In the "gee that took a lot longer than expected", I'd like to announce my rough plan to release abcl-1.5.0 in the next week. The biggest change in the implementation will be the dropping of Java 5 support since there is no longer a freely redistributable JDK5 implementation (it went with the Sun set…) to run the GPL'd ABCL upon. We will endeavor to ensure that Java 6 continues to be supported as long as the openjdk6 is actively maintained. As always, comments and patches solicited. Yers in CONS, Mark
Milestones ========== Drop Java 5; ensure Java [678] work well. ABCL-CONTRIB ------------ ABCL-BUILD Unified build system (using UIOP; able to install and use Ant, Maven, and others via interactive restarts) ABCL-INTROSPECT Vastly improved support for Java object introspection (Used via as yet unreleased SLIME patches https://github.com/easye/slime.git) CL:DISASSEMBLE works "out of the box" with JAD (if installed on PATH), or Objectweb ABCL-AIO Package arbitrary run-time dependencies (both Java and Lisp) in 'abcl-aio.jar' for customized deployment scenarios ABCL-CONTRIB semantics described (UNIMPLEMENTED) Bootstrap the config mechanism across the network if a local abcl-contrib source tree cannot be located. JSS optimizations & features to support dynamic introspection ABCL-ASDF Robust Maven support -- "A screaming comes across the sky. It has happened before, but there is nothing to compare to it now."