Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 10:38:06 -0400 (EDT) From: "Eric J. Chet" <ejc@bazzle.com> To: "Russell L. Carter" <rcarter@consys.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: omniORB port to FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970519103635.2267A-100000@gargoyle.bazzle.com> In-Reply-To: <199705121748.KAA14166@conceptual.com>
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Hello I created a port of omniORB send-pr ports/3619. ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/incoming/omniORB.tgz Later, Eric Chet On Mon, 12 May 1997, Russell L. Carter wrote: > > Any orbaholics interested in working with me to > port omniORB to FreeBSD pthreads please drop me a line. The C++ > binding is very attractive. ILU works fine of course but > the C++ binding is too flaky to use right now. > > Having both working ACE and a C++ ORB is cool indeed... > > Russell > > > ------- Forwarded Message > > Return-Path: POPmail > Received: from mailhost.orl.co.uk (shallot.cam-orl.co.uk [192.5.239.109]) > by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA23390 > for <rcarter@consys.com>; Mon, 12 May 1997 09:50:34 -0700 (MST) > Received: from santaka.cam-orl.co.uk by mailhost.orl.co.uk > (SMI-8.6/HUB-ORL-0.5) > id RAA16333; Mon, 12 May 1997 17:49:51 +0100 > Received: by santaka.cam-orl.co.uk > (8.8.5//ident-1.0) id RAA08484; Mon, 12 May 1997 17:49:44 +0100 > Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 17:49:44 +0100 > Message-Id: <199705121649.RAA08484@santaka.cam-orl.co.uk> > To: rcarter@consys.com > Subject: FYI: Free CORBA 2 ORB for C++ available now > From: Sai-Lai Lo <S.Lo@orl.co.uk> > X-UIDL: 2bd011e2d1c63da0bdce204fe943939e > Status: O > > > ******* Free CORBA 2 ORB for C++ available now ******* > > > The Olivetti and Oracle Research Laboratory has made available the first > public release of omniORB (version 2.2.0). We also refer to this version > as omniORB2. > > omniORB2 is copyright Olivetti & Oracle Research Laboratory. It is free > software. The programs in omniORB2 are distributed under the GNU General > Public Licence as published by the Free Software Foundation. The libraries > in omniORB2 are distributed under the GNU Library General Public > Licence. > > Source code and binary distributions are available from our Web pages: > > http://www.orl.co.uk/omniORB/omniORB.html > > > Technical Highlights > ==================== > > omniORB2 implements specification 2.0 of the Common Object Request > Broker Architecture (CORBA). > > - C++ language bindings are supported. The mapping conforms to > the latest revision of the CORBA specification. > > - The Internet Inter-ORB Protocol (IIOP) is used as the native protocol. > > - The omniORB2 runtime is fully multithreaded. It uses native platform > thread support encapsulated with a small class library, omnithread, > to abstract away from differences in native thread APIs. > > - A COS Naming Service, omniNames, is provided. > > - The following platforms are supported: > > o Solaris 2.5 / Sun SparcCompiler C++ version 4.2 > o Digital Unix 3.2 / DEC C++ compiler version 5.5 > o x86 Linux 2.0 / GNU C++ compiler version 2.7.2 / Linuxthreads 0.5 > o x86 Windows NT / Windows 95 / Visual C++ version 4.2 > > It should be straightforward to port omniORB2 to any platform > which supports POSIX style threads, BSD style sockets and has a > decent C++ compiler which supports exceptions. > > - It has been tested for interoperability via IIOP with other ORBs, > such as Iona Orbix 2.1 MT, Iona OrbixWeb 2.0.1, > Visigenic Visibroker for C++, and HP ORB Plus 2.5. > > Work in progress > ================ > > omniORB2 is not yet a complete implementation of the CORBA core. The > following features are not supported in the current release. > Support for these features will be included shortly in > a future release of omniORB2. > > - `Typecode' and the type `Any' are not supported. > > - The Dynamic Invocation Interface (DII) is not supported. > > - The Dynamic Skeleton Interface (DSI) is not supported. > > > Missing features > ================ > > The following features are missing from omniORB2. We are not > currently planning on adding support for these features. > > - The BOA only supports the persistent server activation policy. Other > dynamic activation and deactivation polices are not supported. > > - omniORB2 does not has its own Interface Repository. > > > > > ------- End of Forwarded Message > > >
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