diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 248f083f0..b380e25ba 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ Other changes:
   includes some iPlanet utility tasks
   
 * Add support for JBoss Application Server to the <ejbjar> task. 
+
+* Add a naming attribute to <ejbjar> to control the naming scheme that
+  ejbjar uses to name the generated EJB jars.
   
 * Allow the SQL Delimiter to be set in the so that Oracle stored procs may be
   entered  
@@ -88,6 +91,11 @@ Other changes:
   task cannot determine itself (dependency on parameters, not file
   modification times for example)
 
+* added vmlauncher attribute to exec tasks. This defaults to true. If
+  it is set to false, the VM's ability to launch commands in bypassed
+  and the OS shell, either directly or through the auxillary antRun 
+  scripts is used. 
+
 Fixed bugs:
 -----------
 
@@ -126,13 +134,13 @@ Fixed bugs:
 * Initialise classes when loaded through the AntClassLoader - that is, run
   static initializers
   
-* Implement getResource() in AntClassLoader
+* Implement getResource() and getResources() in AntClassLoader
 
 * Create the <ejbjar> weblogic command line as a set of arguments rather than
   as a single line. Avoids problems with paths which contain spaces.
   
 * Make the AntClassLoader load resources in the same order as it currently
-  loads classes
+  loads classes. 
   
 * Allow DTD locations to be specified when building generic ejb-jars
 
diff --git a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/exec.html b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/exec.html
index 6aa6fa860..b9f0b1f33 100644
--- a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/exec.html
+++ b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/exec.html
@@ -66,6 +66,17 @@ systems.</p>
       variables are specified.</td>
     <td align="center" valign="top">No, default is <i>false</i></td>
   </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td valign="top">vmlauncher</td>
+    <td valign="top">Run command using the Java VM's execution facilities
+        where available. If set to false the underlying OS's shell,
+        either directly or through the antRun scripts, will be used.
+        Under some operating systems, this gives access to facilities
+        not nomrally available through the VM including, under Windows,
+        being able to execute scripts, rather than their associated
+        interpreter.</td>
+    <td align="center" valign="top">No, default is <i>true</i></td>
+  </tr>
 </table>
 <h3>Examples</h3>
 <blockquote>
diff --git a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/execon.html b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/execon.html
index d8dfe3c51..89af14710 100644
--- a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/execon.html
+++ b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/execon.html
@@ -63,6 +63,17 @@ command. At least one nested <code>&lt;fileset&gt;</code> is required.</p>
       variables are specified.</td>
     <td align="center" valign="top">No, default is <i>false</i></td>
   </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td valign="top">vmlauncher</td>
+    <td valign="top">Run command using the Java VM's execution facilities
+        where available. If set to false the underlying OS's shell,
+        either directly or through the antRun scripts, will be used.
+        Under some operating systems, this gives access to facilities
+        not nomrally available through the VM including, under Windows,
+        being able to execute scripts, rather than their associated
+        interpreter.</td>
+    <td align="center" valign="top">No, default is <i>true</i></td>
+  </tr>
   <tr>
     <td valign="top">skipemptyfilesets</td>
     <td valign="top">Don't run the command, if no source files have