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diff --git a/libjava/classpath/NEWS b/libjava/classpath/NEWS index 0ebecf39..85630ff 100644 --- a/libjava/classpath/NEWS +++ b/libjava/classpath/NEWS @@ -1,9 +1,51 @@ -New in release 0.94 (UNRELEASED) - -* The ASM library is now included. A separate copy is no longer needed. +New in release 0.95 (Apr 23, 2007) +* Full merge of 1.5 generics work. +* Added 1.6 java.util.ServiceLoader support. +* The ASM library is now included. A separate copy is no longer + needed. gjavah works out of the box now. * The setReadTimeout and getReadTimeout methods have been added to - java.net.URLConnection. They are now fully implemented for http URLs. + java.net.URLConnection. They are now fully implemented for http URLs. +* The java.lang.management implementation now includes the new features + added in 1.6 +* java.util.TimeZone now reads time zone information from the system + zoneinfo files (see also runtime interface changes below). +* The collection classes have been updated to support all the 1.6 + additions. +* java.util.spi 1.6 package has been added and is used in java.text. +* Bootstrappable with OpenJDK javac compiler + (use configure --with-javac). +* Large speedups (and locking behaviour updated) in Graphics2D cairo + and freetype support. +* Better detection of browser plugin mechanism for mozilla, iceweasel, + firefox on various platforms. +* Inclusion of generic javadoc classes in tools.zip to support more + javadoc processing tools. +* Added documentation for command lines options for the included GNU + Classpath Tools gjar, gjavah, gnative2ascii, gorbd, grmid, + grmiregistry, gserialver and gtnameserv. + +Runtime interface changes: + +* gnu.java.lang.management.VMThreadMXBeanImpl has gained three new + optional native methods to allow the 1.6 version of the threading + bean to be supported. One (getMonitorInfo) fills in information + about object monitor locks held by a thread and is only required + if the monitoring of object monitor locks is supported by the VM. + The other two (findDeadlockedThreads and getLockInfo) are related + to ownable synchronizers (part of the java.util.concurrent suite) + and only required if monitoring of locks relating to these is + supported by the VM. +* java.util.VMTimeZone and java.util.TimeZone have been refactored + to simplify the reference implementation. VMTimeZone.readtzFile() + and VMTimeZone.skipFully() have been removed, and a new method + VMTimeZone.readSysconfigClockFile() has been introduced. +* VMs need to set the system property "gnu.java.util.zoneinfo.dir" + to point to the directory where zoneinfo files live. In libgcj + this is set to the value of the TZDATA environment variable, or + "/usr/share/zoneinfo" if this is not set. +* VMFile has been extended to support new 1.6 methods (canExecute, + setReadable, setWritable, setExecutable). New in release 0.93 (Dec 8, 2006) |