From 8ce13a2d664d446fe71adaf03f4058e603878106 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yoshito Umaoka
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 18:57:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] ICU-10843 Updated ICU4J readme for 54m1.
X-SVN-Rev: 35968
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diff --git a/icu4j/readme.html b/icu4j/readme.html
index 44d96485e2d..b0e5f02e132 100644
--- a/icu4j/readme.html
+++ b/icu4j/readme.html
@@ -14,18 +14,18 @@ h4.doc { text-decoration: underline }
International Components for Unicode for Java (ICU4J)
-Read Me for ICU4J 53 Release Candidate
-(Last Update: 2014-Mar-18)
+Read Me for ICU4J 54 Milestone 1
+(Last Update: 2014-Jun-30)
-Note: This is a release candidate version of ICU4J 53.
+Note: This is a development release of ICU4J 54.
The contents of this document may not reflect the recent changes done
-for ICU 53 development. This release candidate version is intended for those
-planning to integrate ICU4J 53 to software, or to evaluate new features and
-API changes. It is not recommended for production use.
+for ICU 54 development. This milestone is intended for those wishing
+to get an early look at ICU4J 54 new features and API changes. It is not
+recommended for production use.
For the most recent release, see the ICU4J
@@ -131,40 +131,15 @@ found in ICU4J.
Changes In This Release
-See the ICU 53 download page
+
See the ICU 54M1 download page
about new features in this release.
The list of API changes since the previous ICU4J release is available
-here.
+here.
-
- Collation code re-implemented
-
- - New, incompatible data format of the binary collation data in
- coll/*.res and coll/ucadata.icu data files.
- coll/invuca.icu has been removed.
- - Data loading will not fall back to building from rules any more
- when the binary data is missing or does not match the current implementation.
- (This removes the dependency from the "runtime" code on the builder.)
- - Rule syntax and semantics tightened and improved, matching
- LDML 25 Collation Rule Syntax
- (TODO: update link for released LDML 25)
-
- - In particular, rule chains now must start with a reset.
-
-
- - Setting of variableTop deprecated, and not supported in rule syntax any more
-
-
- - Java Collator base class (does not apply to RuleBasedCollator instances):
- getters for strength, decomposition mode, and locales return hardcoded default values;
- their setters do nothing
-
+
+
-
+
License Information
@@ -188,12 +163,12 @@ mean that projects using ICU become subject to GPL.
The IBM version contains the essential text of the license, omitting the
X-specific trademarks and copyright notices. The full copy of ICU's license is included in the download
+ href="http://source.icu-project.org/repos/icu/icu4j/tags/milestone-54-0-1/main/shared/licenses/license.html">ICU's license is included in the download
package.
Platform Dependencies
-ICU4J 53 depends on J2SE 5.0 functionality. Therefore, ICU4J only runs on
+ICU4J 54 depends on J2SE 5.0 functionality. Therefore, ICU4J only runs on
JRE version 5.0 or later.
The table below shows the operating systems and JRE/VM versions currently
used by the ICU development team to test ICU4J.
@@ -873,54 +848,54 @@ from release to release, so clients should not depend on the exact
organization
of the data in ICU4J.
- - The primary locale data is under the directory icudt53b,
+
- The primary locale data is under the directory icudt54b,
as a set of ".res" files whose names are the locale identifiers.
Locale naming is documented the
com.ibm.icu.util.ULocale
class, and the use of these names in searching for resources is documented
in com.ibm.icu.util.UResourceBundle
.
- - The collation data is under the directory icudt53b/coll,
+
- The collation data is under the directory icudt54b/coll,
as a set of ".res" files.
- - The currency display name data is under the directory icudt53b/curr,
+
- The currency display name data is under the directory icudt54b/curr,
as a set of ".res" files.
- - The language display name data is under the directory icudt53b/lang,
+
- The language display name data is under the directory icudt54b/lang,
as a set of ".res" files.
- - The region display name data is under the directory icudt53b/region,
+
- The region display name data is under the directory icudt54b/region,
as a set of ".res" files.
- The rule-based transliterator data is under the directory
- icudt53b/translit, as a set of ".res" files.
+ icudt54b/translit, as a set of ".res" files.
- The rule-based number format data is under the directory
- icudt53b/rbnf, as a set of ".res" files.
+ icudt54b/rbnf, as a set of ".res" files.
- The break iterator data is directly under the
- directory icudt53b, as a set of ".brk" files, named according to the
+ directory icudt54b, as a set of ".brk" files, named according to the
type of break and the locale where there are locale-specific versions.
- - The holiday data is under the directory icudt53b,
+
- The holiday data is under the directory icudt54b,
as a set of ".class" files, named "HolidayBundle_"
followed by the locale ID.
- The character property data and default unicode collation algorithm
- (UCA) data is found under the directory icudt53b, as a set of
+ (UCA) data is found under the directory icudt54b, as a set of
".icu" files.
- - The normalization data is found under the directory icudt53b,
+
- The normalization data is found under the directory icudt54b,
as a set of ".nrm" files.
- The character set converter data is under the directory
- icudt53b, as a set of ".cnv" files. These files are
+ icudt54b, as a set of ".cnv" files. These files are
currently included only in icu-charset.jar.
- The time zone rule data is under the directory
- icudt53b, as zoneinfo64.res.
+ icudt54b, as zoneinfo64.res.
- The time zone display name data is under the directory
- icudt53b/zone, as a set of ".res" files.
+ icudt54b/zone, as a set of ".res" files.
Some of the data files alias or otherwise reference data from other
@@ -1015,9 +990,9 @@ ICU4J data is built by ICU4C tools. Please see "icu4j-readme.txt" in $icu4c_r
Generating Data from CLDR
Note: This procedure assumes that all 3 sources are present
- - Checkout or download CLDR version 'release-25'
- - Checkout ICU4C with tag 'release-53-1'
- - Checkout ICU4J with tag 'release-53-1'
+ - Checkout or download CLDR version 'release-26'
+ - Checkout ICU4C with tag 'release-54-1'
+ - Checkout ICU4J with tag 'release-54-1'
- cd to $icu4c_root/source/data directory
- Follow the instructions in $icu4c_root/source/data/cldr-icu-readme.txt
- Rebuild ICU4C with the newly generated data.
@@ -1029,7 +1004,7 @@ ICU4J data is built by ICU4C tools. Please see "icu4j-readme.txt" in $icu4c_r
About ICU4J Time Zone
-
ICU4J 53 Release Candidate includes time zone data version 2014a, which is the latest one as of
+
ICU4J 54 Milestone 1 includes time zone data version 2014e, which is the latest one as of
the release date. However, time zone data is frequently updated in response
to changes made by local governments around the world. If you need to update
the time zone data, please refer the ICU user guide topic