Thanks to the substantial efforts by many developers, testers, and
users, we are pleased to announce the latest ACE+TAO+CIAO x.6 release,
which is available from the same download location as per the previous
release at
http://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/
under the heading “Latest Release”.
The doxygen documentation for the release is also available. The
prebuild cidlc binaries will be available tomorrow. In addition to
the packages combined of sources and generate makefiles, this release
also provides source-only packages for the group of users 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
$TAO_ROOT/PROBLEM-REPORT-FORM
$CIAO_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 groups of WashU,
UCI, and Vanderbilt to move ACE+TAO+CIAO forward. Overviews of our
recent progress and upcoming plans are available at:
$ACE_ROOT/NEWS
$TAO_ROOT/NEWS
$CIAO_ROOT/NEWS
The overall success rates for the test results gathered from all our
daily builds is 98% for the ACE tests and 95% 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_ROOT/docs/ACE-bug-process.html
for an overview of our bug fixing policies.