[omniORB] omniORB 2.8.0 pre-release 1

[Sai-Lai Lo]

I've put the 1st pre-release of omniORB 2.8.0 on our ftp server:

Source only:
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ftp://ftp.uk.research.att.com/pub/omniORB/omniORB_280pre1.tar.gz (1.5M)

Win32 binaries:
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ftp://ftp.uk.research.att.com/pub/omniORB/omniORB_280pre1_x86_win32.zip (15M)

We have tested the release on Solaris 2.x, Linux (Redhat 5.2/egcs 1.1.2)
and Windows NT 4.0 (VC++ 5). Please help by giving this release a thorough
testing, particularly on platforms we do not support directly.

Please read the release note from here:

ftp://ftp.uk.research.att.com/pub/omniORB/ReleaseNote_omniORB_280.txt

The main improvement from the last release is the update of the C++ mapping
to CORBA 2.3.

!!!!!!!!!! WARNING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

In order to comply with the 2.3 specification, it is necessary to change
the semantics of the extraction of string, object reference and typecode
from an Any. It is not possible to detect the old usage at compile time.
Unmodified code that uses the affected Any extraction operators would very
likely cause runtime errors to occur. There is however a runtime
configuration option to revert to the old semantics in order to smooth the
transition. Please read the release note and the user guide for details.

Please report any problem to omniorb@uk.research.att.com.

Enjoy.

Sai-Lai

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Sai-Lai Lo                                   S.Lo@uk.research.att.com
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