Upcoming release of 1.4.1

[Jacob Wisor]

Jiri Vanek wrote:
> On 09/12/2013 09:48 AM, Jiri Vanek wrote:
>> Hi folks!
>>
>> As fixes for 1.4 are multiplying, I would like to  propose release of 
>> icedtea-web 1.4 at the
>> beginning of next week.
>>
>> Please consider branch frozen in that time, as it will be subject of 
>> testing.
>>
>> J.
> 
> Hi all!
> 
> Please consider http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.4 
> as frozen. Tarball:
> a03135f895d60837f6bf7784de0c3914 
> http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.4 is under testing.
> 
> 
> Unless some mayor fault will be found, this will become official release.
> As there is nothing crucial, if somebody feels something shoud be added, 
> let me know as soon as possible , and I will retag.

I was hoping to add CacheViewer cleanup and CertificateViewer cleanup too. But, 
if you are on a schedule I won't insist.

> Not much had happened:
> 
> New in release 1.4.1 (2013-XX-YY):
> * Improved and cleaned Temporary internet files panel
> * NetX
>  - PR1465 - java.io.FileNotFoundException while trying to download a JAR 
> file
>  - PR1473 - javaws should not depend on name of local file
> * Plugin
>  - PR854: Resizing an applet several times causes 100% CPU load
> * Security Updates
>  - CVE-2012-4540, RH869040: Heap-based buffer overflow after triggering 
> event attached to applet
> 
> + reproducers tests are enabled in dist-tarball
> + application context support for  OpenJDK build 25 and higher
> + small patches into rhino support and
> + PR1533: Inherit jnlp.packEnabled and jnlp.versionEnabled like other 
> properties
>  - which are backports and are not in news from some reason :)

Regards,
Jacob