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-New in release 0.99 (August x, 2007)
+New in release 1.1pre (not yet released)
+
+  * Large parts rewritten in C++.
+  * No more cacaoh, simplifying cross-compilation.
+  * Works with icedtea-1.10 and newer (PR128, PR129, PR139).
+  * --enable-handles switch for making native code ready for moving GC.
+  * park/unpark support.
+  * Simplified signal handling -- much less code duplication.
+  * Stack unwinding rewritten in C -- much less assembler code.
+  * OpenSolaris support.
+  * Experimental python mode for easier inspection of internal compiler
+    structures.
+  * Fixed various array-related bugs, including PR116, PR119.
+  * Fixed PR120 (races in thread code).
+  * Fixed code generation bugs on Alpha, ARM, MIPS and PPC64.
+  * Various other improvements and fixes.
+
+New in release 0.99.4 (March 16, 2009)
+
+  * New subtype checking code fixes unexpected class cast exceptions
+    and no longer needs critical sections in JIT code.
+  * Fixed race condition in patcher subsystem which caused illegal
+    instructions and segmentation faults (PR85).
+  * Fixed PR112, PR116, PR118, PR122.
+
+New in release 0.99.3 (August 12, 2008)
+
+  * Fixed PR93 (Process.destroy() now works correctly).
+  * Yield threads when sleeping time is zero.
+  * Implemented sun.misc.Unsafe.putFloat(JF)V
+
+New in release 0.99.2 (July 8, 2008)
+
+  * Rewrite of atomic instructions code. This fixes problems with
+    AWT/Swing programs with OpenJDK.
+  * Fixed PR83, PR89.
+
+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)
@@ -157,7 +213,7 @@ New in release 0.91 (December 23, 2004)
   * smaller fixes...
 
 
-New in relaese 0.90 (December 8, 2004)
+New in release 0.90 (December 8, 2004)
 
   * More architectures supported: At the moment, CACAO is able to run on
     Alpha, MIPS (64-bit), x86, x86-64 and PowerPC (32-bit) architectures.