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<td>
<p>
<b>December 30, 2003:</b> <a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg
Lewis</a> has released the sixth patchset (patchlevel 6) for the &jdk;&nbsp;1.4
software. This release should be suitable for most applications. The &jdk; it
produces is de facto compliant, but use in a production environment is still at
your own risk. This patchset is mainly a bugfix release over 1.4.2p5, with the
exception being the change of the default threads library for -CURRENT to be
libkse rather than libc_r. Information on downloading the patchset can be
found at
<a href="http://www.eyesbeyond.com/freebsddom/java/jdk14.html">http://www.eyesbeyond.com/freebsddom/java/jdk14.html</a>.
</p>
<p>
<b>November 11, 2003:</b> <a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg
Lewis</a> has released the fifth patchset (patchlevel 5) for the &jdk; 1.4
Lewis</a> has released the fifth patchset (patchlevel 5) for the &jdk;&nbsp;1.4
software. This release updates the &jdk; to version 1.4.2. Thanks to
a lot of hard work by <a href="mailto:phantom@FreeBSD.org">Alexey Zelkin</a>
this release passes Sun's compatibility tests in all but a mixed IPv4 and
@ -23,7 +35,7 @@ IPv6 environment. Information on downloading the patchset can be found at
<p>
<b>October 10, 2003:</b> <a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg
Lewis</a> has released the fourth patchset (patchlevel 4) for the &jdk; 1.4
Lewis</a> has released the fourth patchset (patchlevel 4) for the &jdk;&nbsp;1.4
software. The code is now suitable for most applications, although it does
still contain some problems. Browser plugin support works, GCC 3.3 is
supported and many bugfixes are included. This patchset is the
@ -35,7 +47,7 @@ can be found at
<p>
<b>March 7, 2003:</b> <a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg
Lewis</a> has released the third patchset (patchlevel 3) for the &jdk; 1.4
Lewis</a> has released the third patchset (patchlevel 3) for the &jdk;&nbsp;1.4
software. The code is now ready for general testing, although not all
features have been implemented (e.g. plugin, NIO). This patchset is the
result of a lot of hard work by <a href="mailto:phantom@FreeBSD.org">Alexey
@ -45,9 +57,9 @@ Zelkin</a>. Information on downloading the patchset can be found at
<p>
<b>February 4, 2003:</b> <a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg
Lewis</a> has released the second patchset (patchlevel 2) for the JDK 1.4
Lewis</a> has released the second patchset (patchlevel 2) for the &jdk;&nbsp;1.4
software. Please keep in mind that this patchset is still for experienced
testers and developers. This patchset is based on JDK 1.4.1 and is the
testers and developers. This patchset is based on &jdk;&nbsp;1.4.1 and is the
result of a lot of hard work by <a href="mailto:phantom@FreeBSD.org">Alexey
Zelkin</a>. Information on downloading the patchset can be found at
<a href="http://www.eyesbeyond.com/freebsddom/java/jdk14.html">http://www.eyesbeyond.com/freebsddom/java/jdk14.html</a>.
@ -55,7 +67,7 @@ Zelkin</a>. Information on downloading the patchset can be found at
<p>
<b>November 15, 2002:</b> <a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg
Lewis</a> has released an initial patchset (patchlevel 1) for the JDK 1.4.0
Lewis</a> has released an initial patchset (patchlevel 1) for the &jdk;&nbsp;1.4.0
software. Keep in mind that it's an initial patchset, so it is supposed for
developers (mostly). Patches may be found at <a href=
"http://www.eyesbeyond.com/freebsddom/java/jdk14.html">http://www.eyesbeyond.com/freebsddom/java/jdk14.html</a>

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@ -12,9 +12,13 @@
<h2>December, 2003</h2>
<ul>
<li><b>December 30, 2003:</b>
<br><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has released the
sixth patchset (patchset 6) in the &jdk;&nbsp;1.4 series. See the
<a href="dists/14.html">JDK 1.4.x page</a> for more details.</li>
<li><b>December 19, 2003:</b>
<br><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has released an
updated patchset (patchset 9) for the JDK 1.3.1 software. See the
updated patchset (patchset 9) for the &jdk;&nbsp;1.3.1 software. See the
<a href="dists/13.html">JDK 1.3.x page</a> for more details.</li>
</ul>
@ -22,7 +26,7 @@ updated patchset (patchset 9) for the JDK 1.3.1 software. See the
<ul>
<li><b>November 11, 2003:</b>
<br><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has released the
fifth patchset (patchset 5) in the &jdk; 1.4 series. See the
fifth patchset (patchset 5) in the &jdk;&nbsp;1.4 series. See the
<a href="dists/14.html">JDK 1.4.x page</a> for more details.</li>
</ul>
@ -30,7 +34,7 @@ fifth patchset (patchset 5) in the &jdk; 1.4 series. See the
<ul>
<li><b>October 10, 2003:</b>
<br><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has released the
fourth patchset (patchset 4) in the &jdk; 1.4 series. See the
fourth patchset (patchset 4) in the &jdk;&nbsp;1.4 series. See the
<a href="dists/14.html">JDK 1.4.x page</a> for more details.</li>
</ul>
@ -39,14 +43,14 @@ fourth patchset (patchset 4) in the &jdk; 1.4 series. See the
<li><b>August 26, 2003:</b>
<br>The FreeBSD Foundation
<a href="http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/press/20030825-java131.shtml">
announces</a> native support for JDK 1.3.1 on FreeBSD.</li>
announces</a> native support for &jdk;&nbsp;1.3.1 on FreeBSD.</li>
</ul>
<h2>March, 2003</h2>
<ul>
<li><b>March 7, 2003:</b>
<br><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has released the
third patchset (patchset 3) in the &jdk; 1.4 series. See the
third patchset (patchset 3) in the &jdk;&nbsp;1.4 series. See the
<a href="dists/14.html">JDK 1.4.x page</a> for more details.</li>
</ul>
@ -54,11 +58,11 @@ third patchset (patchset 3) in the &jdk; 1.4 series. See the
<ul>
<li><b>February 12, 2003:</b>
<br><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has released an
updated patchset (patchlevel 8) for the JDK 1.3.1 software. See the
updated patchset (patchlevel 8) for the &jdk;&nbsp;1.3.1 software. See the
<a href="dists/13.html">JDK 1.3.x page</a> for more details.</li>
<li><b>February 4, 2003:</b>
<br><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has released the
second patchset (patchset 2) in the JDK 1.4 series. See the
second patchset (patchset 2) in the &jdk;&nbsp;1.4 series. See the
<a href="dists/14.html">JDK 1.4.x page</a> for more details.</li>
</ul>
@ -66,7 +70,7 @@ second patchset (patchset 2) in the JDK 1.4 series. See the
<ul>
<li><b>November 15, 2002:</b>
<br><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has released a
first patchset (patchlevel 1) for the JDK 1.4.0 software. See the
first patchset (patchlevel 1) for the &jdk;&nbsp;1.4.0 software. See the
<a href="dists/14.html">JDK 1.4.x page</a> for more details.</li>
</ul>
@ -74,7 +78,7 @@ first patchset (patchlevel 1) for the JDK 1.4.0 software. See the
<ul>
<li><b>September 18, 2002:</b>
<br><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has released an
updated patchset (patchlevel 11) for the JDK 1.2.2 software. See the
updated patchset (patchlevel 11) for the &jdk;&nbsp;1.2.2 software. See the
<a href="dists/12.html">JDK 1.2.x page</a> for more details.</li>
<li><b>September 17, 2002:</b>
<br>Right after Sun released J2SE 1.4.1 FCS, the Linux version was made
@ -87,7 +91,7 @@ details.</li>
<ul>
<li><b>July 26, 2002:</b>
<br><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has released an
updated patchset (patchlevel 7) for the JDK 1.3.1 software. See the
updated patchset (patchlevel 7) for the &jdk;&nbsp;1.3.1 software. See the
<a href="dists/13.html">JDK 1.3.x page</a> for more details.</li>
</ul>
@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ updated patchset (patchlevel 7) for the JDK 1.3.1 software. See the
<ul>
<li><b>February 13, 2002:</b>
<br><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has released an
updated patchset (patchlevel 6) for the JDK 1.3.1 software. See the
updated patchset (patchlevel 6) for the &jdk;&nbsp;1.3.1 software. See the
<a href="dists/13.html">JDK 1.3.x page</a> for more details.</li>
</ul>
@ -107,7 +111,7 @@ updated patchset (patchlevel 6) for the JDK 1.3.1 software. See the
<p>
The FreeBSD Foundation has secured a license from Sun Microsystems to
distribute a native FreeBSD version of both the Java Development Kit (JDK)
distribute a native FreeBSD version of both the Java Development Kit (&jdk;)
and the Java Runtime Environment (JRE). Thanks to the great efforts of
the FreeBSD Java team, these should be available for inclusion with the
upcoming release of FreeBSD 4.5 in January, 2002.</p>
@ -136,7 +140,7 @@ You can find full text of the announcement
<ul>
<li><b>October 16, 2001:</b>
<br><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has released an
updated patchset (patchlevel 5) for the JDK 1.3.1 software. See the
updated patchset (patchlevel 5) for the &jdk;&nbsp;1.3.1 software. See the
<a href="dists/13.html">JDK 1.3.x page</a> for more details.</li>
</ul>
@ -144,7 +148,7 @@ updated patchset (patchlevel 5) for the JDK 1.3.1 software. See the
<ul>
<li><b>September 10, 2001:</b>
<br><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has released an
updated patchset (patchlevel 4) for the JDK 1.3.1 software. See the
updated patchset (patchlevel 4) for the &jdk;&nbsp;1.3.1 software. See the
<a href="dists/13.html">JDK 1.3.x page</a> for more details.</li>
<li><b>September 6, 2001:</b>
@ -154,14 +158,15 @@ for Java[tm]</a>, release 3.0 Community Edition integrated development
environment (IDE). It can now be built from the ports directory
ports/java/forte.
<p>The port can be used either with native JDK 1.3.1, or with Linux JDK 1.3.1.</p></li>
<p>The port can be used either with native &jdk;&nbsp;1.3.1, or with Linux
&jdk;&nbsp;1.3.1.</p></li>
</ul>
<h2>August, 2001</h2>
<ul>
<li><b>August 27, 2001:</b>
<br><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has released a
long-awaited port of the JDK 1.3.1 software. It can now be built from the
long-awaited port of the &jdk;&nbsp;1.3.1 software. It can now be built from the
ports directory ports/java/jdk13. See <a href="dists/13.html">JDK 1.3.x</a>
for more details.
@ -173,7 +178,7 @@ is not recommended for use in production environment.</p></li>
<ul>
<li><b>October 14, 2000:</b>
<br><a href="mailto:sobomax@FreeBSD.org">Maxim Sobolev</a> has produced a
port of the JDK 1.2.2 software. It can now be built from the ports directory
port of the &jdk;&nbsp;1.2.2 software. It can now be built from the ports directory
ports/java/jdk12-beta. See <a href="dists/12.html">JDK 1.2.x</a> for more details.
<p>All the issues noted below are still in place, however.</p>
<p>So anyone who has a Java2 port you've been waiting on submitting, now is your chance.</p></li>
@ -184,20 +189,20 @@ ports/java/jdk12-beta. See <a href="dists/12.html">JDK 1.2.x</a> for more detai
<li><b>September 15, 2000:</b> From the Java news desk:
<br><a href="mailto:sean@stat.duke.edu">Sean O'Connell</a> and
<a href="mailto:gallatin@cs.duke.edu">Andrew Gallatin</a> have created
patches to enable FreeBSD to run IBM's JDK 1.3.
patches to enable FreeBSD to run IBM's &jdk;&nbsp;1.3.
<br><a href="mailto:ernst@jollem.com">Ernst de Haan</a> has been able to
get Sun's Linux JDK 1.3.0b9 running on 4.0-STABLE.
get Sun's Linux &jdk;&nbsp;1.3.0b9 running on 4.0-STABLE.
<p>Full details on both can be found <a href="dists/13.html">here</a>.</p></li>
</ul>
<h2>August, 2000</h2>
<ul>
<li><b>August 10, 2000:</b> On August 7th, 2000, the FreeBSD JDK team
<li><b>August 10, 2000:</b> On August 7th, 2000, the FreeBSD &jdk; team
was given access to Sun's JCK (Java Compatibility Kit),
which will allow us to test and (hopefully!)
release a binary version using the current set of patches.
Unfortunately, we are unable (for legal reasons) to distribute a JDK
Unfortunately, we are unable (for legal reasons) to distribute a &jdk;
that hasn't been run against the JCK like we were able to with the
JDK1.1.* releases.
&jdk;&nbsp;1.1.* releases.
<p>Unfortunately, as told by Sun (we have no experience *yet*), running the
JCK against the port is a difficult and time-consuming process.
@ -206,14 +211,14 @@ Hopefully it won't take us the 3 months that Sun expects it to take. :(</p>
<p>Finally, there are still some issues regarding Motif&reg; that need to be
resolved before a full public release can be made. Sun is working on
that front, and we need to try contacting the OpenGroup to see if we can
get a special exception for Motif binary distributions to use in the JDK
get a special exception for Motif binary distributions to use in the &jdk;
release.</p></li>
</ul>
<h2>May, 2000</h2>
<ul>
<li><b>May 3, 2000:</b> Native JDK 1.2.2 port enters alpha test phase
<br>Greg Lewis has just announced that the native FreeBSD JDK 1.2.2 port
<li><b>May 3, 2000:</b> Native &jdk;&nbsp;1.2.2 port enters alpha test phase
<br>Greg Lewis has just announced that the native FreeBSD &jdk;&nbsp;1.2.2 port
has entered alpha test stage.
<br>In its current form, the port will build and run on most FreeBSD releases
(3.4, 4.0 and 5.0 on x86) and work is being done on the others (2.2.8 on x86
@ -233,10 +238,10 @@ Java Developer's Connection (it's free), you can vote for it as well
</ul>
<h2>March, 2000</h2>
<ul>
<li><b>March 22, 2000:</b> Pre-Alpha JDK 1.2.2 patches available.
<li><b>March 22, 2000:</b> Pre-Alpha &jdk;&nbsp;1.2.2 patches available.
<br>Greg Lewis releases the pre-alpha patches for enterprising
Java users to build their own native FreeBSD JDK&nbsp;1.2.2 from. This
process is not for the faint of heart, and the resulting JDK is not for
Java users to build their own native FreeBSD &jdk;&nbsp;1.2.2 from. This
process is not for the faint of heart, and the resulting &jdk; is not for
production systems. Having said that, most AWT and Swing demo's have been
found to run. There is plenty of work to do, and we need all the testers we
can find. Patches and build instructions may be downloaded from
@ -248,8 +253,8 @@ http://www.kjkoster.org/java/index.html.</a></li>
</ul>
<h2>January, 2000</h2>
<ul>
<li><b>January 30, 2000:</b> Blackdown 1.2.2RC4 JDK
<br>The Linux Blackdown Port Team has released RC4 of JDK 1.2. It has
<li><b>January 30, 2000:</b> Blackdown 1.2.2RC4 &jdk;
<br>The Linux Blackdown Port Team has released RC4 of &jdk;&nbsp;1.2. It has
been tested on FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE and later and runs all demo applets
and jfc demos. Several people have mentioned some problems running it with
Apache JServ. Until it can be added to the FreeBSD port tree, it can be found
@ -261,7 +266,7 @@ http://www.jmcm.org/tech/ports/linux_jdk.html</a>. (Reported by Jose Marques)</
<li><b>November 28, 1999:</b>Request for Enhancement
<br>We have petitioned Sun to provide an official FreeBSD JDK2 port. We are currently in <b>2nd</b> place in the vote count. If you are a member of the Java Developer's Connection (it's free), you can vote for it as well <a href="http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4288745.html">http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4288745.html</a></li>
<li><b>November 9, 1999:</b>Another JDK1.1.8 release to fix a separate class of multicast bugs.
<li><b>November 9, 1999:</b>Another &jdk;&nbsp;1.1.8 release to fix a separate class of multicast bugs.
<ul>
<li>
<a href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/local-distfiles/nate/JDK1.1/jdk1.1.8_AOUT.V99-11-9.tar.gz">jdk1.1.8_AOUT.V99-11-9.tar.gz</a>.
@ -269,19 +274,19 @@ For FreeBSD versions 2.2.*, which use the A.OUT binary format.</li>
<li>
<a href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/local-distfiles/nate/JDK1.1/jdk1.1.8_ELF.V99-11-9.tar.gz">jdk1.1.8_ELF.V99-11-9.tar.gz</a>.
For FreeBSD versions 3.* and 4.* which use the ELF binary format. Note, due to a
number of changes in -CURRENT, the JDK may not work properly.</li>
number of changes in -CURRENT, the &jdk; may not work properly.</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
<h2>October, 1999</h2><ul>
<li><b>October 11, 1999:</b> Work has re-started on the Java2/JDK1.2 port.
<li><b>October 11, 1999:</b> Work has re-started on the Java2/&jdk;&nbsp;1.2 port.
Expect an early 'alpha' release in the coming weeks for FreeBSD
3.3-stable/ELF boxes.</li></ul>
<h2>September, 1999</h2><ul>
<li><b>September 22, 1999:</b> Re-rolled the JDK1.1.8 yet again to fixup
some minor bugs that people have found, as well as to speedup the JDK.
<li><b>September 22, 1999:</b> Re-rolled the &jdk;&nbsp;1.1.8 yet again to fixup
some minor bugs that people have found, as well as to speedup the &jdk;.
For details checkout the README.FreeBSD supplied in the releases.
<ul>
<li>jdk1.1.8_AOUT.V99-9-22.tar.gz.
@ -292,7 +297,7 @@ For FreeBSD versions 3.* and 4.* which use the ELF binary format.</li>
</ul>
<h2>July, 1999</h2><ul>
<li><b>July 19, 1999:</b> Re-rolled the JDK1.1.8 release to fix a couple of
<li><b>July 19, 1999:</b> Re-rolled the &jdk;&nbsp;1.1.8 release to fix a couple of
minor (but annoying bugs). First, the netpatch (see below) was
incorporated into the build, and second an annoying Floating Point bug
was found and fixed. The latter bug affected multi-threaded code that
@ -316,9 +321,9 @@ Feel free to contact him if you want to join the project.</li>
</ul>
<h2>June, 1999</h2><ul>
<li><b>June 8, 1999:</b> A small bug was found in the JDK1.1.8 release which
<li><b>June 8, 1999:</b> A small bug was found in the &jdk;&nbsp;1.1.8 release which
affected people using UDP sockets. If you tried to send a packet to the
broadcast address, the FreeBSD JDK refused with a permissions error.
broadcast address, the FreeBSD &jdk; refused with a permissions error.
This error was fixed, and rather than re-releasing the entire release a
small patchset was re-rolled for those folks who are experiencing this
problem. If you experience this problem, feel free to download the
@ -334,7 +339,7 @@ For FreeBSD versions 2.2.*, which use the A.OUT binary format.</li>
For FreeBSD versions 3.* and 4.* which use the ELF binary format.</li>
</ul></li>
<li><b>June 3, 1999:</b> JDK1.1.8 for A.OUT and ELF releases. This release
<li><b>June 3, 1999:</b> &jdk;&nbsp;1.1.8 for A.OUT and ELF releases. This release
adds support for older 3.*/ELF releases (without requiring any runtime
loader changes), as well as fixes bugs in LOCALE and timezone support
for all FreeBSD releases.
@ -348,7 +353,7 @@ For FreeBSD versions 3.* and 4.* which use the ELF binary format.</li>
<li><b>June 1, 1999:</b> JDK2 status
<ul>
<li>
Work on JDK1.2/JDK2 has been going very slow as the development team has
Work on &jdk;&nbsp;1.2/JDK2 has been going very slow as the development team has
been focusing it's effort on solid JDK1 releases. For most JDK2 development
issues, you can use the JDK1 release and the
<a href="http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/index.html#download-swing">Swing</a>
@ -357,7 +362,7 @@ releases provided by Sun for JDK1, which works very well under FreeBSD.</li>
</ul>
<h2>April, 1999</h2><ul>
<li><b>Apr. 16, 1999:</b> New JDK1.1.7 A.OUT release. This fixes build
<li><b>Apr. 16, 1999:</b> New &jdk;&nbsp;1.1.7 A.OUT release. This fixes build
problems in the March release. A new ELF release will be made to
support older 3.0 releases as well sometime in the near future.
<ul>
@ -367,7 +372,7 @@ For FreeBSD versions 2.2.*, which use the A.OUT binary format.</li>
</ul>
<h2>March, 1999</h2><ul>
<li><b>Mar. 26, 1999:</b> ELF support for JDK1.1.7, as well as a new A.OUT
<li><b>Mar. 26, 1999:</b> ELF support for &jdk;&nbsp;1.1.7, as well as a new A.OUT
release which includes minor bugfixes.
<ul>
<li>jdk1.1.7_AOUT.V99-3-24.tar.gz.
@ -387,11 +392,11 @@ from <a href="ld-elf.so.1">here</a> and install it as
<li><b>Mar. 16, 1999:</b> Updates on current development:
<ul>
<li>
ELF JDK1.1.7 : An ELF build of JDK1.1.7 (for use on FreeBSD 3.x and later)
ELF &jdk;&nbsp;1.1.7 : An ELF build of &jdk;&nbsp;1.1.7 (for use on FreeBSD 3.x and later)
is currently entering it's initial internal testing phase. A beta
release should be available in a few weeks.</li>
<li>
JDK2 (aka JDK1.2): Several individuals are working on porting JDK2 to
JDK2 (aka &jdk;&nbsp;1.2): Several individuals are working on porting JDK2 to
FreeBSD, but the work is progressing slowly. This is primarily due to a
lack of developer time to work on this project. (The release of
Blackdown's JDK2 port will assist our development when they release
@ -402,8 +407,8 @@ their source diffs.)</li>
<b>Dec. 21, 1998:</b> jdk1.1.7.V98-12-21.tar.gz.
<ul>
<li>
Bugfix version of JDK1.1.7. Thanks go to Keith White who tracked down a
couple annoying (and serious) bugs in the JDK, notably the modulo bug. This
Bugfix version of &jdk;&nbsp;1.1.7. Thanks go to Keith White who tracked down a
couple annoying (and serious) bugs in the &jdk;, notably the modulo bug. This
release also has the 256 file-descriptor limit bumped up to 2048. The JRE
should also be much more usable, again thanks to Keith.</li>
</ul></li>
@ -413,7 +418,7 @@ should also be much more usable, again thanks to Keith.</li>
<b>Nov. 14, 1998:</b> jdk1.1.7.V98-11-5.tar.gz.
<ul>
<li>
Updated to JDK1.1.7. Thanks go to
Updated to &jdk;&nbsp;1.1.7. Thanks go to
Patrick Gardella <a href="mailto:patrick@freebsd.org">patrick@freebsd.org</a>
who provided most of the testing for this release.</li>
</ul></li>
@ -423,7 +428,7 @@ who provided most of the testing for this release.</li>
<b>Sept 23, 1998:</b> jdk1.1.6.V98-9-23.tar.gz.
<ul>
<li>
The August 14 build had jre incorrectly linked in both the JDK and the JRE,
The August 14 build had jre incorrectly linked in both the &jdk; and the JRE,
so a new release was rebuilt with the correct linkage. Otherwise, there were
no changes from the older release.</li>
</ul></li>
@ -433,7 +438,7 @@ no changes from the older release.</li>
<b>Aug 22, 1998:</b>
<ul>
<li>
Updated page to list numerous sites who have agreed to mirror the JDK
Updated page to list numerous sites who have agreed to mirror the &jdk;
and provide ftp access. Thanks to all!</li>
</ul></li>
@ -449,7 +454,7 @@ other sockets as well.)</li>
<b>July 21, 1998:</b> jdk1.1.6.V98-7-21.tar.gz.
<ul>
<li>
Updated port to JDK1.1.6. Thanks go to
Updated port to &jdk;&nbsp;1.1.6. Thanks go to
Keith White <a href="mailto:kwhite@site.uottawa.ca">kwhite@site.uottawa.ca</a>
who did most of the work to make this release happen!</li>
<li>
@ -462,7 +467,7 @@ The signal abort error may be fixed (knock on wood).</li>
Add support for the "KOI8-R" and "CP866" encodings.</li>
<li>
Timezone's now work correctly under FreeBSD (this required some native
code, but it is embedded in the JDK so shouldn't affect users. However,
code, but it is embedded in the &jdk; so shouldn't affect users. However,
FreeBSD has one of the few (only?) VM's that correctly support Timezones
now).</li>
<li>
@ -485,7 +490,7 @@ Shop) working under FreeBSD.</li>
<b>February 25, 1998:</b> jdk1.1.5.V98-2-25.tar.gz.
<ul>
<li>
JDK's built on 2.2.2 should now work again.</li>
&jdk;'s built on 2.2.2 should now work again.</li>
<li>
The AWT now correctly sets the Window name.</li>
<li>
@ -499,7 +504,7 @@ Fixed bug where SHMEM wasn't released when using images, causing a leak.</li>
<ul>
<li>
Johan Larsson graciously provided an ftp mirror site
for the JDK, so if you have an aversion to using HTTP, then feel free to
for the &jdk;, so if you have an aversion to using HTTP, then feel free to
grab it from his site.</li>
<li>
Replaced the 'Steaming Cup of Java' logo with the 'Jump to Java' logo,
@ -512,7 +517,7 @@ which is more politically (and legally) acceptable to SUN's lawyers.</li>
Fixed bugs in Process.waitFor()</li>
<li>
Modified the way the Motif library was linked in. This will allow anyone
with a Motif library (static or dynamic) to build their own JDK once the
with a Motif library (static or dynamic) to build their own &jdk; once the
patchkit is released. If their Motif license allows for it, they can also
make binary releases available.</li>
<li>
@ -527,10 +532,10 @@ Multicast now works.</li>
<b>January, 1998:</b>
<ul>
<li>
Organization of FreeBSD 'JDK' porting team, which now jointly creates new
JDK releases for FreeBSD.</li>
Organization of FreeBSD &jdk; porting team, which now jointly creates new
&jdk; releases for FreeBSD.</li>
<li>
New JDK1.1.5 binary, which has Motif statically compiled in. (Unfortunately,
New &jdk;&nbsp;1.1.5 binary, which has Motif statically compiled in. (Unfortunately,
this release was lost in a disk crash on the ftp server.)</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>