-New in release 0.96 (XXX XX, 2006)
-
+New in release 0.99 (August x, 2007)
+
+ * Initial support to use OpenJDK as Java core library.
+ * Fixed memory leak in Boehm-GC.
+ * Use 8-byte stack-slots on all architectures.
+ * Faster C-to-Java calls.
+ * Removed genoffsets, cross-compilation is now much easier.
+
+
+New in release 0.98 (June 6, 2007)
+
+ * ARM and MIPS32 code generators are now open-source.
+ * PowerPC64 code generator was added.
+ * Sun's phoneme CLDC-1.1 classes can now be used as Java core
+ library.
+ * Exception throwing code was completely rewritten, this saves JIT
+ code size from 20% up to 50%.
+ * Lock-record code was rewritten and a memory leak was fixed.
+ * Threads code has been reworked and improved.
+ * Exception code has been reworked and improved.
+ * Implemented Class/Method/Field getSignature.
+ * A lot of stuff has been reworked, fixed or improved in the whole
+ VM code.
+ * Fixed memory leak in threads code.
+
+
+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 (including invocation API).
* Stripped down object code size of code generators.
- * Increased default maximum heap size to 256MB and decreased default
+ * 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)