- Announce the JDK 1.4 patchset level 6 [1]
- s/JDK/&jdk;/g Noticed by: Lapo Luchini <lapo@lapo.it> [1] Approved by: blackend (mentor)
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| <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" [ | ||||
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| <!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD: www/en/java/newsflash.sgml,v 1.37 2003/10/03 22:42:04 simon Exp $"> | ||||
| <!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD: www/en/java/newsflash.sgml,v 1.38 2003/12/30 19:32:55 glewis Exp $"> | ||||
| <!ENTITY title "FreeBSD &java; Project: Newsflash"> | ||||
| <!ENTITY % includes SYSTEM "../includes.sgml"> %includes; | ||||
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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; 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; 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; 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; 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; 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; 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; 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; 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; 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; 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; 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; 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; 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; 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; 1.3.1, or with Linux | ||||
| &jdk; 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; 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; 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; 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; 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; 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® 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; 1.2.2 port enters alpha test phase | ||||
| <br>Greg Lewis has just announced that the native FreeBSD &jdk; 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; 1.2.2 patches available. | ||||
| <br>Greg Lewis releases the pre-alpha patches for enterprising | ||||
| Java users to build their own native FreeBSD JDK 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; 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; 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; 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; 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; 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; 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; 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; 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; 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; 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; 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; 1.1.7 :  An ELF build of &jdk; 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; 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; 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; 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; 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; 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> | ||||
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