[ANN] TAO 2.2.6 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 6.2.6, TAO 2.2.6, CIAO 1.2.6, and DAnCE 1.2.6, 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.

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

. Resolved several data races reported by Intel Inspector XE

. Added optional socket connection optimization for Windows

. Improve functionality and stability of running tests on
Android Virtual Device (AVD).

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

. Fix bug with mt_noupcall that allowed upcalls while waiting for a new
connection

. Improved the performance of dynamic thread pool when activating new
threads

. Improved the performance of the SYNC_WITH_SERVER oneway
synchronization when used in conjunction with the CSD framework and POA
thread pools

. Fix support for long double types when used with dynamic Anys

. Improve functionality and stability of running tests on
Android Virtual Device (AVD).

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

. When a component gets removed from a deployment it is
now unregistered from the naming service

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

. None

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

0 MPC bugzilla issue fixed:

0 ACE bugzilla issues fixed:

1 TAO bugzilla issues fixed:
4121 SSLIOP fails when wchar is enabled

1 CIAO bugzilla issues fixed:
4106 Automatic unbind from Naming Service is not performed on Component
removal

0 DAnCE bugzilla issues fixed: