
* Addition of java.nio, java.util.logging, and javax.swing.
* Integration of most or all of the ORP patches to date, the purpose of 
  which are to make it possible to use JBOSS with ORP and Classpath.  This
  is still in a testing phase however.
* Significant changes in the reference VM interface that may require
  support from the JVMs.
* Lots of bugfixes.

New in release 0.03 (2002/02/08)
* More merges with libgcj have been performed including java.math which now
  provides a pure Java implementation of that package.
  Current status at <http://gcc.gnu.org/java/libgcj-classpath-compare.html>
* A pure Java implementation (Jazzlib) of java.util.zip is available.
* Added the java.rmi implementation that Transvirtual donated to the FSF.
* Includes jni.h now, eliminating the need to specify a particular VM
  via configure.
* No proprietary classes or programs are required to compile.
  Compiles out of the box with jikes or gcj.
* Separation of compiling Java source and native libraries through the 
  configure mechanism.  If given no arguments, configure will setup the
  subsequent build to only produce Java bytecode (.class files).  More
  information is available in INSTALLING.
* Support for compiling in a separate directory, as an example you may
  cd classpath-0.03; mkdir build; cd build; ../configure; make
* Works with Orp 1.0.9 out of the box. Build instructions can be found at
  <http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/doc/orp.html>
* Lots of bugfixes that were found by using Classpath with the gcj, Orp,
  SableVM, KissMe and Jaos VMs. Please use our bugdatabase at
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/support/?group_id=85>
* Lots of updates to make Classpath more compliant with the 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4
  API specification. The current status can be found at
  <http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/status.html>
* All files are now distributed under the same terms. Added clarification to
  GPL exception.

New in release 0.02 (2001/01/06)
* Support for printing exceptions with Japhar 0.09 + patch included in
  resource/japhar-0.09.patch.1.
* Typos, assorted bugfixes.

New in release 0.01 (2000/11/20)
* More packages are included now, though many remain untested.
* Support for Japhar 0.09 included.

New in release 0.00 (1999/02/01)
* First official development release of clean room class library for Java
* Following packages included:
	-- java.beans
	-- java.io
	-- java.lang
	-- java.lang.reflect
	-- java.math
	-- java.net
	-- java.security (partial and non-functioning)
	-- java.security.acl
	-- java.security.interfaces
	-- java.util
* Code is mostly Java 2 (see JDK 1.2) compatible with some functionality
  missing and/or untested.
* Support for Japhar (http://www.japhar.org/) virtual machine is included.
  Requires the current Japhar from CVS.
* Extensive javadoc comments for public API included
* Licensed under the GNU Library General Public License (see COPYING.LIB)
* Does not depend on any non-free code - developed in a "clean room"
  environment.