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changeset 85:bafc58e4df46
Change the format of NEWS file to emphasize new features and indicate common fixes
2011-01-20 Omair Majid <omajid@redhat.com>
* NEWS: Change to a new format to emphasize new features as well as
indicate common fixes.
author | Omair Majid <omajid@redhat.com> |
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date | Thu, 20 Jan 2011 12:09:09 -0500 |
parents | d07ccc83a09c |
children | a1ed62aa5f98 |
files | ChangeLog NEWS |
diffstat | 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/ChangeLog Thu Jan 20 11:06:41 2011 -0500 +++ b/ChangeLog Thu Jan 20 12:09:09 2011 -0500 @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2011-01-20 Omair Majid <omajid@redhat.com> + + * NEWS: Change to a new format to emphasize new features as well as + indicate common fixes. + 2011-01-20 Deepak Bhole <dbhole@redhat.com> PR619: Improper finalization by the plugin can crash the browser
--- a/NEWS Thu Jan 20 11:06:41 2011 -0500 +++ b/NEWS Thu Jan 20 12:09:09 2011 -0500 @@ -13,22 +13,33 @@ * Initial release of IcedTea-Web * Security updates - RH645843, CVE-2010-3860: IcedTea System property information leak via public static -* Plugin - - PR542: Plugin fails with NPE on http://www.openprocessing.org/visuals/iframe.php?visualID=2615 - - PR552: Support for FreeBSD's pthread implementation - - PR554: System.err writes content two times - - PR556: Applet initialization code is prone to race conditions - - PR557: Applet opens in a separate window if tab is closed when the applet loads - - PR565: UIDefaults.getUI fails with jgoodies:looks 2.3.1 - - PR593: Increment of invalidated iterator in IcedTeaPluginUtils (patch from barbara.xxx1975@libero.it) - - PR597: Entities are parsed incorrectly in PARAM tag in applet plugin - - PR619: Improper finalization by the plugin can crash the browser - - Applets are now double-buffered to eliminate flicker in ones that do heavy drawing - - RH665104: OpenJDK Firefox Java plugin loses a cookie -* NetX - - Add a new option -Xclearcache - - Interfaces javax.jnlp.IntegrationService and javax.jnlp.DownloadService2 are now available - - PR592: NetX can create invalid desktop entry files - RH663680, CVE-2010-4351: IcedTea JNLP SecurityManager bypass -* Control Panel - - Modifications to deployments.properties file can now be done through a GUI +* New Features + - IcedTea-Web now uses a deployment.properties file to specify configuration + - System-level as well as user-level deployment.properties files with locked configuration are supported + - Preview of a Control Panel that allows configuring IcedTea-Web using a GUI + - Static proxies are now supported using the deployment.properties file + - User prompts can now be configured using the deployment.properties + - Applications and applets can now have a Look and Feel different from rest of IcedTea-Web +* Minor improvements and fixes + - common: Clean up native directories on exit + - common: Cached files with special characters in filenames are now handled correctly + - common: Interfaces javax.jnlp.IntegrationService and javax.jnlp.DownloadService2 are now available + - javaws: PR592: NetX can create invalid desktop entry files + - javaws: Add a new option -Xclearcache + - javaws: Removed option -umask + - javaws: Applications with non-public main classes are now supported. + - javaws: JNLP files containing <component-desc> as well as <application-desc> will now work + - javaws: The javaws.desktop file now points explicitly to NetX's javaws binary + - plugin: PR542: Plugin fails with NPE on http://www.openprocessing.org/visuals/iframe.php?visualID=2615 + - plugin: PR552: Support for FreeBSD's pthread implementation + - plugin: PR554: System.err writes content two times + - plugin: PR556: Applet initialization code is prone to race conditions + - plugin: PR557: Applet opens in a separate window if tab is closed when the applet loads + - plugin: PR565: UIDefaults.getUI fails with jgoodies:looks 2.3.1 + - plugin: PR593: Increment of invalidated iterator in IcedTeaPluginUtils (patch from barbara.xxx1975@libero.it) + - plugin: PR597: Entities are parsed incorrectly in PARAM tag in applet plugin + - plugin: PR619: Improper finalization by the plugin can crash the browser + - plugin: RH665104: OpenJDK Firefox Java plugin loses a cookie + - plugin: JNLP files referenced in the applet tag are now parsed to detect applet properties + - plugin: Applets are now double-buffered to eliminate flicker in ones that do heavy drawing