[Java-gnome-developer] Java-GNOME release 0.6.1

[Jeffrey M. <Jef...@Br...>]

I am pleased to announce the next release of the 
Java-GNOME bindings.  This release has focused
primarily on bug fixes and adding enhancements
to the class library.  Also, signal handling
and object creation have been enhanced to provide
greater stability.

Also with this release you will notice the inclusion
of two applications.  These applications have
been include to demonstrate the usage of
the bindings.  I am looking for developers to
take ownership of these applications and
possibly split them into separate projects
over time.  

The first application is CroMagnon.  CroMagnon
is a crontab editor that was originally 
written in C by Aldy Hernandez.  Thanks to
Aldy for letting us reimplement this app in Java.
The Java-GNOME version of CroMagnon uses
the glade files from the original project.
This application is far from complete and is
waiting for a developer to complete.  You
can see a screenshot on the Java-GNOME web site.

The second application is gnome-postal.  This
application is an IMAP email client.  It is
built upon the work of Jim Frost in his
"Java Class" series in the Server/Workstation
Expert magazine.  The original app written
in the series uses Swing and the JavaMail
API.  Jim was very gracious in allowing us
to add a Gnome user interface to his work.
In anybody is interested in learning how to
use the JavaMail API I would strongly recommend
this series.  Again, there is much work to 
complete on this application.  A screenshot 
is available on the Java-GNOME web site.

The 0.7 release of Java-GNOME will be 
delivered very shortly.  The new release
will provide support for native compilation
utilizing the gcj compiler.  

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Jeffrey S. Morgan
Email: jef...@br...