Upcoming releases of IcedTea-Web 1.2, 1.3, 1.4

[Jiri Vanek]

On 04/10/2013 06:20 PM, Jiri Vanek wrote:
> On 04/05/2013 10:58 AM, Jiri Vanek wrote:
>> Hi all!
>>
>> There are two releases of IcedTea-Web approaching:
>>
>> We would like to release 1.2 and 1.3 in 17th of April
>> Please count with freezing of  branches in week 10-17.4, but there is not so much traffic on
>> branches anyway.
>>
>> At 1th of May is planed release of IcedTea-Web  1.4!
>> This release is bringing many improvements and IcedTea-Web was never as stable as is now. I would
>> like to encourage every distribution to move to this release.
>> Unless something unlucky will be found in 1.4, some time later the 1.2 will be proclaimed dead.
>> Please count with head frozen in last week of April.
>>
>> Best regards
>>    J.
>
> Hi!
>
>
> With the approaching release of IcedTea-Web 1.2.3 and 1.3.2, please
> consider /release/icedtea-web-1.2/ and /release/icedtea-web-1.3/ frozen.
>
>
> 1.2:
>    - PR1161: X509VariableTrustManager does not work correctly with OpenJDK7
>    - PR1157: Applets can hang browser after fatal exception
>
> 1.3
>    - Added new option in itw-settings which allows users to set JVM arguments when plugin is
> initialized. (backport)
>     PR1260: IcedTea-Web should not rely on GTK
>     PR1157: Applets can hang browser after fatal exception
>     Provide names for unnamed threads for better debugging
>
> Both releases will also contain a (currently embargoed) security fix.
>
> Thanks for your for patience, understanding and contributions!
>
>
>   J.
>
>

The branches are out[1] and unfrozen, feel free to use and cross finger for upcoming 1.4:)

J.

[1] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-April/022790.html