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>
date Thu, 20 Jan 2011 12:09:09 -0500
parents d07ccc83a09c
children a1ed62aa5f98
files ChangeLog NEWS
diffstat 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) [+]
line wrap: on
line diff
--- 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