[omniORB] ActiveX

[jon.kristensen@kongsberg-simrad.com]

Hi,

while Helge is no longer working full time on the project mentioned, myself and
a few others are. I have contributed a couple of bug fixes for the ETS kernel
port which will be included in the upcoming 2.8.0 release.
When working with embedded systems, a cleanup after exit is less important, as a
program exit normally indicates that a power off or reboot is in progress.
However, we use WinNT as a test platform, and we will try to report any issues
(leaks and other bugs) that we stumble over.

- Jon Kristensen





"Helge Penne" <Helge.Penne@datarespons.no> on 08.09.99 14:34:08

Please respond to helge.penne@datarespons.no
To:   Guenther Grau <Guenther.Grau@bosch.com>
cc:   "OmniOrb mailing list (E-mail)" <omniorb-list@uk.research.att.com> (bcc:
      Jon Kristensen/NOHRT/KS/KM/KOG)
Subject:  Re: [omniORB] ActiveX




Guenther Grau wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Helge Penne wrote:
> [...]
> > I'm glad to hear that they use Purify, on hope that the will take the time
to make
> > omniORB clean up properly after itself.  It would make is so much easier for
other
> > people to use the same kind of tools.  I now have to wade through several
pages
> > messages related to memory left behind by omniORB in order to look for my
own memory
> > leaks.  Quite unnecessary and very frustrating.
>
> well, if it's so frustrating, then fixing and reporting the
> bugs would be my first priority :-) After all it's free
> software and it lives from people contributing to it
> (although we are extremly lucky that a company (AT&T)
> has serveral people on their payroll dedicated to the
> development of omniORB).
>
> And if you cannot fix the bugs/leaks, then you should
> at least report them, and not complain about them
> being there without being specific where the bugs
> are. No offence intended, just my opinion.
>
>   Guenther

I thought that I had reported the missing cleanup before, but a quick search of
the
arcives indicated that my memory must have deceived me.  Sorry about that.

However:

The project where I was fortunate enough to work with omniORB did indeed find
and report
some issues related to the ETS Kernel port, as well as buffering of oneway
messages on
WinNT (should be in the archives somewhere).  My point: We have already
contributed what
we have found, but possibly not as much as you would like.
I'm afraid my employer will not let me use the time necessary to find omniORB
bugs if they
are not important to an ongoing project.  I'm sure I'm not the only omniORB user
in that
situation.  When or if we do fix anything, we'll certainly let you all know.

I'm sorry to have to say this to you, but simply stating that no offense was
intended does
not always mean the people are not offended by your writing.  Remember, you did
address
your critisim of me publicly to the forum, and not to me in private.  As far as
I am
concerned, that lowers the "offense threshold" significantly.  I was offended,
but then I
may have had too much coffee today...

- Helge