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author | schmidt <douglascraigschmidt@users.noreply.github.com> | 1997-07-02 05:43:21 +0000 |
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diff --git a/TAO/README b/TAO/README index fcb9174fcb2..dbca2441c84 100644 --- a/TAO/README +++ b/TAO/README @@ -5,32 +5,45 @@ more information on TAO. The current alpha release of TAO contains the following: -* An optimized ORB Core based on ACE components; +* An ORB Core based on ACE components and an optimized version of + the SunSoft IIOP protocol engine; * An implementation of a Basic Object Adapter (BOA); -* Various sample applications illustrating how to use the ORB in its - current state. +* Various tests illustrating how to use TAO in its current state. -This release of TAO does not yet contain the following: +We've gotten TAO to interoperate with other ORBs (e.g., Orbix and +Visigenic), so we're confident that the implementation of IIOP is +robust. However, this alpha release of TAO does not yet contain the +following: -* An IDL compiler +* An IDL compiler; -* An real-time version of the new Portable Object Adapter (POA) +* An real-time version of the new Portable Object Adapter (POA); -* The real-time scheduling service +* The real-time scheduling service. -We plan to release these features throughout the summer of 1997. +We're currently working on these features and we plan to release them +throughout the summer of 1997. Please note that no amount of proding +will get them out any faster, unless you are willing to contribute +time and/or $$$ to the effort. Please feel free to experiment with, dissect, repair, use, etc., TAO. We gratefully accept bug reports, appreciate bug fixes/enhancements, and will strive to integrate correct bug fixes quickly! Just remember that TAO does not provide all the features of a commercial ORB at the -moment. Moreover, key components in TAO (e.g., the Object Adapter) -will change substantially over the summer. Thus, any development -performed in the interim will require additional effort (e.g., writing -stubs and skeletons by hand), and applications may need to be -re-written to work with new features in the forthcoming releases. - -Douglas C. Schmidt -schmidt@cs.wustl.edu +moment. + +Key components in TAO (e.g., the Object Adapter) will change +substantially over the summer. Thus, any development performed in the +interim will require additional effort (e.g., writing stubs and +skeletons by hand), and applications may need to be re-written to work +with new features in the forthcoming releases. + +If you have any questions, please post them to the ACE mailing list +(ace-users@cs.wustl.edu) until we get a TAO mailing list established. + +Thanks, + + Douglas C. Schmidt + schmidt@cs.wustl.edu |