From jwillemsen at remedy.nl  Fri Dec  6 06:34:58 2024
From: jwillemsen at remedy.nl (Johnny Willemsen)
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2024 13:34:58 +0100
Subject: ACE 8.0.2 and TAO 4.0.2 available for download
Message-ID: <3aab336d-7d7a-3e2a-9556-3814b1c8da98@remedy.nl>

Hi all,

Once again, thanks to the efforts of many developers, testers, and 
users, we are pleased to announce the major release of ACE 8.0.2 and TAO 
4.0.2 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-8.0.2

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.

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

. Removed ACE_make_checked_array_iterator that used deprecated
   stdext::checked_array_iterator

. Embarcadero C++ Builder bcc64x compiler support has been
   updated to match the C++Builder 12.2 release

. Added support for Linux platforms that use musl-libc instead of glibc

. Improved QNX support

. Add support for std::string_view to CDR classes

. Define ACE_HAS_CPP23 when we have a C++23 capable C++ compiler

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

. None