IcedTea-Web 1.1 released!

[Dr Andrew John Hughes]

On 18:13 Wed 08 Jun     , Deepak Bhole wrote:
> IcedTea-Web 1.1 is now out and available for download! The new release includes
> many improvements over 1.0 and they include:
> 
> New features:
> 
>     - IcedTea-Web now installs to a FHS-compliant location
>     - Binary launchers have been replaced with simple shell scripts
>     - Proxy Auto Config files are now usable
>     - Applications using jnlp.versionEnabled and jnlp.packEnabled are now
>       supported Can now use codebase_lookup=false with applets
>     - itweb-settings now supports clearing cache
> 
> Fixes:
> 
>     Common:
>         - Mercurial revision detection (when building) is now more reliable
>         - Apps calling loadClass get a proper a ClassNotFoundException if 
>           class is not found, rather than a null value
>         - Applets and JNLP apps using SSL/TLS now function correctly
> 
>     Web Start implementation (javaws):
>         - The Web Start implementation can now use proxy settings from Firefox
>         - Web Start applications now use the correct default browser set by the
>           user
>         - Closing javaws -about no longer throws exceptions
>         - Cache files are removed properly
> 
>     Plug-in:
>         - Applets from the same page to use the same classloader (MS LiveMeeting, 
>           www.uk.map24.com, etc.)
>         - NetDania banking application now works
>         - Sound now works with runescape.com
>         - Firefox 4 no longer freezes if the applet calls showDocument()
>         - Firefox 4 and chromium stability has been vastly improved with a rewrite 
>           of the plug-in threading model
> 
> Full notes with bug ids are available in the NEWS file:
> http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.1/file/ff05275397ca/NEWS
> 
> Available for download here:
> http://icedtea.classpath.org/download/source/icedtea-web-1.1.tar.gz
> 
> Build instructions are here:
> http://icedtea.classpath.org/wiki/IcedTea-Web#Building_IcedTea-Web
> 
> SHA256 sum:
> 9ab60926f5d455d51e8e62120f71a12b1f18b20f599477d55dd71282a8055675 icedtea-web-1.1.tar.gz
> 
> Thanks to everyone who helped with this release:
> Andrew Hughes
> Matthias Klose
> Denis Lila
> Omair Majid
> Andrew Su
> Jiri Vanek
> Mark Wielaard
> 
> Cheers,
> Deepak

Great news!

It would be nice to have bug IDs for some of the fixed issues though, if possible.
-- 
Andrew :)

Free Java Software Engineer
Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com)

Support Free Java!
Contribute to GNU Classpath and IcedTea
http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath
http://icedtea.classpath.org
PGP Key: F5862A37 (https://keys.indymedia.org/)
Fingerprint = EA30 D855 D50F 90CD F54D  0698 0713 C3ED F586 2A37