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     has a <name>.

     Each <day> element contains one or more <event> elements.

     Each <event> contains an optional <title>, and then a <p>.  <p> elements
     can contain <a> anchors.

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<news>
    <cvs:keyword xmlns:cvs="http://www.FreeBSD.org/XML/CVS">
      $FreeBSD$
    </cvs:keyword>

  <year>
    <name>2012</name>

    <month>
      <name>May</name>

      <day>
	<name>09</name>

	<event>
	  <title><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/">&openjdk;</a> 6
	    updated to Build 25.</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a>
	    updates the <a
	      href="http://openjdk.java.net/">&openjdk;</a> 6 port to
	    Build 25.  See the <a href="dists/16.html">JDK 1.6.x
	    page</a> for more details.</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>
  </year>

  <year>
    <name>2011</name>

    <month>
      <name>November</name>

      <day>
	<name>30</name>

	<event>
	  <title><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/">&openjdk;</a> 6
	    updated to Build 24.</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:jkim@FreeBSD.org">Jung-uk Kim</a> updates
	    the <a href="http://openjdk.java.net/">&openjdk;</a> 6
	    port to Build 24.  See the <a href="dists/16.html">JDK
	    1.6.x page</a> for more details.</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>August</name>

      <day>
	<name>9</name>

	<event>
	  <title><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/">&openjdk;</a> 6
	    updated to Build 23.</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:jkim@FreeBSD.org">Jung-uk Kim</a> updates
	    the <a href="http://openjdk.java.net/">&openjdk;</a> 6
	    port to Build 23.  See the <a href="dists/16.html">JDK
	    1.6.x page</a> for more details.</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>March</name>

      <day>
	<name>1</name>

	<event>
	  <title><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/">&openjdk;</a> 6
	    updated to Build 22.</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:jkim@FreeBSD.org">Jung-uk Kim</a> updates
	    the <a href="http://openjdk.java.net/">&openjdk;</a> 6
	    port to Build 22.
	    See the <a href="dists/16.html">JDK 1.6.x page</a>
	    for more details.</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>February</name>

      <day>
	<name>9</name>

	<event>
	  <title><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/">&openjdk;</a> 6
	    updated to Build 21.</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:jkim@FreeBSD.org">Jung-uk Kim</a> updates
	    the <a href="http://openjdk.java.net/">&openjdk;</a> 6
	    port to Build 21.  See the <a href="dists/16.html">JDK
	      1.6.x page</a>
	    for more details.</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>
  </year>

  <year>
    <name>2010</name>

    <month>
      <name>July</name>

      <day>
	<name>10</name>

	<event>
	  <title><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/">&openjdk;</a> 6
	    updated to Build 20.</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a>'
	    update of the <a
	      href="http://openjdk.java.net/">&openjdk;</a> 6 port to
	    Build 20 has been committed.  See the <a
	      href="dists/16.html">JDK 1.6.x page</a> for more
	    details.</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>May</name>

      <day>
	<name>17</name>

	<event>
	  <title><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/">&openjdk;</a> 6
	    updated to Build 19.</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:lev@FreeBSD.org">Lev A. Serebryakov</a>'s
	    update of the <a
	      href="http://openjdk.java.net/">&openjdk;</a> 6 port to
	    Build 19 has been committed.  See the <a
	      href="dists/16.html">JDK 1.6.x page</a> for more
	    details.</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>January</name>

      <day>
	<name>16</name>

	<event>
	  <title><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/">&openjdk;</a> 6
	    updated to Build 17.</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:openjdk@getsnappy.com">Brian Gardner</a>
	    has released an update of the <a
	      href="http://openjdk.java.net/">&openjdk;</a> 6 port to
	    Build 17.  See the <a href="dists/16.html">JDK 1.6.x
	    page</a> for more details.</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>
  </year>

  <year>
    <name>2009</name>

    <month>
      <name>May</name>

      <day>
	<name>5</name>

	<event>
	  <title><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/">&openjdk;</a> 6
	    updated to Build 16.</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:openjdk@getsnappy.com">Brian Gardner</a>
	    has released an update of the <a
	      href="http://openjdk.java.net/">&openjdk;</a> 6 port to
	    Build 16.  See the <a href="dists/16.html">JDK 1.6.x
	    page</a> for more details.</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>March</name>

      <day>
	<name>5</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Patchset 9 for &jdk;&nbsp;1.5 released</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has
	    released the ninth patchset (patchset 9) in the
	    &jdk;&nbsp;1.5 series.  See the <a
	    href="dists/15.html">JDK 1.5.x page</a> for more
	    details.</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>February</name>

      <day>
	<name>23</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Port of <a href="http://openjdk.java.net/">&openjdk;</a> 6
	    committed</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:openjdk@getsnappy.com">Brian
	    Gardner</a>'s port of <a
	      href="http://openjdk.java.net/">&openjdk;</a> 6 is
	    committed to the Ports Collection as java/openjdk6.  See
	    the <a href="dists/16.html">JDK 1.6.x page</a> for more
	    details.</p>
	</event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>6</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Port of <a href="http://openjdk.java.net/">&openjdk;</a> 6
	    announced</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:openjdk@getsnappy.com">Brian Gardner</a>
	    has announced a port of <a
	      href="http://openjdk.java.net/">&openjdk;</a>
	    6 to FreeBSD 7.x.  See the <a href="dists/16.html">JDK
	    1.6.x page</a> for more details.</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>
  </year>

  <year>
    <name>2008</name>

    <month>
      <name>July</name>

      <day>
	<name>18</name>

	<event>
	  <title>The FreeBSD Foundation has announced binary releases
	    of the JDK 1.6 and JRE 1.6</title>

	  <p><a href="http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/">The FreeBSD
	    Foundation</a> has announced binary releases of the JDK
	    1.6 and JRE 1.6.  For more details, see the <a
	      href="http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/press/2008Jul-newsletter.shtml">
	    Foundation newsletter</a> and the <a
	      href="http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java.shtml">download
	    page</a>.</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>February</name>

      <day>
	<name>24</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Patchset 8 for &jdk;&nbsp;1.5 released</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has
	    released the eighth patchset (patchset 8) in the
	    &jdk;&nbsp;1.5 series.  See the <a
	    href="dists/15.html">JDK 1.5.x page</a> for more
	    details.</p>
	</event>

	<event>
	  <title>Patchset 4 for &jdk;&nbsp;1.6 released</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has
	    released the fourth patchset (patchset 4) in the
	    &jdk;&nbsp;1.6 series.  See the <a
	    href="dists/16.html">JDK 1.6.x page</a> for more
	    details.</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>
  </year>

  <year>
    <name>2007</name>

    <month>
      <name>November</name>

      <day>
	<name>15</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Patchset 3 for &jdk;&nbsp;1.6 released</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has
	    released the third patchset (patchset 3) in the
	    &jdk;&nbsp;1.6 series.  See the <a
	    href="dists/16.html">JDK 1.6.x page</a> for more
	    details.</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>October</name>

      <day>
	<name>28</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Patchset 2 for &jdk;&nbsp;1.6 released</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has
	    released the second patchset (patchset 2) in the
	    &jdk;&nbsp;1.6 series.  See the <a
	    href="dists/16.html">JDK 1.6.x page</a> for more
	    details.</p>
	</event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>23</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Patchset 7 for &jdk;&nbsp;1.5 released</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has
	    released the seventh patchset (patchset 7) in the
	    &jdk;&nbsp;1.5 series.  See the <a
	    href="dists/15.html">JDK 1.5.x page</a> for more
	    details.</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>August</name>

      <day>
	<name>2</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Patchset 1 for &jdk;&nbsp;1.6 released</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has
	    released the first patchset (patchset 1) in the
	    &jdk;&nbsp;1.6 series.  See the <a
	    href="dists/16.html">JDK 1.6.x page</a> for more
	    details.</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>July</name>

      <day>
	<name>26</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Patchset 6 for &jdk;&nbsp;1.5 released</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has
	    released the sixth patchset (patchset 6) in the
	    &jdk;&nbsp;1.5 series.  See the <a
	    href="dists/15.html">JDK 1.5.x page</a> for more
	    details.</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>June</name>

      <day>
	<name>8</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Patchset 5 for &jdk;&nbsp;1.5 released</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has
	    released the fifth patchset (patchset 5) in the
	    &jdk;&nbsp;1.5 series.  See the <a
	    href="dists/15.html">JDK 1.5.x page</a> for more
	    details.</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>January</name>

      <day>
	<name>24</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Patchset 4 for &jdk;&nbsp;1.5 released</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has
	    released the fourth patchset (patchset 4) in the
	    &jdk;&nbsp;1.5 series.  See the <a
	    href="dists/15.html">JDK 1.5.x page</a> for more
	    details.</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>
  </year>

  <year>
    <name>2006</name>

    <month>
      <name>April</name>

      <day>
	<name>7</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Patchset 3 for &jdk;&nbsp;1.5 released</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has
	    released the third patchset (patchset 3) in the
	    &jdk;&nbsp;1.5 series.  See the <a
	    href="dists/15.html">JDK 1.5.x page</a> for more
	    details.</p>
	</event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>5</name>

	<event>
	  <title>The FreeBSD Foundation has announced binary releases
	  of the JDK 1.5 and JRE 1.5</title>

	  <p><a href="http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/">The FreeBSD
	    Foundation</a> has announced binary releases of the JDK
	    1.5 and JRE 1.5.  For more details, see the <a
	      href="http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/press/20060405-PRrelease.shtml">press
	    release</a> and <a
	      href="http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java.shtml">download
	    page</a>.</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>
  </year>

  <year>
    <name>2005</name>

    <month>
      <name>December</name>

      <day>
	<name>19</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Patchset 8 for &jdk;&nbsp;1.4 released</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has
	    released the eighth patchset (patchset 8) in the
	    &jdk;&nbsp;1.4 series.  See the
	    JDK 1.4.x page for more
	    details.</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>September</name>

      <day>
	<name>3</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Patchset 2 for &jdk;&nbsp;1.5 released</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has
	    released the second patchset in the &jdk;&nbsp;1.5 series.
	    See the <a href="dists/15.html">JDK 1.5.x page</a> for
	    more details.</p>

	</event>
      </day>
    </month>


    <month>
      <name>January</name>

      <day>
	<name>19</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Patchset 1 for &jdk;&nbsp;1.5 released</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has
	    released the initial patchset (patchset 1) in the
	    &jdk;&nbsp;1.5 series.  See the <a
	    href="dists/15.html">JDK 1.5.x page</a> for more
	    details.</p>

	</event>
      </day>
    </month>
  </year>

  <year>
    <name>2004</name>

    <month>
      <name>December</name>

      <day>
	<name>13</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Patchset 7 for &jdk;&nbsp;1.4 released</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has
	    released the seventh patchset (patchset 7) in the
	    &jdk;&nbsp;1.4 series.  See the
	    JDK 1.4.x page for more
	    details.</p>

	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>October</name>

      <day>
	<name>25</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Security vulnerability in Java browser
	    plugin.</title>

	  <p>A <a
	      href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1029">
	    security vulnerability</a> was announced in the Java
	    browser plugin.  The jdk14 port was fixed in 1.4.2p6_7.
	    The jdk13 port is still vulnerable.  You can check the
	    exact ports and versions which are vulnerable <a
	      href="http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/ac619d06-3ef8-11d9-8741-c942c075aa41.html">here</a>.</p>

	</event>
      </day>
    </month>
  </year>

  <year>
    <name>2003</name>

    <month>
      <name>December</name>

      <day>
	<name>30</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Patchset 6 for &jdk;&nbsp;1.4 released</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has
	    released the sixth patchset (patchset 6) in the
	    &jdk;&nbsp;1.4 series.  See the
	    JDK 1.4.x page for more
	    details.</p>
	</event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>19</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Patchset 9 for &jdk;&nbsp;1.3.1 released</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has
	    released an updated patchset (patchset 9) for the
	    &jdk;&nbsp;1.3.1 software. See the
	    JDK 1.3.x page for more
	    details.</p>

	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>November</name>

      <day>
	<name>11</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Patchset 5 for &jdk;&nbsp;1.4 released</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has
	    released the fifth patchset (patchset 5) in the
	    &jdk;&nbsp;1.4 series.  See the
	    JDK 1.4.x page for more
	    details.</p>

	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>October</name>

      <day>
	<name>10</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Patchset 4 for &jdk;&nbsp;1.4 released</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has
	    released the fourth patchset (patchset 4) in the
	    &jdk;&nbsp;1.4 series.  See the
	    JDK 1.4.x page for more
	    details.</p>

	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>August</name>

      <day>
	<name>26</name>

	<event>
	  <title>FreeBSD Foundation announces native support for
	  &jdk;&nbsp;1.3.1</title>

	  <p>The FreeBSD Foundation <a
	      href="http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/press/20030825-java131.shtml">
	    announces</a> native support for &jdk;&nbsp;1.3.1 on
	    FreeBSD.</p>

	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>March</name>

      <day>
	<name>7</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Patchset 3 for &jdk;&nbsp;1.4 released</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has
	    released the third patchset (patchset 3) in the
	    &jdk;&nbsp;1.4 series.  See the
	    JDK 1.4.x page for more
	    details.</p>

	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>February</name>

      <day>
	<name>12</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Patchset 8 for &jdk;&nbsp;1.3.1 released</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has
	    released an updated patchset (patchlevel 8) for the
	    &jdk;&nbsp;1.3.1 software. See the
	    JDK 1.3.x page for more
	    details.</p>
	</event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>4</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Patchset 2 for &jdk;&nbsp;1.4 released</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has
	    released the second patchset (patchset 2) in the
	    &jdk;&nbsp;1.4 series.  See the
	    JDK 1.4.x page for more
	    details.</p>

	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

  </year>
  <year>
    <name>2002</name>

    <month>
      <name>November</name>

      <day>
	<name>15</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Patchset 1 for &jdk;&nbsp;1.4 released</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has
	    released a first patchset (patchlevel 1) for the
	    &jdk;&nbsp;1.4.0 software. See the
	    JDK 1.4.x page for more
	    details.</p>

	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>September</name>

      <day>
	<name>18</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Patchset 11 for &jdk;&nbsp;1.2.2 released</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has
	    released an updated patchset (patchlevel 11) for the
	    &jdk;&nbsp;1.2.2 software. See the
	    JDK 1.2.x page for more
	    details.</p>
	</event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>17</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Linux Version of J2SE 1.4.1 FCS available in
	  ports</title>

	  <p>Right after Sun released J2SE 1.4.1 FCS, the Linux
	    version was made available in the FreeBSD Ports
	    system. See <a href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/">J2SE
	    1.4.1 page</a> for more details.</p>

	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>July</name>

      <day>
	<name>26</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Patchset 7 for &jdk;&nbsp;1.3.1 released</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has
	    released an updated patchset (patchlevel 7) for the
	    &jdk;&nbsp;1.3.1 software. See the
	    JDK 1.3.x page for more
	    details.</p>

	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>February</name>

      <day>
	<name>13</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Patchset 6 for &jdk;&nbsp;1.3.1 released</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has
	    released an updated patchset (patchlevel 6) for the
	    &jdk;&nbsp;1.3.1 software. See the
	    JDK 1.3.x page for more
	    details.</p>

	</event>
      </day>
    </month>
  </year>

  <year>
    <name>2001</name>

    <month>
      <name>December</name>

      <day>
	<name>22</name>

	<event>
	  <title>FreeBSD Foundation announces license agreement with
	  Sun Microsystems</title>

	  <p>This was posted to announce@FreeBSD.org:</p>

	  <p>The FreeBSD Foundation has secured a license from Sun
	    Microsystems to distribute a native FreeBSD version of
	    both the Java Development Kit (&jdk;) and the Java Runtime
	    Environment (JRE). Thanks to the great efforts of the
	    FreeBSD Java team, these should be available for inclusion
	    with the upcoming release of FreeBSD 4.5 in January,
	    2002.</p>

	  <p>The general availability of a distributable version of
	    Java will benefit end users, commercial users, and
	    developers who use FreeBSD.  Java continues to grow in
	    popularity and has become heavily used in server side web
	    applications, one of FreeBSD's core areas of strength.
	    With an officially licensed binary Java distribution,
	    FreeBSD becomes an ideal platform for execution,
	    development, and deployment of Java based solutions.</p>

	  <p>This agreement would not have been possible without the
	    efforts of <a href="mailto:nate@FreeBSD.org">Nate
	    Williams</a>. Nate not only started the FreeBSD Java
	    porting effort, but also brought Sun Microsystems and the
	    Foundation together to negotiate a license.</p>

	  <p>You can find full text of the announcement <a
	      href="http://daily.daemonnews.org/view_story.php3?story_id=2602">here</a>.</p>

	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>October</name>

      <day>
	<name>16</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Patchset 5 for &jdk;&nbsp;1.3.1 released</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has
	    released an updated patchset (patchlevel 5) for the
	    &jdk;&nbsp;1.3.1 software. See the
	    JDK 1.3.x page for more
	    details.</p>

	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>September</name>

      <day>
	<name>10</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Patchset 4 for &jdk;&nbsp;1.3.1 released</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has
	    released an updated patchset (patchlevel 4) for the
	    &jdk;&nbsp;1.3.1 software. See the
	    JDK 1.3.x page for more
	    details.</p>

	</event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>6</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Sun's Forte for Java 3.0 Community Edition
	  ported</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:sobomax@FreeBSD.org">Maxim Sobolev</a>
	    has created a port of the Sun's <a
	    href="http://www.sun.com/forte/ffj/index.html">Forte[tm]
	    for Java[tm]</a>, release 3.0 Community Edition integrated
	    development environment (IDE).  It can now be built from
	    the ports directory ports/java/forte.</p>

	  <p>The port can be used either with native &jdk;&nbsp;1.3.1,
	    or with Linux &jdk;&nbsp;1.3.1.</p>

	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>August</name>

      <day>
	<name>27</name>

	<event>
	  <title>&jdk;&nbsp;1.3.1 ported</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has
	    released a long-awaited port of the &jdk;&nbsp;1.3.1
	    software.  It can now be built from the ports directory
	    ports/java/jdk13.  See JDK
	    1.3.x for more details.</p>

	  <p>It should be noted that this is very much a
	    developer-only release and it is not recommended for use
	    in production environment.</p>

	</event>
      </day>
    </month>
  </year>

  <year>
    <name>2000</name>

    <month>
      <name>October</name>

      <day>
	<name>14</name>

	<event>
	  <title>&jdk;&nbsp;1.2.2 ported</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:sobomax@FreeBSD.org">Maxim Sobolev</a>
	    has produced a port of the &jdk;&nbsp;1.2.2 software.  It
	    can now be built from the ports directory
	    ports/java/jdk12-beta.  See JDK
	    1.2.x for more details.</p>

	  <p>All the issues noted below are still in place,
	    however.</p>

	  <p>So anyone who has a Java2 port you've been waiting on
	    submitting, now is your chance.</p>

	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>September</name>

      <day>
	<name>15</name>

	<event>
	  <title>New Java patches</title>

	  <p><a href="mailto:sean@stat.duke.edu">Sean O'Connell</a>
	    and <a href="mailto:gallatin@cs.duke.edu">Andrew
	    Gallatin</a> have created patches to enable FreeBSD to run
	    IBM's &jdk;&nbsp;1.3.</p>

	  <p><a href="mailto:ernst@jollem.com">Ernst de Haan</a> has
	    been able to get Sun's Linux &jdk;&nbsp;1.3.0b9 running on
	    4.0-STABLE.  Full details on both can be found
	    here.</p>

	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>August</name>

      <day>
	<name>10</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Sun Java Compatibility Kit Testing</title>

	  <p>On August 7th, 2000, the FreeBSD &jdk; team was given
	    access to Sun's JCK (Java Compatibility Kit), which will
	    allow us to test and (hopefully!)  release a binary
	    version using the current set of patches.  Unfortunately,
	    we are unable (for legal reasons) to distribute a &jdk;
	    that hasn't been run against the JCK like we were able to
	    with the &jdk;&nbsp;1.1.* releases.</p>

	  <p>Unfortunately, as told by Sun (we have no experience
	  *yet*), running the JCK against the port is a difficult and
	  time-consuming process.  Hopefully it won't take us the 3
	  months that Sun expects it to take. :(</p>

	  <p>Finally, there are still some issues regarding Motif&reg;
	    that need to be resolved before a full public release can
	    be made.  Sun is working on that front, and we need to try
	    contacting the OpenGroup to see if we can get a special
	    exception for Motif binary distributions to use in the
	    &jdk; release.</p>

	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>May</name>

      <day>
	<name>3</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Native &jdk;&nbsp;1.2.2 port enters alpha test
	  phase</title>

	  <p>Greg Lewis has just announced that the native FreeBSD
	    &jdk;&nbsp;1.2.2 port has entered alpha test stage.</p>

	  <p>In its current form, the port will build and run on most
	    FreeBSD releases (3.4, 4.0 and 5.0 on x86) and work is
	    being done on the others (2.2.8 on x86 and 4.0 alpha).
	    Most demo applets and applications run.</p>

	  <p>Currently we are looking for enthusiasts who are willing
	    to spend a little time testing the new port.  While this
	    is not a trivial task, there are clear step-by-step
	    instructions on how to build and use the port.</p>

	  <p>The patches may be found, as usual on:</p>
	  <p><a
	    href="http://www.eyesbeyond.com/freebsddom/java/jdk.html">http://www.eyesbeyond.com/freebsddom/java/jdk.html</a></p>
	  <p>More information, open issues and step-by-step
	  instructions may be found at: <a
	    href="http://www.kjkoster.org/java/index.html">http://www.kjkoster.org/java/index.html</a></p>
	</event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>1</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Request for Enhancement - Now the number 1 RFE</title>

	  <p>We have petitioned Sun to provide an official FreeBSD
	    JDK2 port. We are currently in 1st place in the vote
	    count.  If you are a member of the Java Developer's
	    Connection (it's free), you can vote for it as well <a
	      href="http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4288745.html">http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4288745.html</a></p>

	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>March</name>

      <day>
	<name>22</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Pre-Alpha &jdk;&nbsp;1.2.2 patches available.</title>

	  <p>Greg Lewis releases the pre-alpha patches for
	    enterprising Java users to build their own native FreeBSD
	    &jdk;&nbsp;1.2.2 from. This process is not for the faint
	    of heart, and the resulting &jdk; is not for production
	    systems. Having said that, most AWT and Swing demo's have
	    been found to run. There is plenty of work to do, and we
	    need all the testers we can find. Patches and build
	    instructions may be downloaded from <a
	      href="http://www.eyesbeyond.com/freebsd-jdk122-patches-latest.tar.gz">
	    http://www.eyesbeyond.com/freebsd-jdk122-patches-latest.tar.gz</a>. Currently
	    open issues and test results may be found at <a
	      href="http://www.kjkoster.org/java/index.html">
	    http://www.kjkoster.org/java/index.html.</a></p>

	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>January</name>

      <day>
	<name>30</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Blackdown 1.2.2RC4 &jdk;</title>

	  <p>The Linux Blackdown Port Team has released RC4 of
	    &jdk;&nbsp;1.2.  It has been tested on FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE
	    and later and runs all demo applets and jfc demos.
	    Several people have mentioned some problems running it
	    with Apache JServ.  Until it can be added to the FreeBSD
	    port tree, it can be found at <a
	      href="http://www.jmcm.org/tech/ports/linux_jdk.html">
	    http://www.jmcm.org/tech/ports/linux_jdk.html</a>.
	    (Reported by Jose Marques)</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>
  </year>

  <year>
    <name>1999</name>
    <month>
      <name>November</name>
      <day>
	<name>28</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Request for Enhancement</title>

	  <p>We have petitioned Sun to provide an official FreeBSD
	    JDK2 port. We are currently in <b>2nd</b> place in the
	    vote count.  If you are a member of the Java Developer's
	    Connection (it's free), you can vote for it as well <a
	      href="http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4288745.html">http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4288745.html</a></p>
	</event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>9</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Another &jdk;&nbsp;1.1.8 release to fix a separate
class of multicast bugs.</title>

	  <p><a
	      href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/local-distfiles/nate/JDK1.1/jdk1.1.8_AOUT.V99-11-9.tar.gz">jdk1.1.8_AOUT.V99-11-9.tar.gz</a>.
	    For FreeBSD versions 2.2.*, which use the A.OUT binary
	    format.  <a
	      href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/local-distfiles/nate/JDK1.1/jdk1.1.8_ELF.V99-11-9.tar.gz">jdk1.1.8_ELF.V99-11-9.tar.gz</a>.
	    For FreeBSD versions 3.* and 4.* which use the ELF binary
	    format. Note, due to a number of changes in -CURRENT, the
	    &jdk; may not work properly.</p>

	</event>
      </day>
    </month>
    <month>
      <name>October</name>

      <day>
	<name>11</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Work has re-started on the Java2/&jdk;&nbsp;1.2
	  port.</title>

	  <p>Expect an early 'alpha' release of Java2/&jdk;&nbsp;1.2
	    in the coming weeks for FreeBSD 3.3-stable/ELF boxes.</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>September</name>

      <day>
	<name>22</name>

	<event>
	  <title>New &jdk;&nbsp;1.1.8</title>

	  <p>Re-rolled the &jdk;&nbsp;1.1.8 yet again to fixup some
	    minor bugs that people have found, as well as to speedup
	    the &jdk;.  For details checkout the README.FreeBSD
	    supplied in the releases.</p>

	  <p>jdk1.1.8_AOUT.V99-9-22.tar.gz.  For FreeBSD versions
	    2.2.*, which use the A.OUT binary format.</p>

	  <p>jdk1.1.8_ELF.V99-9-22.tar.gz.  For FreeBSD versions 3.*
	    and 4.* which use the ELF binary format.</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>July</name>

      <day>
	<name>19</name>

	<event>
	  <title>New &jdk;&nbsp;1.1.8</title>

	  <p>Re-rolled the &jdk;&nbsp;1.1.8 release to fix a couple of
	    minor (but annoying bugs).  First, the netpatch (see
	    below) was incorporated into the build, and second an
	    annoying Floating Point bug was found and fixed.  The
	    latter bug affected multi-threaded code that did floating
	    point calculations and based on the code could produce
	    completely bogus results.</p>

	  <p>jdk1.1.8_AOUT.V99-7-19.tar.gz.  For FreeBSD versions
	    2.2.*, which use the A.OUT binary format.</p>

	  <p>jdk1.1.8_ELF.V99-7-19.tar.gz.  For FreeBSD versions 3.*
	    and 4.* which use the ELF binary format.</p>
	</event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>2</name>

	<event>
	  <title>New 'CommAPI' porting team announced.</title>

	  <p>Organization of FreeBSD 'CommAPI' porting team which is
	    an effort to make <a
	      href="http://java.sun.com/products/javacomm/index.html">JAVA's
	    CommAPI</a> freely available to the FreeBSD community.
	    Project is coordinated by <a
	      href="mailto:jdricot@ulb.ac.be?subject=JAVA CommAPI: ">
	    DRICOT Jean-Michel</a> and will officially be maintained
	    in <a
	      href="http://student.ulb.ac.be/~jdricot/commapi/">http://student.ulb.ac.be/~jdricot/commapi/</a>.
	    Feel free to contact him if you want to join the
	    project.</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>June</name>

      <day>
	<name>8</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Patch for UDP sockets</title>

	  <p>A small bug was found in the &jdk;&nbsp;1.1.8 release
	    which affected people using UDP sockets.  If you tried to
	    send a packet to the broadcast address, the FreeBSD &jdk;
	    refused with a permissions error.  This error was fixed,
	    and rather than re-releasing the entire release a small
	    patchset was re-rolled for those folks who are
	    experiencing this problem.  If you experience this
	    problem, feel free to download the gzipped tarfile and
	    untar it wherever you installed the jdk.  It will install
	    itself over top of the old version.  If you aren't
	    experiencing the bug, there is no need to apply the patch,
	    although it wouldn't hurt.</p>

	  <p><a href="AOUT.netpatch.tar.gz">AOUT.netpatch.tar.gz</a>.
	    For FreeBSD versions 2.2.*, which use the A.OUT binary
	    format.</p>

	  <p><a href="ELF.netpatch.tar.gz">ELF.netpatch.tar.gz</a>.
	    For FreeBSD versions 3.* and 4.* which use the ELF binary
	    format.</p>
	</event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>3</name>

	<event>
	  <title>New &jdk;&nbsp;1.1.8 release</title>

	  <p>&jdk;&nbsp;1.1.8 for A.OUT and ELF releases.  This
	    release adds support for older 3.*/ELF releases (without
	    requiring any runtime loader changes), as well as fixes
	    bugs in LOCALE and timezone support for all FreeBSD
	    releases.</p>

	  <p>jdk1.1.8_AOUT.V99-6-3.tar.gz.  For FreeBSD versions
	    2.2.*, which use the A.OUT binary format.</p>

	  <p>jdk1.1.8_ELF.V99-6-3.tar.gz.  For FreeBSD versions 3.*
	    and 4.* which use the ELF binary format.</p>

	</event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>1</name>

	<event>
	  <title>JDK2 status</title>

	  <p>Work on &jdk;&nbsp;1.2/JDK2 has been going very slow as
	    the development team has been focusing it's effort on
	    solid JDK1 releases.  For most JDK2 development issues,
	    you can use the JDK1 release and the <a
	      href="http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/index.html#download-swing">Swing</a>
	    releases provided by Sun for JDK1, which works very well
	    under FreeBSD.</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>April</name>

      <day>
	<name>16</name>

	<event>
	  <title>New &jdk;&nbsp;1.1.7 A.OUT release</title>

	  <p>This fixes build problems in the March release.  A new
	    ELF release will be made to support older 3.0 releases as
	    well sometime in the near future.</p>

	  <p>jdk1.1.7_AOUT.V99-4-16.tar.gz.  For FreeBSD versions
	    2.2.*, which use the A.OUT binary format.</p>

	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>March</name>

      <day>
	<name>26</name>

	<event>
	  <title>ELF support for &jdk;&nbsp;1.1.7, as well as a new
A.OUT release which includes minor bugfixes.</title>

	  <p>jdk1.1.7_AOUT.V99-3-24.tar.gz.  For FreeBSD versions
	  2.2.*, which use the A.OUT binary format.</p>

	  <p>jdk1.1.7_ELF.V99-3-25.tar.gz.  For FreeBSD versions 3.x
	    and 4 which use the ELF binary format.  <b>Note</b>: This
	    requires changes made to the runtime loader to support
	    dladdr() functionality made on 1999/3/24.  You will need
	    to be running 3.1-stable or 4.0-current dated later than
	    1999/3/24.  If you don't have the new loader binary or are
	    not tracking -stable or -current, you can download it from
	    <a href="ld-elf.so.1">here</a> and install it as
	    /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1 (you need to be root to do
	    this):</p>

	  <p><pre># install -c -s -o bin -g bin -m 555 -C -fschg
	    <b>ld-elf.so.1</b> /usr/libexec</pre></p>
	</event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>16</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Updates on current development</title>

	  <p>ELF &jdk;&nbsp;1.1.7 : An ELF build of &jdk;&nbsp;1.1.7
	    (for use on FreeBSD 3.x and later) is currently entering
	    it's initial internal testing phase.  A beta release
	    should be available in a few weeks.</p>

	  <p>JDK2 (aka &jdk;&nbsp;1.2): Several individuals are
	    working on porting JDK2 to FreeBSD, but the work is
	    progressing slowly.  This is primarily due to a lack of
	    developer time to work on this project.  (The release of
	    Blackdown's JDK2 port will assist our development when
	    they release their source diffs.)</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>
  </year>

  <year>
    <name>1998</name>
    <month>
      <name>December</name>

      <day>
	<name>21</name>

	<event>
	  <title>jdk1.1.7.V98-12-21.tar.gz</title>

	  <p>Bugfix version of &jdk;&nbsp;1.1.7.  Thanks go to Keith
	    White who tracked down a couple annoying (and serious)
	    bugs in the &jdk;, notably the modulo bug.  This release
	    also has the 256 file-descriptor limit bumped up to 2048.
	    The JRE should also be much more usable, again thanks to
	    Keith.</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>November</name>

      <day>
	<name>14</name>

	<event>
	  <title>jdk1.1.7.V98-11-5.tar.gz</title>

	  <p>Updated to &jdk;&nbsp;1.1.7.  Thanks go to Patrick
	    Gardella <a
	    href="mailto:patrick@FreeBSD.org">patrick@FreeBSD.org</a>
	    who provided most of the testing for this release.</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>September</name>

      <day>
	<name>23</name>

	<event>
	  <title>jdk1.1.6.V98-9-23.tar.gz</title>

	  <p>The August 14 build had jre incorrectly linked in both
	    the &jdk; and the JRE, so a new release was rebuilt with
	    the correct linkage.  Otherwise, there were no changes
	    from the older release.</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>August</name>

      <day>
	<name>22</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Web updates</title>

	  <p>Updated page to list numerous sites who have agreed to
	    mirror the &jdk; and provide ftp access.  Thanks to
	    all!</p>

	</event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>14</name>

	<event>
	  <title>jdk1.1.6.V98-8-14.tar.gz</title>

	  <p>The SO_REUSEADDR option is now correctly set on
	    ServerSockets (may affect other sockets as well.)</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>


    <month>
      <name>July</name>

      <day>
	<name>21</name>

	<event>
	  <title>jdk1.1.6.V98-7-21.tar.gz</title>

	  <p>Updated port to &jdk;&nbsp;1.1.6.  Thanks go to Keith
	    White <a
	      href="mailto:kwhite@site.uottawa.ca">kwhite@site.uottawa.ca</a>
	    who did most of the work to make this release happen!</p>

	  <p>More standard 'naming' for java.version and such.</p>

	  <p>Fixes for UDP/Multicast sockets.</p>

	  <p>The signal abort error may be fixed (knock on wood).</p>

	  <p>Add support for the "KOI8-R" and "CP866" encodings.</p>

	  <p>Timezones now work correctly under FreeBSD (this required
	    some native code, but it is embedded in the &jdk; so
	    shouldn't affect users.  However, FreeBSD has one of the
	    few (only?)  VM's that correctly support Timezones
	    now).</p>

	  <p>sysRmdir() now correctly removes directories.</p>

	  <p>Link in the xpg4 library to support CJK locales.</p>

	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>May</name>

      <day>
	<name>5</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Web updates</title>

	  <p>Updated page to include instruction on how to get Sun's
	    JWS (Java Work Shop) working under FreeBSD.</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>February</name>

      <day>
	<name>25</name>

	<event>
	  <title>jdk1.1.5.V98-2-25.tar.gz</title>

	  <p>&jdk;'s built on 2.2.2 should now work again.</p>

	  <p>The AWT now correctly sets the Window name.</p>

	  <p>Fixed obscure bug that could cause a core dump if you hit
	    a button in a dialog box multiple times.</p>

	  <p>Fixed bug where SHMEM wasn't released when using images,
	    causing a leak.</p>
	</event>
      </day>


      <day>
	<name>12</name>

	<event>
	  <title>New FTP Mirror and Web Updates</title>

	  <p>Johan Larsson graciously provided an ftp mirror site for
	    the &jdk;, so if you have an aversion to using HTTP, then
	    feel free to grab it from his site.</p>

	  <p>Replaced the 'Steaming Cup of Java' logo with the 'Jump
	    to Java' logo, which is more politically (and legally)
	    acceptable to SUN's lawyers.</p>
	</event>
      </day>


      <day>
	<name>9</name>

	<event>
	  <title>jdk1.1.5.V98-2-8.tar.gz</title>

	  <p>Fixed bugs in Process.waitFor()</p>

	  <p>Modified the way the Motif library was linked in. This
	    will allow anyone with a Motif library (static or dynamic)
	    to build their own &jdk; once the patchkit is released. If
	    their Motif license allows for it, they can also make
	    binary releases available.</p>

	  <p>Non blocking reads on PIPE did not work reliably on all
	    versions of the OS.</p>

	  <p>Multicast now works.</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>January</name>

      <day>
	<name>10</name>

	<event>
	  <title>New &jdk; porting team announced</title>

	  <p>Organization of FreeBSD &jdk; porting team, which now
	    jointly creates new &jdk; releases for FreeBSD.</p>

	  <p>New &jdk;&nbsp;1.1.5 binary, which has Motif statically
	    compiled in. (Unfortunately, this release was lost in a
	    disk crash on the ftp server.)</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>
  </year>

</news>