[ANN] TAO 2.2.8 available for download

[Johnny Willemsen]

Hi all,

Once again, thanks to the efforts of many developers, testers, and
users, we are pleased to announce the micro release
of ACE 6.2.8, TAO 2.2.8, CIAO 1.2.8, and DAnCE 1.2.8, which is available
from the usual download location at:

http://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/

under the heading "Latest Micro Release Kit".

The doxygen documentation for this release is also available. In
addition to the packages combined of sources and generate makefiles,
this release provides source-only packages for developers who use MPC to
generate their own makefiles.

We encourage you to download the new release, use it with your
applications, and let us know if you encounter any problems. Please use the:

$ACE_ROOT/PROBLEM-REPORT-FORM
$MPC_ROOT/PROBLEM-REPORT-FORM
$TAO_ROOT/PROBLEM-REPORT-FORM
$CIAO_ROOT/PROBLEM-REPORT-FORM
$DANCE_ROOT/PROBLEM-REPORT-FORM

so that we have the proper version/platform/compiler/options you're
using to report problems. We also request that you take a look at:

$TAO_ROOT/docs/releasenotes/

for the status of various ongoing projects at the DOC group of
Vanderbilt to move ACE+TAO+CIAO+DAnCE forward. Overviews of our recent
progress and upcoming plans are available at:

$ACE_ROOT/NEWS
$TAO_ROOT/NEWS
$CIAO_ROOT/NEWS
$DANCE_ROOT/NEWS

The overall success rates for the test results gathered from all our
daily builds is 98% for the ACE tests and 97% for the TAO, CIAO,
and DAnCE tests.

Please see:

http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/scoreboard/

for a summary of these tests. As always, we appreciate your help in
resolving any remaining problems. Please see:

ACE_ROOT/docs/ACE-bug-process.html

for an overview of our bug fixing policies. Moreover, please see:

http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/support.html

for information commercial support services available from various
companies.

The following is a list of key changes since the last major release.
Please refer to the corresponding ChangeLog files, NEWS files, or
Bugzilla entries for more details on the problem and the nature of fixes
applied.

==============
Changes to ACE
==============

. Add new ACE::make_event_handler<T>() which is similar
to std::make_shared but than for allocation of ACE
event handlers. This template method is only enabled
when ACE_HAS_CPP11 has been defined, which is set
automatically when a C++ compiler with adequate
C++11 support is used. Also ACE_Event_Handler_var is
extended with some C++11 specific operations

. For all reactor types calling cancel_timer with a
nullptr is now allowed, will result in a return of 0

. ACE_DLL and ACE_DLL_Manager have been extended with
the support to retrieve any dynamic loader errors

==============
Changes to TAO
==============

. Address a problem with Failover between primary and backup
ImplRepo locators. Access state information is now shared
during a server restart allowing a client to request a
new server from either the ImR instance.

===============
Changes to CIAO
===============

. Added support for RTI DDS 5.1.0 and deprecated support
for RTI DDS 5.0.0

================
Changes to DAnCE
================

. Any line starting with # in the localityconfig files is
now handled as comment line.

. All locality manager configuration plugins are now loaded
by default by the locality manager

=====================
Bugzilla Issues Fixed
=====================

0 MPC bugzilla issue fixed:

4 ACE bugzilla issues fixed:
4150 Struct size c compatability
4175 ACE_Process_Options::setenv with very long env value fails
4176 ACE_Process::setenv(var, fmt, ...) fails on wchar
4177 ACE_OS::vsnprintf wide-char wrong behavior on formatting error

10 TAO bugzilla issues fixed:
197 Logical Server names should be better supported
672 IMR-ified IOR can be optimized to point to running server
2843 ImR_Locator_i::list fails if listing a subset of registrations and
returning and iterator
3120 ImR_Activator crash on notify_child_death
2126 Leak & bug in ImR_Locator_i::find
3379 ImR/Combined_Service test doesn't cleanup everything
4104 ImR Performance
4107 TAO/orbsvcs/tests/ImplRepo/servers_list/././/server not killed
4152 ImR can errantly start multiple server instances
4183 Scope issues with fe/lex.yy.cpp & executor_ami_exs.cpp

0 CIAO bugzilla issues fixed:

0 DAnCE bugzilla issues fixed: