OpenJDK 6 b10 source posted

[Joseph D. Darcy]

PS Another fix of note was

6707643: (tz) Support tzdata2008c

-Joe

Joseph D. Darcy wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> The OpenJDK 6 b10 source is now available at
> 
> http://download.java.net/openjdk/jdk6/
> 
> In this source drop, the build instructions received some clarifications
> and corrections:
> 
> 6644659: Error in default target of make/javax/crypto in OpenJDK build
> 6682167: Add cygwin faq to README-builds.html
> 6563616: Clarify instructions for unpacking openjdk binary "plug"
> 6611685: Incorrect link to CA certs info from build README
> 6597857: JDK build instructions need to be updated
> (BUILD_JDK_IMPORT_PATH, BUILD_BINARY_PLUGS_PATH)
> 
> and some other work too:
> 
> 6683078: Update JCE framework and provider builds to work on read-only
> filesystems
> 6644659: Error in default target of make/javax/crypto in OpenJDK build
> 
> 
> A few fixes in the 2D area:
> 
> 6604044: java crashes talking to second X screen
> 6636469: Java Fullscreen Exclusive Mode not working with Xorg server
> 1.3.0 and above
> 6523403: OSS CMM: Need to provide lcms library with PYCC and
> LINEAR_RGB OS ICC profiles
> 
> The last fix was contributed by Andrew Haley and Keith Seitz of Red Hat
> and fixes color management related regression and JCK failures.
> 
> 
> The encumbered sound engine has been replaced with Gervill:
> 
> 6702956 OpenJDK: replace encumbered code (software synthesizer)
> 
> With this change, the only remaining binary plug in OpenJDK 6 is for SNMP.
> 
> I applied Martin's recent fixes in collections:
> 
> 6691185: (coll) TreeMap.navigableKeySet's descendingIterator method
> starts at first instead of last entry
> 6691215: (coll) IdentityHashMap.containsValue(null) returns true when
> null value not present
> 
> 
> Some progress has been made on addressing the copyright/licensing
> concerns raised by Debian
> (http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk6-dev/2008-April/000044.html):
> 
> 6695553: Cleanup GPLv2+SPL legal notices in hat sources
> 6703931 Remove jaxws doc-files from the jdk
> 
> Work will continue in this area until all the issues are addressed.
> 
> 
> Mark Wielaard recently proposed publishing regression test results for
> OpenJDK 6
> (http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2008-May/001921.html). 
> 
> 
> I'll publish results for b10 later.  However, some of the
> regression tests assume they are either running inside Sun's firewall or
> checking aspects of Sun's production/commercial/proprietary JDK rather
> than an OpenJDK build.  The tests should be modified so they are
> appropriate for OpenJDK out of the box too.  Along those lines, some
> regression tests were deleted or modified in b10:
> 
> 
> 6673853: LegacyIntrospectorTest is testing an old deprecated com.sun API
> not present in OpenJDK
> 6602426: TEST_BUG: test/sun/misc/Version/VersionCheck.java fails
> 6704655: Test test/java/lang/reflect/Generics/Probe.java fails under 
> OpenJDK
> 6705893: javax.script tests should not require a js engine on OpenJDK
> 
> Some regression tests, such as those in networking and javax.script,
> should probably be modified to more easily accept configuration options
> without having to modify the source of the tests.  Discussion on how
> best to do that has started
> (http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/nio-dev/2008-May/000028.html).
> 
> -Joe
> 
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