Version 2.12 -> 2.13
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 - fixed bug with name collision between method and static field of same name
 - added --maxheap, --egg-info and --extra-setup-arg parameters (Chris Wilson)
 - added check for duplicate class names in generated Python module
 - updated setuptools patch logic to accomodate new 0.6.15 and up fork
 - fixed issues with with arrays as generics parameters (openjdk 7)
 - added support for auto-boxing primitive types when converting to object array
 - fixed bug with setting a string into an object array
 - fixed bug with decref'ing too early when converting a sequence to an array

Version 2.11 -> 2.12
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 - fixed slice operation bug on JArray (int vs Py_ssize_t on 64-bit systems)
 - fixed bug in argument parsing not detecting soon enough incorrect num args
 - fixed bug in JArray(type) function decref'ing type_name too soon

Version 2.10 -> 2.11
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 - improved recovery from toString() failure, displaying class name instead
 - non public classes listed on command line now wrapped (Lukasz Jancewicz)
 - fixed bug with generating wrappers for unimplemented interface methods
 - fixed bug with generating propMethods for void getters
 - fixed bug with missing code for returning arrays from iterators

Version 2.9 -> 2.10
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 - added javadoc for org.apache.jcc.PythonVM class (Bill Janssen)
 - fixed bug with Constructor.getGenericParameterTypes() losing first parameter

Version 2.8 -> 2.9
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 - fixed bug with excluding inner classes only (Christian Heimes)
 - fixed bug with Python gc in non-attached JVM thread (Christian Heimes)

Version 2.7 -> 2.8
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 - fixed bug with --module using relative paths (Roman Chyla)
 - made fully qualified C++ class names absolute
 - fixed bug with parameterized types not requiring classes found in parameters
 - fixed bug with missing space between >> of nested generics

Version 2.6 -> 2.7
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 - added 'IGNORE' to reserved word list
 - improved --exclude logic to also exclude inner classes of excluded classes
 - moved --find-jvm-dll logic to __init__.py to accomodate Python 2.7
 - fixed bug with faulty Java version logic causing crashes with Java 1.5
 - added logic for finding JavaVM.framework headers on Mac OS X (Bill Janssen)

Version 2.5 -> 2.6
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 - added freebsd7 settings to setup.py (Sujan Shakya)
 - added support for unix-specific --home distutils install parameter
 - added support for extracting JAVAHOME from Windows registry (Bill Janssen)
 - updated MANIFEST.in as sdist started creating incomplete source archives
 - improved support for building on Windows with mingw32 (Bill Janssen)
 - added support for --find-jvm-dll parameter (Bill Janssen)
 - fixed bug with not inheriting type parameters to inner parameterized classes
 - added support for of_() method to set instance type parameters
 - fixed bug with not heeding type parameter for --sequence get method
 - parameterized return values are now unboxed
 - improved auto-boxing of primitive type parameters
 - added support for auto-boxing CharSequence from python str and unicode
 - added support for auto-boxing Number from python int, long and float
 - added 'asm' to list of reserved words
 - added JCC_VERSION string to modules using JCC
 - added support for --resources
 - fixed bug with array Release calls using isCopy instead of 0 mode
 - added support for --import
 - added read-only env.classpath property
 - config.py now written only during build or when missing (Christian Heimes)
 - fixed bug with not enforcing Iterable for iterator method detection

Version 2.4 -> 2.5
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 - added env.jni_version for the JNI version as returned by JNI's GetVersion()
 - added env.java_version for java.lang.System.getProperty('java.version')
 - default value to initVM's classpath parameter now is importing module's
 - added support for Java generics
 - added 'string_' property to JArray('byte') instances to extract byte string
 - fixed bug with passing list of extension objects
 - reworked iterator and enumeration 'next' templates to shortcut C++ wrappers
 - fixed bug in code comparing setuptools versions when >= 0.6c10
 - verified build against setuptools from distribute 0.6.6
 - renamed patch.43 to differentiate setuptools versions

Version 2.3 -> 2.4
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 - added 'typeof' to reserved word list
 - added Java stacktrace to __str__() of JavaError, fixing half of PYLUCENE-1
 - fixed local string ref leaks in JArray<jstring>.get/toSequence (Aric Coady)
 - added --libpath parameter to specify -Djava.library.path
 - classes listed with --exclude are no longer loaded (except for dependencies)
 - added --vmarg to add Java VM initialization parameters (Christian Kofler)
 - added support for passing a directory to --module
 - byte values are now returned as signed numbers as opposed to one-char strs
 - added --arch command line flag to filter Mac OS X python config settings
 - cast_() and instance_() methods now generated on extension classes as well
 - fixed bug with reporting Python error that occurred in an extension class

Version 2.2 -> 2.3
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 - fixed Solaris compilation issue with using va_arg() with function pointers
 - added --reserved command line arg to extend list of words to mangle
 - fixed bug with initJCC not being run when Python VM embedded in JVM
 - added --wininst to enable use of bdist_wininst with distutils (Jonas Maurus)
 - added --help to describe command line options (Jonas Maurus)
 - added support for --rename to workaround python flattened namespace clashes
 - fixed bug with Enumeration/Iterator template function instantiation
 - removed -framework Python from darwin link flags in setup.py

Version 2.1 -> 2.2
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 - JCC now a subproject of the Apache PyLucene project
 - fixed bug where thread's JNIEnv was not set before calling findClass()
 - unhandled java exception now is printed out via ExceptionDescribe()
 - added cast to placate Solaris compiler error in JArray.cpp
 - JArray Python wrappers should return None when passed a null array
 - added JDK variable to setup.py to better parameterize build configuration
 - added support for proxying mapping and sequence protocols on FinalizerProxy
 - changed Type suffix to $$Type to avoid clashes with like-named Java classes
 - added 'bool' and 'operator' to list of reserved words
 - added support for packages and classes named with C++ reserved words
 - static methods shadowed by non-static methods of same name now '_' suffixed
 - added 'java.lang' to --package by default
 - added isCurrentThreadAttached() method to VMEnv
 - added MANIFEST.in to exclude generated jcc/config.py (Christian Heimes)
 - passing strings for byte[] or char[] is no longer supported, use JArray
 - failure to call initVM() now reported with error instead of crash
 - failure to find class now reported with error instead of crash
 - failure to call attachCurrentThread() now reported with error, not crash

Version 2.0 -> 2.1
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 - fixed bug with not checking missing module name when attempting build
 - increased jcc's java stack to 512k
 - added support for iPod/iPhone, with shared mode
 - added missing cast to jweak in call to DeleteWeakGlobalRef()
 - fixed local string ref leak in JArray<jstring> (Aaron Lav)
 - fixed local ref leak if ref for object already exists in table (Aaron Lav)
 - fixed bug with error reporting from class methods (Aaron Lav)
 - fixed bug with reporting python errors with RuntimeException when not shared
 - removed bogus storage class from template specializations (Joseph Barillari)

Version 1.9 -> 2.0
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 - fixed bug with failed findClass() import
 - fixed bug http://bugzilla.osafoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12127
 - added -ljvm to linux2 and sunos5 LFLAGS
 - added support for using JCC in reverse (starting from Java VM) (shared only)
 - using PythonException for reporting Python errors (shared only)
 - inserted Apache 2.0 license copyright notices
 - fixed bug with declaring array parameters in extension methods
 - added support for --module to add individual python files to resulting egg
 - JCC in reverse functional on Mac OS X and Linux
 - fixed JCC in reverse threading issues
 - JCC in reverse usable with Tomcat
 - got python stacktrace into PythonException's message
 - added 'self' property to get wrapped python object from extension wrapper
 - added headless AWT workaround to JCC's own initVM() call
 - added DEBUG_CFLAGS to setup.py to improve debug build support
 - fixed uninitialized Class class bug (parseArgs)
 - added errorName field to PythonException
 - added support for excluding stack trace from PythonException
 - arrays are now wrapped by JArray() objects instead of expanded into lists
 - return by value in arrays now supported
 - added support for nested arrays via JArray().cast_()
 - included patch to setuptools to support shared mode on Linux

Version 1.8 -> 1.9
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 - fixed code generation for clone() broken by finalization proxy work
 - added 'union' to the list of reserved words
 - fixed castCheck() to work with finalization proxies
 - --compile no longer installs by default
 - fixed bug in __init__.cpp #include statements for package-less classes
 - fixed line ending bug on Windows
 - fixed multiple JCC-built extensions in same process problem
 - removed env argument from initVM() as it's redundant with the libjcc.dylib
 - reimplemented env->setClassPath() in terms of system URLClassLoader hack
 - added support for --include option
 - added 'NULL' to list of reserved words
 - added support for building shared libjcc library on Mac OS X and Linux
 - fixed bug with generating wrappers for abstract Enumeration implementations
 - added support for --install-dir and --use-distutils options
 - copy jcc runtime sources into extension source tree before compiling
 - added detection of invalid command line args
 - fixed double-free bug when passing in vmargs
 - added defines to enable building with MinGW (Bill Janssen)
 - added support for --bdist
 - added support for --compiler
 - fixed crasher on Windows with virtual JObject.weaken$()
 - fixed bug not checking return value from initVM()
 - fixed bug with findClass() not catching C++ exception when class not found
 - added missing code in parseArgs() to handle double[], float[] and long[]

Version 1.7 -> 1.8
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 - fixed bug using the wrong field modifiers for setter (Bill Janssen)
 - added missing calls for generating wrappers for ancestors of Exception
 - added missing call for generating wrappers for String
 - added note about --classpath to README

Version 1.6 -> 1.7
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 - fixed memory leak when calling inherited methods via callSuper()
 - added support for building on Solaris with Sun Studio C++ (Solaris 11)
 - fixed leak of local refs of jstring when converting to an array of String
 - automated finalization of extensions via proxy for breaking ref cycle
 - added Py_CLEAR and Py_VISIT macros for Python 2.3.5 compilation

Earlier versions (changes included in PyLucene versions < 2.3)
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 - see http://svn.osafoundation.org/pylucene/trunk/jcc/CHANGES