Published by Adam Myatt on 14 Aug 2008

NetBeans 6.5 Beta Released

The NetBeans team has announced the availability of NetBeans 6.5 Beta.

Some new and improved features include :

  • PHP version of the IDE
  • Improved Eclipse project import
  • Compile on Save / Deploy on Save
  • Groovy and Grails support
  • and much more!

Check out the official release page : http://www.netbeans.org/community/releases/65/

Published by Adam Myatt on 25 Jul 2008

Sun Releases Java 6 Update 7 (JDK 1.6.0.07)

BugId Category Subcategory Description
6511756 hotspot jvmpi forte_is_valid_method() should call CollectedHeap::is_in_reserved() rather than is_in()
6671051 java

classes_lang (process) Runtime.exec() hangs if signalled during fork/exec
6652375 java classes_security Add replacement GlobalSign Root CA to JDK
6696605 java

classes_security

Add Secom root certificates to the JDK
6656050 java classes_security

Add AOL Root CA #2 to JDK
6679340 java classes_util_i18n (tz) Support tzdata2008b
6685178 java monitoring

REGRESSION: NPE in ConnectorBootstrap when Agent.getManagementProperties() returns null.

6643315 java sunservicetags Product Registration Info button in the Windows JDK installer should use default browser

6656520 java_plugin misc Loading cacerts file from running JRE directory (JRE 1.4.2)
6567254 java_plugin ns6 Stack stomp in CSecureJNIEnv
6674757 java_plugin plugin Firefox hang upon first applet launch with Windows OEM builds of Java
6709297 javawebstart other Wonderland does not install via webstart with 6u10 b21 or later

6620632

jaxp stax DTD event is missing entity and notation information

Published by Adam Myatt on 05 May 2008

Sun Distributes ‘100 NetBeans IDE Tips and Tricks’ Mini-Book at NetBeans Day 2008.

Throughout Sun’s CommunityOne 2008 (specifically the NetBeans track), they distributed the standard swag one might expect of this type of event (bags, hats, shirts, etc.). At the conclusion of NetBeans Day, they also distributed a new mini-book about NetBeans tips and tricks. Roughly 140 pages, the book was authored by Ruth Kusterer, a technical writer for Sun Microsystems based in the Czech Republic. The book covers 100 tips and tricks that were collected from NetBeans documentation, blogs, forums, and the NetBeans community.

The 100 NetBeans Tips and Tricks book includes the following:

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Published by Adam Myatt on 05 May 2008

NetBeans Day at CommunityOne 2008

Greetings everyone! I’m currently attending CommunityOne 2008 in San Francisco, California. I just wanted to provide a quick overview for folks who couldn’t make it here…

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Published by Adam Myatt on 01 May 2008

Sun Releases Java 6 Update 6 (JDK 1.6.0.06)

Bug fixes in JDK 1.6.0.6.

BugId Category Subcategory Description
6532373 java classes_awt xcb_xlib.c:50: xcb_xlib_unlock: Assertion ‘c->xlib.lock’ failed.
6632169 java classes_net HttpClient and HttpsClient should not try to reverse lookup IP address of a proxy server
6648816 java classes_security REGRESSION: setting -Djava.security.debug=failure result in NPE in ACC
6650748 java classes_util_i18n (tz) Java runtime doesn’t detect VET time zone correctly on Windows
6673080 java classes_util_i18n (tz) Support tzdata2008a
6676491 java sunservicetags Incorrect locale specified in the URL embedded in the register[_<locale>].html
6641731 java_deployment general The Java control panel is not showing up in the Windows Vista control panel on a AMD 64 machine
6618901 java_plugin plugin 6.0 JRE applet running on Vista limits heap to 64 MB
6648381 java_plugin plugin FontConfiguration exception preventing applets from loading
6595845 javawebstart general Java 6 JavaWebstart increases footprint by factor 2
6648395 javawebstart install JWS can’t find cache file after network crash
6672868 jax-ws other Package javax.xml.ws.wsaddressing not included in make/docs/CORE_PKGS.gmk
6578538 jce classes_crypto com.sun.crypto.provider.SunJCE instance leak using KRB5 and LoginContext

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