ACE 7.1.2 and TAO 3.1.2 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 7.1.2 and TAO 
3.1.2 which is available from the usual download location at:

https://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/

under the heading "Latest Minor Release".

Or from the github release page at:

https://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/tag/ACE%2BTAO-7_1_2

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
==============

. C++17 removed std::auto_ptr, updated ACE/TAO to not
   use std::auto_ptr anymore and also not provide our
   own auto_ptr. With C++17 ACE doesn't provide ACE_Auto_Ptr,
   ACE_Auto_Basic_Ptr, ACE_Auto_Basic_Array_Ptr, ACE_Auto_Array_Ptr,
   and ACE_auto_ptr_reset anymore, just use std::unique_ptr

. Add c++std which can be used in the platform_macros.GNU
   to set the C++ revision to be used (results in -std= flag)

. Improve support for QNX 7.1

. Embarcadero C++ Builder enhancements

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

. TAO_IDL: Added support for the map data type, but this isn't supported
   in TAO user applications except for local usage