-New in release 0.96 (XXX XX, 2006)
-
+New in release 0.97 (October 30, 2006)
+
+ * New instruction format.
+ * New intermediate representation with unified variables.
+ * Local subroutine elimination.
+ * Fixed the interpreter - it runs eclipse now.
+ * New stack-based verifier (used for -Xint).
+ * Boehm GC updated to version 6.8.
+ * Added enable/disable system assertion support (-esa/-dsa).
+ * Initial javax.management support.
+ * Initial sun.misc.Unsafe (JSR166) support.
+ * Added failed class as message to ClassCastException's.
+ * AttachCurrentThread, DetachCurrentThread, and
+ AttachCurrentThreadAsDaemon implemented.
+ * libjvm is now opened via dlopen (removed -rpath stuff).
+ * Data segment now reuses values (if possible).
+
+ * Fixed AbstractMethodError bug.
+ * Fixed builtin_isanysubclass (BeanShell bug).
+ * Fixed a memory leak in dump memory.
+ * Fixed a bug with DUP2_X1 and DUP2_X2.
+ * Safe decoding of invalid UTF-8 sequences in NewStringUTF.
+ * Fixed line numbers in exceptions thrown through the JIT.
+ * Proper null-check for MONITOREXIT.
+ * Many low-level jasmin tests added.
+
+
+New in release 0.96 (May 29, 2006)
+
+ * New tasuki lock implementation resolves deadlock problems on
+ multi-processor machines.
* Handle Miranda-methods properly.
* try-catch line number problem with jikes fixed.
- * Added support for libjvm.so.
+ * Added support for libjvm.so (including invocation API).
* Stripped down object code size of code generators.
+ * Increased default maximum heap size to 128MB and decreased default
+ stack size to 64kB.
+ * Cleaned up internal handling of Unicode strings.
+ * Fixed getResources of bootstrap classloader.
+ * Correct handling of boot packages (provided glibj.zip contains a
+ jar index).
+ * Exception handling fixes (don't allocate memory on Java heap).
+ * x86_64's code generator generates not RISC-style code.
+ * Green threads implementation removed.
+ * Semaphore implementation for Darwin (taken from Boehm).
+ * sem_wait interrupted by signal fixed.
+ * Overflow in Object.wait() (partially) fixed (caused busy waiting
+ in JOnAS).
+ * Store JNI global refs in native hashtable instead of Java
+ hashtable (bootstrap problem).
+ * Argument passing fixed for powerpc-linux (asm_vm_call_method).
New in release 0.95 (February 13, 2006)