ACE 8.0.4 and TAO 4.0.4 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 major release of ACE 8.0.4 and TAO 
4.0.4 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_4

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

. Fixed compile errors in the ACE core when compiled without thread
   support (only core of ACE compiled and not tested)

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

. TAO_IDL:
   . Fixes for IDL maps (still not fully supported in TAO):
     . Support for parsing bounded maps, but the `std::map` generated by the
       builtin backend doesn't enforce the bound
     . Support for using maps in unions, sequences, and arrays
     . Fix memory leaks caused by maps
     . Fixed bug in AST_Map::key_type_annotations()
     . Added code generation for maps as operation parameters
   . Removed support for deprecated CPP_LOCATION and 
TAO_IDL_DEFAULT_CPP_FLAGS
     environment variables

. Fixed compilation with Visual C++ 2022 in Standard C++ 20 mode