Changes between Version 156 and Version 157 of WikiStart

Timestamp:

Jul 21, 2012, 4:40:50 AM (12 years ago)

Author:

dmik

Comment:

Announce release b25 GA3.

WikiStart

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-== Current Status and history ==
-Right now we work on Milestone [http://svn.netlabs.org/java/query?group=status&milestone=GA3 GA3]
+== Current Status and History ==
+Right now we work on Milestone [http://svn.netlabs.org/java/query?group=status&milestone=GA4 GA4].
 === History ===
- * As of the 19th of January 2012, the project has entered the GA2 stage.
+ * As of the 21th of July 2012, the project has entered the GA3 stage.
+ * As of the 19th of March 2012, the project has entered the GA2 stage.
  * As of the 27th of June 2011, the project has entered the GA (general availability) stage.
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 == Latest Version ==
 
-The latest version of OpenJDK 6 is '''1.6.0-b24 GA2''' released on 19.03.2012. This is an official build intended for general use. This build brings the latest version of OpenJDK 6 from Oracle and a bunch of OS/2 specific fixes like the ability to use OpenJDK with old IBM Java applications from the standard OS/2 installation. 
+The latest version of OpenJDK 6 is '''1.6.0 Build 25 GA3''' released on 21.07.2012. This is an official build intended for general use. This build brings the latest version of OpenJDK 6 from Oracle and a bunch of OS/2 specific fixes. It also contains fixes necessary for the [wiki:IcedTea-Web] Java browser plugin. 
 
-The more detailed list of changes can be found [source:/tags/ga2/doc/CHANGES.OS2 here].
+The more detailed list of changes can be found [source:/tags/ga3/doc/CHANGES.OS2 here].
 
-Version '''1.6.0-b24 GA2''' is available for downloading in the following packages and formats.
+Version '''1.6.0 Build 25 GA3''' is available for downloading in the following packages and formats.
 
 ==== Prerequisites ====
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 ||'''kLIBC 0.6.5 Runtime Library'''||[ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0_6_5-csd5.wpi WPI]||kLIBC runtime libraries needed for all Odin installations (required). ||
 ||'''GCC 4 Runtime Libraries'''||[ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/gcc4core-1_2_1.wpi WPI]||GCC 4 runtime libraries are needed for all Odin installations.||
-||'''Odin Runtime Libraries'''||[ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/odin/0.8.4/odin-0.8.4.zip ZIP]||Odin32 runtime libraries version '''0.8.4''' is needed for all OpenJDK packages.||
+||'''Odin Runtime Libraries'''||[ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/odin/0.8.5/odin-0.8.5.zip ZIP]||Odin32 runtime libraries version '''0.8.5''' is needed for all OpenJDK packages.||
 ||'''xsystray widget'''||[ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/qt4/xsystray/xsystray-0_1_1.wpi WPI]||Extended system tray widget for XCenter/eCenter version '''0.1.1''' is needed to support system tray functionality in Java applications.||
+
+If you use the [http://svn.netlabs.org/rpm/wiki/RpmInstall YUM/RPM] package manager, you may install all the prerequisities (except xsystray) using the following command:
+{{{
+yum install libc libgcc446 libodin
+}}}
 
 ==== OpenJDK Packages ====
 
-||'''OpenJDK 6 JRE'''||[ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/java/openjdk6_b24_ga2/openjdk6_b24_jre_os2_ga2-20120319.zip ZIP]||JRE package needed to run Java programs.||
-||'''OpenJDK 6 SDK'''||[ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/java/openjdk6_b24_ga2/openjdk6_b24_sdk_os2_ga2-20120319.zip ZIP]||SDK package needed to compile Java programs.||
+||'''OpenJDK 6 JRE'''||[ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/java/openjdk6_b25_ga3/openjdk6_b25_jre_os2_ga3-20120721.zip ZIP]||JRE package needed to run Java programs.||
+||'''OpenJDK 6 SDK'''||[ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/java/openjdk6_b25_ga3/openjdk6_b25_sdk_os2_ga3-20120721.zip ZIP]||SDK package needed to compile Java programs.||
+
+==== !IcedTea-Web packages ====
+
+!IcedTea-Web packages are listed on a [wiki:IcedTea-Web separate page].
+
+==== Source Code ====
 
 If you want to play with the latest development version, you can check it out directly from the SVN repository. In order to do so you need to download and install the subversion client for eCS (OS/2). Use the following command to check out the full source tree to a ''<local_directory>'':
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 }}}
 
-The required tools and build instructions are described in the [source:/tags/ga2/README README] file.
+The required tools and build instructions are described in the [source:/tags/ga3/README README] file.
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