# HG changeset patch # User Andrew John Hughes # Date 1280173627 -3600 # Node ID a8565028983e09d8d9235f6597352abdf29e36da # Parent ed41571c551a04b8949ec15c8e7bddede4c33c4d Update NEWS prior to release. 2010-07-25 Andrew John Hughes * NEWS: Updated. diff -r ed41571c551a -r a8565028983e ChangeLog --- a/ChangeLog Sun Jul 25 22:36:52 2010 +0100 +++ b/ChangeLog Mon Jul 26 20:47:07 2010 +0100 @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2010-07-25 Andrew John Hughes + + * NEWS: Updated. + 2010-07-23 Jon VanAlten * patches/openjdk/6963870.patch: New file. Backpatched from jdk7 for diff -r ed41571c551a -r a8565028983e NEWS --- a/NEWS Sun Jul 25 22:36:52 2010 +0100 +++ b/NEWS Mon Jul 26 20:47:07 2010 +0100 @@ -1,8 +1,6 @@ New in release 1.6.3 (2010-03-30) - Enable debuginfo for saproc and jsig - Add missing mkbc.c -- Backport of 6822370: - ReentrantReadWriteLock: threads hung when there are no threads holding onto the lock - Increase ThreadStackSize by 512kb on 32-bit Zero platforms - Make the original HotSpot build work for normal builds and disable Zero/Shark builds with it - Latest security updates and hardening patches: @@ -28,11 +26,32 @@ - 6909597: JPEGImageReader stepX Integer Overflow Vulnerability - 6932480: Crash in CompilerThread/Parser. Unloaded array klass? - Add stack markings to the x86 assembly so as not to use executable stack. -- Enable SystemTap JNI tracing. -- Add SystemTap jstack support. -- PR179: Rhino bootclasspath issue +- PR179: Rewrite Rhino class files to avoid bootclasspath issue - PR356: Support ECC via NSS +- Backport tzdata support from 1.8 (--with-tzdata-dir). +- Fix policy evaluation to match the proprietary JDK. - Fix issue with ant -diagnostics on ant 1.8.0 due to changed exit code +- S6678385, RH551835: Fixes JVM crashes when window is resized. +- S6668231: Presence of a critical subjectAltName causes JSSE's SunX509 to fail trusted checks. +- S6963870: Eliminate NullPointerEx in swing class CompoundBorder method getBorderInsets. +- S4891262: API spec, javax/accessibility: few invalid javadoc tags. +- S6737212: Fixed javadoc warning messages in RowSet classes. +- S6875861: javadoc build warning on java.util.Properites from unconventional @see ordering. +- S6909563: Javadoc build warnings in rmi, security, management. +- S6879689: Fix warning about ignored return value when compiling with -O2 +- S6917485: Corba doc warnings. +- S6921068: Remove javadoc build warnings from specdefault tag. +- S6822370: ReentrantReadWriteLock: threads hung when there are no threads holding onto the lock +* SystemTap support: + - Enable SystemTap JNI tracing. + - Add SystemTap jstack support. + - PR476: Enable building SystemTap support on GCC 4.5. + - Fix HotSpot tapset object_alloc size variable. + - Fix JNI DEFINE_NEWSCALARARRAY usage of DT_RETURN_MARK_DECL_FOR. + - Add hotspot_jni tapset. + - tapsets/hotspot.stp.in (hotspot.gc_end): Match gc__end, not begin. +* PulseAudio: + - Corrected Pulse Audio library build on PPC32 and PPC64 New in release 1.6.2 (2009-11-09) - Latest security updates: