[gl4java-usergroup] OpenGL for Java 2.8.0.8-prerelease

[Kenneth B. R. <kbr...@al...>]

[Sending for Sven, who just finished pulling an all-nighter
getting this checked in]

OpenGL for Java 2.8.0.8-prerelease is now available.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/gl4java/

This release includes:

 - Built-in support for JDK 1.4 and New I/O for faster and more
   reliable vertex array support
 - Support for (almost all of) OpenGL 1.3 via use of the Mesa 3.4
   headers

I believe work on the following is underway but not yet complete:

 - More vendor extensions
 - Support for fullscreen mode (not sure exactly how. With the
   current JDK 1.4 beta, the JDK-provided fullscreen mode is
   working with GL4Java. On Windows, one must specify
   -Dsun.java2d.noddraw on the command line.)

Thanks to Sven for integrating all of this. A lot of cool stuff
will be possible with 2.8.0. This prerelease is a major milestone.