[tao-announce] ACE 6.4.1 and TAO 2.4.1 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 6.4.1 and TAO 2.4.1 which is available from the usual
download location at:

http://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-6_4_1

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. 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 and TAO forward.  Overviews of our recent
progress and upcoming plans 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:

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_wrappers/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
==============

. The ACE_DEBUG environment variable can again be used to set the
  internal debug flag.  This used to work but was mistakenly changed
  in an earlier release.

. Corrected usage of ACE_Singleton and template instantation to be
  valid C++ (GCC cross-compiler arm-linux-gnueabihf-g++ requires it).

. Added support for detecting the Mac OS X version when configured with
  ace/config-macosx.h and include/makeinclude/platform_macosx.GNU.
  Also on 10.11 El Capitan, use rpath to avoid a problem with SIP.

. Added support for Android NDK r12b (Platform API 24) and improved
  cross compilation support

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

. Reduced amount of warnings given by newer gcc/clang
  versions on the generated tao_idl code

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

0 MPC bugzilla issue fixed:

3 ACE bugzilla issues fixed:
4217 Android 6 with 3rd party AIO not working
4216 Android build fails when not cross-compiled on Linux
4167 Simplify macosx usage

1 TAO bugzilla issues fixed:
4215 TAO_EC_RTCORBA_Dispatching triggers internal compiler error in
vc14-update3