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diff --git a/lib/orber/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/orber/doc/src/notes.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..08bbf4b29c --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/orber/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -0,0 +1,410 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?> +<!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "chapter.dtd"> + +<chapter> + <header> + <copyright> + <year>1997</year><year>2009</year> + <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> + </copyright> + <legalnotice> + The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License, + Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in + compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the + Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be + retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/. + + Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" + basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See + the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations + under the License. + + </legalnotice> + + <title>Orber Release Notes</title> + <prepared></prepared> + <responsible></responsible> + <docno></docno> + <approved></approved> + <checked></checked> + <date>99-02-12</date> + <rev>A</rev> + <file>notes.xml</file> + </header> + + <section> + <title>Orber 3.6.14</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p> + The documentation is now built with open source tools (xsltproc and fop) + that exists on most platforms. One visible change is that the frames are removed.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8201 Aux Id:</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Orber 3.6.13</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Obsolete guards, e.g. record vs is_record, has been changed + to avoid compiler warnings.</p> + <p>Own id: OTP-7987</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Orber 3.6.12</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Only the source instance of InitialReference.java is now + included. Users are adviced to use the Interoperable + Naming Service (INS) instead. INS is a part of the OMG + standard specification.</p> + <p>*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p>Own id: OTP-7906 Aux Id: seq11243</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Orber 3.6.11</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Updated file headers.</p> + <p>Own id: OTP-7837</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Orber 3.6.10</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Documentation source included in open source releases.</p> + <p>Own id: OTP-7595</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Orber 3.6.9</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Updated file headers.</p> + <p>Own id: OTP-7011</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Now compliant with the new behavior of stdlib.</p> + <p>Own id: OTP-7030 Aux Id: seq10827</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Orber 3.6.8</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>When a local port range has been defined (i.e. iiop_out_ports), + Orber set the socket option reuseaddr to true and after one + timed out connection attempt no other port in the given range + is used for that particular connect attempt.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-6844 Aux Id: </p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Possible to override global SSL parameters when using + local interfaces.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-6869 Aux Id: seq10742</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>The parameter ssl_client_ciphers was used on the server side as well + instead of ssl_server_ciphers.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-6868 Aux Id:</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>The configuration parameter iiop_max_in_requests was ignored, until + the first incoming request arrived, if iiop_packet_size was set.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-6912 Aux Id:</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Orber 3.6.7</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>The documentation source has been converted from SGML to XML.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-6754 Aux Id: </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Orber 3.6.6</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>It is now possible to configure incoming connections which + overrides some global configuration parameters. See + orber:add_listen_interface/2/3.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-6696 Aux Id: </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Orber 3.6.5</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Removed some unused code.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-6527 Aux Id: </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Orber 3.6.4</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Orber can now be configured so that different NAT parameters + can be specified for different interfaces.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-6165 Aux Id: </p> + </item> + <item> + <p>It is now possible to set the keepalive option for incoming + and outgoing IIOP connections. For more information, see the + Configuration chapter in the User's Guide.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-6370 Aux Id: seq10532</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>The new function orber:close_connection/1/2 allows a client + to close connections to an object residing on a remote ORB.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-6371 Aux Id: seq10532</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Orber now use the SSL two-phase accept strategy to avoid + that new incoming connections via SSL are not blocked + by a previous connect attempt that never initiated the + SSL handshake. Note, the configuration parameter + iiop_ssl_accept_timeout should be set (default infinity). + For more information, see the Configuration chapter in the + User's Guide. If Orber is started in secure mode, the + installed SSL version must support ssl:ssl_accept/1/2 and + ssl:transport_accept/1/2.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-6372 Aux Id: seq10105</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>The operation orber_ifr:contents/2 could only handle dk_All.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-6385 Aux Id:</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Orber 3.6.3</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>When installing Orber it is now possible to set the priority + for Orber internal Mnesia tables. For more information, see the + Reference Manual regarding orber:install/2.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5907 Aux Id: seq10156</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>The operation corba_object:is_a/2/3 now only connect to a remote + ORB if necessary (i.e. the target object inherits from objects + associated with the given IFR id).</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5908</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>The operation corba_object:is_remote/1 always returned + true, which was introduced in orber-3.2.10.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5909</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Orber 3.6.2</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Native interceptors may now export new_in_connection and + new_out_connection operations with arity 5. If this is the + case, information about the local interface and port is + passed to the interceptor. Orber's built in interceptors + have been changed to include this information as well.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5671</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>In some cases, e.g. incorrect GIOP headers or a CancelRequest + containing a non-existing RequestId, the incoming connection + would be terminated.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5672 Aux Id: seq10037</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>If combining the 'Use Current Interface in IOR' and + 'Use IPv6' flags, exported IOR:s contained an incorrect + host address.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5673</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Orber 3.6.1</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Reduced overhead when using outgoing ACL with a local interface + defined.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5659</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Added guards to ensure that, when so required, a list + of IOP_ServiceContext's is passed instead of, for example, + just the context record.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5660</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>The documentation referred to two different context definitions, + the incorrect ServiceContext and the correct IOP_ServiceContext. + The hrl file PATH/include/corba.hrl also contained the incorrect + record definition. This has now been updated so that only + IOP_ServiceContext is used and referred to.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5658</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Orber 3.6</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>It is now possible to define a Access Control List (ACL), + which limits the host and ports Orber may connect to or + accept connections from.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5567</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>It is now possible to add, and remove, listen interfaces. + For more information, consult the User's Guide and the + orber module Reference Manual.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5568</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>It is now possible to activate and deactivate Audit/Trail + logging. One of the three built in interceptors will be used + depending on the requested verbosity.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5569</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>It is now possible to configure Orber to add the interface, + to exported local IOR:s, a Request came via.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5570</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>It is now possible to instruct Orber which local interface an outgoing Request + shall be sent via. To accomplish this the Orber generic context must be + added added to each invocation.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5571</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>It is now possible to define a default local interface, + which Orber will use when connecting to another ORB.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5583</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + <!-- p>For information about older versions see + <url href="part_notes_history_frame.html">release notes history</url>.</p --> + </section> +</chapter> + |