We are proud to announce the release of GNU Classpath 0.97.1,
the first bugfix release for GNU Classpath 0.97.
GNU Classpath, essential libraries for java, is a project to create
free core class libraries for use with runtimes, compilers and tools
for the java programming language.
The GNU Classpath developer snapshot releases are not directly aimed
at the end user but are meant to be integrated into larger development
platforms. For example JamVM, CACAO and Kaffe can make use of an installed
copy of GNU Classpath 0.97.1, while GCC (gcj) will use the developer
snapshots as a base for future versions. For more projects based on GNU
Classpath,
http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/stories.html
This is the first of a new series of bugfix releases that follow a major (0.x)
release. A 0.x.y release will only contain minor bug fixes. It will not cause
major changes in the functionality of GNU Classpath, either for better or for
worse.
With this bugfix release, the following issues have been resolved:
- Building the Javadoc documentation for the JSR166 classes (java.util.concurrent).
See
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=35422
- Fixing an incompatibility in our STaX API implementation
- Including the properties files for the tools in the released tarball.
From the 0.95 release, we switched fully towards the 1.5 generics work
that we previously released separately as classpath-generics. All this work
is now fully integrated in the main release and various runtimes (gcj,
cacao, jamvm, ikvm, etc) have been extended to take advantage of the
new generics, annotations and enumeration support in the core
library. As a consequence, only 1.5 capable compilers (currently the Eclipse
Compiler for Java (ecj) and Sun's javac) may be used to build Classpath.
The GNU Classpath developers site
http://developer.classpath.org/
provides detailed information on how to start with helping the GNU
Classpath project and gives an overview of the core class library
packages currently provided.
For each snapshot release generated documentation is provided through
the GNU Classpath Tools gjdoc project. A documentation generation
framework for java source files used by the GNU project. Full
documentation on the currently implementated packages and classes can
be found at:
http://developer.classpath.org/doc/
We are looking into how to extend the documentation experience in the
future. Please contact the mailinglist if you would like to help with
this effort.
For more information about the project see also:
GNU Classpath 0.97.1 can be downloaded from
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/classpath/
or one of the ftp.gnu.org mirrors
http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html
or the Classpath
continuous integration system
http://builder.classpath.org/dist
File: classpath-0.97.1.tar.gz
MD5sum: 35e81f0e0055a8b8a7a879077cf2b3c6
SHA1sum: 04486b0ce8d4da1f4111d28ae03b149cc475d6dd
The following people helped fix bugs in Classpath 0.97:
Andrew John Hughes, Petteri Raety, Robert Schuster
The following people helped with the release of Classpath 0.97:
Luciano Chavez, Thomas Fitzsimmons, Bernhard Fischer, Jeroen Frijters,
Stefan Huehner, Andrew John Hughes, Jakub Jelinek, Ito Kazumitsu,
Roman Kennke, Alexandre Oliva, Ian Rogers, Robert Schuster, Leen Toelen,
Mario Torre, Dalibor Topic, Tom Tromey, David Walluck, Mark Wielaard
and Ralf Wildenhues.
We would also like to thank the numerous bug reporters and testers! In
addition, we'd like to extend our thanks to all those who've contributed over
the years and have helped in building a thriving and friendly community
around the GNU Classpath project.
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