-New in release 0.95 (February XX, 2006)
-
- * Deadlock bugfix. This should fix the random deadlocks seen in
+New in release 0.99.1 (June 17, 2008)
+
+ * Fixed compilation of OpenJDK code (libltdl related).
+ * Imported new gnu/java/lang/CPStringBuilder.java to fix OOMEs.
+ * Fixed abort with OpenJDK's java binary when exiting.
+
+New in release 0.99 (June 14, 2008)
+
+ * Initial support to use OpenJDK as Java core library.
+ * Fixed memory leak in Boehm-GC.
+ * Boehm-GC updated to version 7.1.
+ * Removed libltdl dependency.
+ * Renamed --with-classpath configure options to
+ --with-java-runtime-library.
+ * Renamed --with-jre-layout to --enable-layout.
+ * Replaced --with-classpath-includedir with --with-jni_h and
+ --with-jni_md_h to better support OpenJDK/IcedTea builds.
+ * Use 8-byte stack-slots on all architectures.
+ * Faster C-to-Java calls.
+ * Removed genoffsets, cross-compilation is now much easier.
+ * Implemented Class.isAnonymousClass(), isLocalClass() and
+ isMemberClass() for GNU Classpath.
+ * Annotation support.
+ * Assertion support.
+ * Linenumber table code rewritten.
+ * Exception table code rewritten.
+
+
+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 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)
+
+ * Dead-lock bugfix. This should fix the random dead-locks seen in
Eclipse or other applications.
* Search for suitable jar program during configure, can be specified
via JAR environment variable
* powerpc bugfix: (M_COPY): Handle longs and doubles properly.
* Fixed instructions copying stackslots (like DUP_X1).
* Fixed classcache-related problem with java.lang.reflect.Proxy.
+ * Throw correct exception when trying to load a directory
+ as a classfile (from a .zip file).
+ * Fixed incorrect method resolution when calling instance methods
+ through JNI (fixes CACAO bugs #17 and #18).
New in release 0.94 (January 22, 2006)
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