Java 1.5 to be released with nasty JEditorPane/HTML bug

[Larry Barowski]

I'm posting here in the hopes of applying some pressure to Sun,
so that they might fix this bug before 1.5 final is released.

The bug is " NPE when relative font sizes used in html "
http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=5089077

JEditorPane is now incapable of displaying much of the
HTML generated by javadoc. They should at least fix it to
the point where no NPE is thrown, even if the resulting
HTML display is not perfect.

I would suggest voting for this bug, but it is marked as "Closed,
fixed" - in "mustang", which I guess is 1.6.

 

[Mark Thornton]

I would rather guess 1.5.1; 1.6 is at least 18 months away using the
"standard" release schedule.

Unfortunately Mustang is indeed 1.6 (or 6.0 now). I don't know if a code
name has been allocated for (1.)5.1. Important fixes currently labeled
as Mustang may be migrated to what ever they choose to call 5.1.

Mark Thornton

 

[Tor Iver Wilhelmsen]

I would suggest voting for this bug, but it is marked as "Closed,
fixed" - in "mustang", which I guess is 1.6.

I would rather guess 1.5.1; 1.6 is at least 18 months away using the
"standard" release schedule.