IcedTea-Web 1.1 released!

[Deepak Bhole]

* Dr Andrew John Hughes <ahughes at redhat.com> [2011-06-08 21:11]:
> 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.

Hi Andrew,

Bug ids are in the NEWS file mentioned in the post:
http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.1/file/ff05275397ca/NEWS

I just kept them out of the blog post when I reworded things to make
them a bit clearer.

Cheers,
Deepak

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