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+*** Changes in GCC 4.1:
+
+Core library (libgcj) updates based on GNU Classpath 0.15 - 0.19+
+
+- Networking
+
+* The java.net.HttpURLConnection implementation no longer buffers the
+  entire response body in memory.  This means that response bodies
+  larger than available memory can now be handled.
+
+- (N)IO
+
+* NIO FileChannel.map implementation, fast bulk put implementation for
+  DirectByteBuffer (speeds up this method 10x).
+
+* FileChannel.lock() and FileChannel.force() implemented.
+
+- XML
+
+* gnu.xml fix for nodes created outside a namespace context.
+
+* Add support for output indenting and cdata-section-elements output
+  instruction in xml.transform.
+
+* xml.xpath corrections for cases where elements/attributes might have
+  been created in non-namespace-aware mode. Corrections to handling of
+  XSL variables and minor conformance updates.
+
+- AWT
+
+* Qt4 configury switches for OS-X. Additional to the --enable-qt-peer, OS-X
+  users with a Qt4 installation can build the qt-peers with the argument
+  --with-qt4dir=<Qt4-installation-dir>.
+
+* GNU JAWT implementation, the AWT Native Interface, which allows direct
+  access to native screen resources from within a Canvas's paint method.
+  GNU Classpath Examples comes with a Demo,
+  see libjava/classpath/examples/README.
+
+* awt.datatransfer updated to 1.5 with supports for FlavorEvents.
+  The gtk+ awt peers now allow copy/paste of text, images, uris/files
+  and serialized objects with other applications and tracking
+  clipboard change events with gtk+ 2.6 (for gtk+ 2.4 only text and
+  serialized objects are supported). A GNU Classpath Examples
+  datatransfer Demo was added to show the new functionality.
+
+* Split gtk+ awt peers event handling in two threads and improve gdk lock
+  handling (solves several AWT lock ups).
+
+* Speed up awt Image loading.
+
+* Better GTK scrollbar peer implementation when using GTK >= 2.6.
+
+* Handle image loading errors correctly for gdkpixbuf and MediaTracker.
+
+* Better handle GDK lock. Properly prefix gtkpeer native functions (cp_gtk).
+
+* GdkGraphics2D has been updated to use Cairo 0.5.x APIs.
+
+* BufferedImage and GtkImage rewrites. All image drawing operations
+  should now work correctly (flipping requires gtk+ >= 2.6)
+
+* Future Graphics2D, Image and Text work is documented at:
+  http://developer.classpath.org/mediation/ClasspathGraphicsImagesText
+
+* When gtk+ 2.6 or higher is installed the default log handler will produce
+  stack traces whenever a WARNING, CRITICAL or ERROR message is produced.
+
+- Free Swing
+
+* The Swing RepaintManager has been reworked for more efficient painting,
+  especially for large GUIs.
+
+* The Swing layout manager OverlayLayout has been implemented, the BoxLayout
+  has been rewritten to make use of the SizeRequirements utility class and
+  caching for more efficient layout.
+
+* Improved accessibility support for Swing.
+
+* Significant progress has been made in the implementation of the
+  javax.swing.plaf.metal.* package, with most UI delegates in a working state
+  now.  Please test this with your own applications and provide feedback that
+  will help us to improve this package.
+
+* The GUI demo (gnu.classpath.examples.swing.Demo) has been extended to
+  highlight various features in our free-swing implementation. And includes
+  a look and feel switcher (Metal default, Ocean or GNU).
+
+* The javax.swing.plaf.multi.* package is now implemented.
+
+* Editing and several key actions for JTree and JTable were implemented.
+
+* Lots of icons and look and feel improvements for Free Swing basic and
+  metal themes were added.  Try running the GNU Classpath Swing Demo in
+  examples (gnu.classpath.examples.swing.Demo) with:
+  -Dswing.defaultlaf=javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicLookAndFeel
+  -Dswing.defaultlaf=javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel
+
+* Start of styled text capabilites for java.swing.text.
+
+* DefaultMutableTreeNode preorder, postorder, depthFirst and breadthFirst
+  traversal enumerations implemented.
+
+* JInternalFrame colors and titlebar draw properly.
+
+* JTree is working up to par (icons, selection and keyboard traversal).
+
+* JMenus were made more compatible in visual and programmatic behavior.
+
+* JTable changeSelection and multiple selections implemented.
+
+* JButton and JToggleButton change states work properly now.
+
+* JFileChooser fixes.
+
+* revalidate and repaint fixes which make Free Swing much more responsive.
+
+* MetalIconFactory implemented.
+
+* Free Swing Top-Level Compatibility. JFrame, JDialog, JApplet,
+  JInternalFrame, and JWindow are now 1.5 compatible in the sense that you
+  can call add() and setLayout() directly on them, which will have the same
+  effect as calling getContentPane().add() and getContentPane().setLayout().
+
+* The JTree interface has been completed. JTrees now recognizes mouse clicks
+  and selections work, but the visual implementation is not yet complete.
+  Work on expansion and collapsing of the tree nodes is being implemented.
+
+* BoxLayout works properly now.
+
+* Fixed GrayFilter to actually work.
+
+* Metal SplitPane implemented.
+
+* Lots of free swing text and editor stuff work now.
+
+- Free RMI and Corba
+
+* The Andrew Watson, Vice President and Technical Director of the Object
+  Management Group, has officially assigned us 20 bit Vendor Minor Code Id:
+  0x47430 ("GC") that will mark remote Classpath - specific system exceptions.
+  Obtaining the VMCID means that GNU Classpath now is a recogniseable type of
+  node in a highly interoperable CORBA world.
+
+* Classpath now includes the first working draft to support the RMI over
+  IIOP protocol. The current implementation is capable for remote invocations,
+  transferring various Serializables and Externalizables via RMI-IIOP protocol.
+  It can flatten graphs and, at least for the simple cases, is interoperable
+  with Sun's jdk 1.5.
+
+* org.omg.PortableInterceptor and related functionality in other packages
+  is now implemented:
+    - The sever and client interceptors work as required since 1.4.
+    - The IOR interceptor works as needed for 1.5.
+
+* The org.omg.DynamicAny package is completed and passes the prepared tests.
+
+* The Portable Object Adapter should now support the output of the
+  recent IDL to java compilers. These compilers now generate servants and
+  not CORBA objects as before, making the output depended on the existing
+  POA implementation. Completing POA means that such code can already be
+  tried to run on Classpath. Our POA is tested for the following usager
+  scenarios:
+    - POA converts servant to the CORBA object.
+    - Servant provides to the CORBA object.
+    - POA activates new CORBA object with the given Object Id (byte array)
+      that is later accessible for the servant.
+    - During the first call, the ServantActivator provides servant for this
+      and all subsequent calls on the current object.
+    - During each call, the ServantLocator provides servant for this call
+      only.
+    - ServantLocator or ServantActivator forwards call to another server.
+    - POA has a single servant, responsible for all objects.
+    - POA has a default servant, but some objects are explicitly connected
+      to they specific servants.
+  The POA is verified using tests from the former cost.omg.org.
+
+* The CORBA implementation is now a working prototype that should support
+  features up till 1.3 inclusive.
+  We would invite groups writing CORBA dependent applications to
+  try Classpath implementation, reporting any possible bugs.
+
+  The CORBA prototype is interoperable with Sun's implementation v 1.4,
+  transferring object references, primitive types, narrow and wide
+  strings, arrays, structures, trees, abstract interfaces and
+  value types (feature of CORBA 2.3) between these two platforms.
+  The remote exceptions are transferred and handled correctly.
+  The stringified object references (IORs) from various sources are
+  parsed as required.
+  The transient (for current session) and permanent (till jre restart)
+  redirections work.
+  Both Little and Big Endian encoded messages are accepted.
+  The implementation is verified using tests from the former cost.omg.org.
+  The current release includes working examples (see the examples directory),
+  demonstrating the client-server communication, using either CORBA Request
+  or IDL-based  stub (usually generated by a IDL to java compiler).
+  These examples also show how to use the Classpath CORBA naming service.
+  The IDL to java compiler is not yet written, but as our library must be
+  compatible, it naturally accepts the output of other idlj implementations.
+
+- Misc
+
+* Updated TimeZone data against Olson tzdata2005l.
+
+* Make zip and jar UTF-8 "clean".
+
+* "native" code builds and compiles (warning free) on Darwin and Solaris.
+
+* java.util.logging.FileHandler now rotates files.
+
+* Start of a generic JDWP framework in gnu/classpath/jdwp.
+  This is unfinished, but feedback (at classpath@gnu.org) from runtime
+  hackers is greatly appreciated. Although most of the work is currently
+  being done around gcj/gij we want this framework to be as VM neutral as
+  possible. Early design is described in:
+  http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/java/2005-05/msg00260.html
+
+* QT4 AWT peers, enable by giving configure --enable-qt-peer.
+  Included, but not ready for production yet. They are explicitly
+  disabled and not supported. But if you want to help with the
+  development of these new features we are interested in feedback. You
+  will have to explicitly enable them to try them out
+  (and they will most likely contain bugs).
+
+* Documentation fixes all over the place.
+  See http://developer.classpath.org/doc/
+
+Thanks! The following people helped with the above new features, bug
+reports, testing and integration:
+
+Aaron Luchko (JDWP updates and documentation fixes) Andreas Jaeger
+(mprec updates) Andreas Tobler (Darwin and Solaris testing and fixing,
+Qt4 support for Darwin/OSX, Graphics2D support, gtk+ updates.)  Andrew
+Haley (Serialization and URLClassLoader fixes, gcj build speedups)
+Andrew John Hughes (Locale and net fixes, URI RFC2986 updates,
+Serialization fixes, Properties XML support and generic branch work,
+VMIntegration guide update) Andrew Overholt (File locking) Anthony
+Balkissoon (JList, Free Swing 1.5 updates and mouse event fixes, Lots
+of Free Swing work including JTable editing) Anthony Green (MIDI
+framework, ALSA and DSSI providers) Archie Cobbs (Build fixes, VM
+interface updates, URLClassLoader updates) Audrius Meskauskas (Lots of
+Free Corba, RMI and HTML work plus testing and documenting) Bastiaan
+Huisman (TimeZone bug fixing) Bryce McKinlay (RMI work) Casey Marshall
+(Crypto algorithm fixes, FileChannel lock, SystemLogger and
+FileHandler rotate impl, NIO FileChannel.map support, security and
+policy updates) Chris Burdess (Lots of gnu.xml and http protocol
+fixes, StAX and dom xml:id support) Christian Schlichtherle (Zip fixes
+and cleanups) Christian Thalinger (64-bit cleanups, Configuration and
+VM interface fixes and CACAO integration, fdlibm updates) Dalibor
+Topic (Better DEBUG support, Build cleanups and Kaffe integration. Qt4
+build infrastructure, SHA1PRNG and GdkPixbugDecoder updates) Daniel
+Bonniot (Serialization fixes) David Daney (BitSet bugfixes,
+HttpURLConnection rewrite and improvements) David Gilbert (Basic and
+Metal icon and plaf and lots of documenting, Lots of Free Swing and
+metal theme additions. MetalIconFactory implementation) David
+Lichteblau (JCL support library global/local reference cleanups) Gael
+Thomas (VMClassLoader boot packages support sugestions) Gary Benson
+(MessageFormat fixes) Goffredo Baroncelli (HTTPURLConnection fixes)
+Guilhem Lavaux (Configuration, thread and channel fixes and Kaffe
+integration. JCL native Pointer updates. Logger bug fixes) Ingo
+Proetel (Image, Logger and URLClassLoader updates) Ito Kazumitsu
+(NetworkInterfaces implementation and updates) Jan Roehrich
+(BasicTreeUI and JTree fixes) Jeroen Frijters (ClassLoader and nio
+cleanups, Serialization fixes, better Proxy support, bug fixes and
+IKVM integration) Julian Scheid (Documentation updates and gjdoc
+support) Ka-Hing Cheung (TreePath and TreeSelection fixes) Kalle Olavi
+Niemitalo (Build fixes) Keith Seitz (Lots of JDWP work) Kelley Cook
+(Build fixes) Kim Ho (JFileChooser implementation) Lillian Angel
+(JTree implementation and lots Free Swing additions and bug fixes)
+Mark Wielaard (Bug fixes, packaging and release management, Clipboard
+implementation, System call interrupts and network timeouts and
+GdkPixpufDecoder fixes) Martin Cordova (Suggestions for better
+SocketTimeoutException) Michael Koch (Configuration fixes. Locale
+updates, bug and build fixes) Nicolas Geoffray (VMClassLoader and
+AccessController improvements) Olga Rodimina (MenuSelectionManager)
+Paul Jenner (Better -Werror support) Rainer Orth (Build fixes) Robert
+Schuster (Documentation updates and beans fixes, TreeNode enumerations
+and ActionCommand and various fixes, XML and URL, AWT and Free Swing
+bug fixes) Roman Kennke (BoxLayout, GrayFilter and SplitPane, plus
+bugfixes all over. Lots of Free Swing work including styled text)
+Santiago Gala (AccessControlContext fixes) Simon Kitching (String
+cleanups and optimization suggestions) Stuart Ballard (RMI constant
+fixes) Sven de Marothy (BMP imageio support, CSS and TextLayout
+fixes. GtkImage rewrite, 2D, awt, free swing and date/time fixes, Qt4
+peers) Thomas Fitzsimmons (Lot of upgrades to the gtk+ AWT and cairo
+2D support. Lots of imageio framework additions, lots of AWT and Free
+Swing bug fixes) Tom Tromey (Eclipse integration, generics work, lots
+of bug fixes and gcj integration including coordinating The Big Merge)
+Wolfgang Baer (GapContent bug fixes) Ziga Mahkovec (Graphics2D
+upgraded to cairo 0.5 and new regex features)
+
+*** Changes in GCC 4.0:
+
+* Character encoders and decoders have been added for: iso-8859-6
+(arabic), iso-8859-7 (greek), iso-8859-8 (hebrew), iso-8859-9
+(latin-5), iso-8859-13, iso-8859-15 (latin-9), cp1047 (ebcdic),
+ebcdic-xml-us,ascii, windows-1250, windows-1252, UTF-16BE (Big Endian),
+UTF-16LE (Little Endian), UTF-32BE (Big Endian), UTF-32LE (Little
+Endian).
+
+* Lots of Calendar bug fixes.
+
+* The http url protocol handler has been replaced with a full HTTP/1.1
+version from GNU inetlib.
+
+* A new ftp url protocol handler has been added also from GNU inetlib.
+
+* java.beans has been updated to 1.4 including support for XMLEncoder
+and XMLDecoder.
+
+* Added implementations of javax.xml (JAXP 1.3), org.xml.sax (SAX2)
+and org.w3c.dom (DOM Level 3) interfaces. It is possible to switch
+between different implementations AElfred2, GNU DOM, GNU XSL, libxmlj
+SAX, libxmlj DOM and libxmlj XSL by setting different system
+properties.  Also provided is a preliminary XPath 1.0
+implementation. The libxmlj versions are build around libxml2 and
+libxslt and have to be enabled during build time by the --enable-xmlj
+configure flag. The current support is equal to the last released GNU
+JAXP 1.3 release. These packages will be maintained as part of the GNU
+Classpath core classes in the future. For more information,
+conformance results and documentation on selecting different
+implementations see doc/README.jaxp.
+
+* Much fuller collection documentation.
+
+* libgcj can now load service providers that are described via
+META-INF/services/* resources in extension JARs. This is useful for
+implementing the various APIs that are supposed to be extensible via
+custom plugins. For details, please see the documentation of
+gnu.classpath.ServiceFactory.
+
+* GNU Classpath's JAR implementation now has preliminary support for
+signed entries, for so called "signed JAR" file support. Signed JAR
+files are one of the key security features of managed runtimes, and
+allows code to run privileged given unforgeable proofs of identity.
+
+* A much improved version of X.509 certificates has been added,
+including a robust certificate path checking algorithm. Also included
+is an implementation of the RSA signature scheme.
+
+* New javax.crypto, javax.crypto.interfaces, javax.crypto.spec,
+javax.net, javax.net.ssl, javax.security.auth,
+javax.security.auth.callback, javax.security.auth.login,
+javax.security.auth.x500, javax.security.sasl and org.ietf.jgss
+packages are now officially part of GNU Classpath. Extra crypto
+algorithms can be obtained from the GNU Crypto project, a full TLS
+implementation is provided by the Jessie project.
+http://www.gnu.org/software/gnu-crypto/ 
+http://www.nongnu.org/jessie/
+
+* java.security.AccessController has been implemented.
+
+* The default java.lang.SecurityManager now uses AccessController.
+
+* Lookahead support for regular expressions.
+
+* java.util.regexp implementation through gnu.regexp wrappers.
+
+* Serialization object stream fixes for multiple ClassLoader scenarios.
+
+* java.net.URL now uses application classloader to load
+URLStreamHandlers and reuses URLStreamHandlers when URL is reset (but
+protocol isn't changed).
+
+* java.io.File.deleteOnExit() implementation.
+
+* java.io is now implemented by delegating most tasks directly to
+java.nio.
+
+* Reworked/Optimized implementations of java.nio.Buffer and subclasses.
+
+* BufferedReader speed improvements.
+
+* Multiple java.net.InetAdress fixes and java.rmi fixes.
+
+* ServerSocket.accept() now restarts listening when system call
+interrupted.
+
+* java.net.URI implementation.
+
+* New javax.print, javax.print.attribute[.standard] and
+javax.print.event packages and classes.
+
+* java.text multiple new features and bug fixes (only 2 out of the
+1000+ java.text Mauve tests now fail).
+
+* java.text attributed iterators support.
+
+* Improved useabilty of java.text implementation for several
+applications.
+
+* More AWT accessible support.
+
+* AWT gtk+ peers component layout, dialog placement, keyboard focus
+handling and text positioning have been improved.
+
+* ImageIO interfaces are more complete.
+
+* JList, JTable and JTree have been hugely improved.
+
+* java.awt.Robot support with GdkRobot in the gtk+ awt peers. Needs
+XTest Extension (libXtst) XServer support.
+
+* Full java.awt.color implementation, with all standard ICC profiles,
+except for PhotoYCC color space.
+
+* java.awt.image support updated to 1.4.
+
+* Big-endian (PowerPC) fixes for native awt GTK+ peers.
+
+* Better AWT focus management fro GTK+ peers.
+
+* Much faster and better fonts support (for both gdk Graphics and cairo
+Graphics2D)
+
+* AWT Choice fixes for hidden components.
+
+* More javax.imageio support.
+
+* Better AWT Help MenuBar support.
+
+* Swing TabbedPane, ColorChooser and ComboBox improvements.
+
+* Start of JTree functionality.
+
+* javax.swing.Spring and SpringLayout support.
+
+* Added pluggable look and feel support for BasicTextFieldUI and
+BasicToolBarSeparatorUI.
+
+* java.swing.text support for (Default and Layered) Highlighter,
+FieldView, PlainView, TabExpander and TabableView added.
+
+* Start of JTable and JTree implementation.
+
+* Internal Swing frames work.
+
+* JMenu and JPopupMenu work.
+
+* New gtk+ AWT FileDialog peer now based on gtk+2.4 or higher.
+
+* java.awt.image LookupTables and kernel support.
+
+* Improved java.awt.image.BufferedImage support.
+
+* AWT 1.0 event model support.
+
+* Frame.setIconImage() support.
+
+* AWT GDKGraphics scaling.
+
+* New configure flag --enable-gtk-cairo to build Graphics2D
+implementation build on cairo and pangoft2. Enabled at runtime by
+defining the system property gnu.java.awt.peer.gtk.Graphics=Graphics2D.
+
+* javax.swing.JSpinner implemented.
+
+* java.awt.geom completed. Area, Arc2D, Ellipse2D and Line2D
+implemented.
+
+* JColorChooser, JComboBox and JTextField implemented, including
+example uses in GNU Classpath Examples swing Demo.
+
+* Better (non-black) default AWT System colors.
+
+* AWT lists use GTK treeviews.
+
+* Proper AWT focus management has been implemented.
+
+* Swing menus and scrollpanes are beginning to work.
+
+* Swing splitpanes, dialogs and internal frames were added.
+
+* Swing repainting / double buffering was redone.
+
+* Font management and Pango DPI conversion fixes.
+
+* A lot of AWT imaging and event bugs have been picked out.
+
+* More of javax.swing.text has been implemented.
+
+* javax.swing.Timer has been reimplemented.
+
+* The gnu.java.awt.EmbeddedWindow class has been improved, and now
+supports embedding AWT windows in other top-level X windows. This
+functionality is required by gcjwebplugin.
+
+* New javax.imageio, javax.imageio.event and javax.imageio.spi packages
+and classes.
+
+* Working implementation of javax.swing.undo.
+
+* java.awt.geom.CubicCurve2D/QuadCurve2D: Can now solve cubic and
+quadratic equations; implementation adapted from the GNU Scientific
+Library.
+
+* Lots of java.awt and gtk+ peer improvements. Also more Swing work.
+Start of EmbeddedWindow support.
+
+*** Changes in GCC 3.4:
+
+* Compiling a .jar file will now cause non-.class entries to be automatically 
+  compiled as resources.
+
+* libgcj has been ported to Darwin.
+
+* Jeff Sturm has adapted Jan Hubicka's call graph optimization code to gcj.
+
+* libgcj has a new gcjlib URL type; this lets URLClassLoader load code from 
+  shared libraries.
+
+* libgcj has been much more completely merged with GNU Classpath.
+
+* Class loading is now much more correct; in particular the caller's class 
+  loader is now used when that is required.
+
+* Eclipse 2.x will run out of the box using gij.
+
+* Parts of java.nio have been implemented. Direct and indirect buffers work, 
+  as do fundamental file and socket operations.
+
+* java.awt has been improved, though it is still not ready for general use.
+
+* The HTTP protocol handler now uses HTTP/1.1 and can handle the POST method.
+
+* The MinGW port has matured. Enhancements include socket timeout support, 
+  thread interruption, improved Runtime.exec() handling and support for 
+  accented characters in filenames.
+
+*** Changes in GCC 3.3:
+
+* The java.sql and javax.sql packages now implement the JDBC 3.0 (JDK 1.4) 
+  API.
+
+* The JDK 1.4 assert facility has been implemented.
+
+* The bytecode interpreter is now direct threaded and thus faster.
+
+
+*** Changes in GCC 3.1:
+
+* libgcj now includes RMI, java.lang.ref.*, javax.naming, and 
+  javax.transaction.
+
+* Property files and other system resources can be compiled into executables 
+  which use libgcj using the new gcj --resource feature.
+
+* libgcj has been ported to more platforms. In particular there is now a 
+  mostly-functional mingw32 (Windows) target port.
+
+* JNI and CNI invocation interfaces were implemented, so gcj-compiled Java 
+  code can now be called from a C/C++ application.
+
+* gcj can now use builtin functions for certain known methods, for instance 
+  Math.cos.
+
+* gcj can now automatically remove redundant array-store checks in some common 
+  cases.
+
+* The --no-store-checks optimization option was added. This can be used to 
+  omit runtime store checks for code which is known not to throw 
+  ArrayStoreException
+
+* The following third party interface standards were added to libgcj: 
+  org.w3c.dom and org.xml.sax.
+
+* java.security has been merged with GNU Classpath. The new package is now 
+  JDK 1.2 compliant, and much more complete.
+
+* A bytecode verifier was added to the libgcj interpreter.
+
+* java.lang.Character was rewritten to comply with the Unicode 3.0 standard, 
+  and improve performance.
+
+* Partial support for many more locales was added to libgcj.
+
+* Socket timeouts have been implemented.
+
+* libgcj has been merged into a single shared library. There are no longer 
+  separate shared libraries for the garbage collector and zlib.
+
+* Several performance improvements were made to gcj and libgcj:
+      o Hash synchronization (thin locks)
+      o A special allocation path for finalizer-free objects
+      o Thread-local allocation
+      o Parallel GC, and other GC tweaks
+
+*** Changes in GCC 3.0:
+
+* libgcj now includes a bytecode interpreter. If a compiled version of a class 
+is not found in the application binary or linked shared libraries, the
+class loader will search for a bytecode version in the CLASSPATH and execute
+it using the interpreter. A new front end that behaves like the traditional
+`java' command is also provided: `gij'.
+
+* Support for specifying java system properties. Properties can either be set 
+at runtime via the GCJ_PROPERTIES environment variable in the format 
+"<name>=<value> ..."'; or can be compiled into an application binary using 
+-D<name>=<value>.
+
+* Support for setjmp/longjmp (sjlj) exception handling has been added, as an
+alternative to the existing range-table based mechanism. sjlj is the default
+on non-sparc, non-x86 targets, or can be specified with the 
+`--enable-sjlj-exceptions' configure parameter.
+
+* Complete JDK 1.1 reflection support, including invocation.
+
+* Throwable.printStackTrace() has been implemented.
+
+* Runtime.loadLibrary() has been implemented.
+
+* Class.forName() will now try to load a series of shared objects in order 
+to find the requested class.  If a class `gnu.quux.whatever' is requested, 
+libgcj will search the system shared library path (eg LD_LIBRARY_PATH) for 
+`gnu-quux-whatever.so', then `gnu-quux.so', and finally `gnu.so'.
+
+* A pure-java implementation of java.math.BigInteger.
+
+New in libgcj 2.95:
+
+* First public release