ACE 8.0.0 and TAO 4.0.0 available for download
Johnny Willemsen
jwillemsen at remedy.nl
Thu May 16 06:05:30 CDT 2024
Hi all,
Once again, thanks to the efforts of many developers, testers, and
users, we are pleased to announce the major release of ACE 8.0.0 and TAO
4.0.0 which is available from the usual download location at:
https://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/
under the heading "Latest Micro Release".
Or from the github release page at:
https://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/tag/ACE%2BTAO-8.0.0
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
so that we have the proper version/platform/compiler/options you're
using to report problems.
Overviews of our recent changes are available at:
$ACE_ROOT/NEWS
$TAO_ROOT/NEWS
The overall success rates for the test results gathered from all our
daily builds is 98% for the ACE tests and 98% for the TAO tests.
Please see:
https://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_wrappers/docs/ACE-bug-process.html
for an overview of our bug fixing policies. Moreover, please see:
https://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/wiki/ACE-and-TAO-Commercial-support
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 github
issues for more details on the problem and the nature of fixes applied.
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Changes to ACE
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. ACE/TAO now require C++17 or newer
. Add support for Embarcadero C++ Builder bcc64x compiler
. Removed ace/Auto_Ptr.*, with C++17 std::auto_ptr is not
available anymore
. New Latest_ACE8TAO4_Micro, Latest_ACE8TAO4_Minor, and
Latest_ACE8TAO4_Major branches
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Changes to TAO
==============
. ACE/TAO now require C++17 or newer
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