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  15 <header title="<en>GNU Classpath Annoucement (1999-02-06)</en>">
  16
  17 <p>
  18 <en>
  19 I am pleased to announce the first development release of GNU Classpath,
  20 a project to create a free software replacement for Sun's proprietary
  21 Java class libraries.  The project is initially providing class library
  22 support for the Japhar JVM.
  23 </en>
  24 </p>
  25 <p>
  26 <en>
  27 Here are the answers to some questions you might have about this project
  28 and this release.
  29 </en>
  30 </p>
  31 <p>
  32 <en>
  33 1).  Where can I get it?
  34 </en>
  35 </p>
  36 <p>
  37 <en>
  38 GNU Classpath 0.00 can be downloaded from:
  39 <createlink url="ftp://alpha.gnu.org/pub/gnu/classpath/classpath-0.00.tar.gz"
  40       name="ftp://alpha.gnu.org/pub/gnu/classpath/classpath-0.00.tar.gz">
  41 </en>
  42 </p>
  43 <p>
  44 <en>
  45 2).  What is included?
  46 </en>
  47 </p>
  48 <p>
  49 <en>
  50 The following java packages are supported:
  51 </en>
  52 </p>
  53 <UL>
  54   <LI>java.beans</LI>
  55   <LI>java.io</LI>
  56   <LI>java.lang</LI>
  57   <LI>java.lang.reflect</LI>
  58   <LI>java.math</LI>
  59   <LI>java.net</LI>
  60   <LI>java.security (partial and non-functioning)</LI>
  61   <LI>java.security.acl</LI>
  62   <LI>java.security.interfaces</LI>
  63   <LI>java.util</LI>
  64 </UL>
  65 <p>
  66 <en>
  67 This is enough to run many non-awt programs.  Not all classes and methods
  68 are implemented in this release, but most are.  The major missing piece
  69 of core functionality is java.text.  Many of the implemented classes are
  70 already up to the Java 1.2 spec.
  71 </en>
  72 </p>
  73 <p>
  74 <en>
  75 3).  What is required to build/install/run?
  76 </en>
  77 </p>
  78 <p>
  79 <en>
  80 GNU Classpath requires that Japhar 0.07 be installed.  Information on
  81 obtaining Japhar is available from <createlink url="http://www.hungry.com/old-hungry/products/japhar/"
  82 name="http://www.hungry.com/old-hungry/products/japhar/">.  A working C compiler is also required.  You
  83 will need the Sun JDK installed if you elect to recompile the Java
  84 classes.
  85 </en>
  86 </p>
  87 <p>
  88 <en>
  89 4).  What platforms are supported?
  90 </en>
  91 </p>
  92 <p>
  93 <en>
  94 GNU/Linux is the only platform that has been tested.  We plan to
  95 eventually support many others.
  96 </en>
  97 </p>
  98 <p>
  99 <en>
 100 5).  Who should use this software?
 101 </en>
 102 </p>
 103 <p>
 104 <en>
 105 This is a development release only.  You should only install it if you
 106 are interested in Classpath development or reporting bugs.  We appreciate
 107 both.  You might also be interested if you enjoy installing random alpha
 108 software.
 109 </en>
 110 </p>
 111 <p>
 112 <en>
 113 6).  Where do I go for more information?
 114 </en>
 115 </p>
 116 <p>
 117 <en>
 118 The project has a web page at
 119 <createlink url="http://www.classpath.org/" name="http://www.classpath.org/">
 120
 121 and
 122
 123 <createlink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/classpath.html"
 124       name="http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/classpath.html">
 125
 126 Information on our mailing list is available at the web site.
 127 </en>
 128 </p>
 129
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