changeset 1743:a8565028983e

Update NEWS prior to release. 2010-07-25 Andrew John Hughes <ahughes@redhat.com> * NEWS: Updated.
author Andrew John Hughes <ahughes@redhat.com>
date Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:47:07 +0100
parents ed41571c551a
children f8d27fcc8cb9
files ChangeLog NEWS
diffstat 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) [+]
line wrap: on
line diff
--- 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  <ahughes@redhat.com>
+
+	* NEWS: Updated.
+
 2010-07-23  Jon VanAlten  <jon.vanalten@redhat.com>
 
 	* patches/openjdk/6963870.patch: New file. Backpatched from jdk7 for
--- 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: