| 1 | = !MapGuide RFC 142 - ACE Upgrade = |
| 2 | |
| 3 | This page contains a change request (RFC) for the !MapGuide Open Source project. |
| 4 | More !MapGuide RFCs can be found on the [wiki:MapGuideRfcs RFCs] page. |
| 5 | |
| 6 | |
| 7 | == Status == |
| 8 | |
| 9 | ||RFC Template Version||(1.0)|| |
| 10 | ||Submission Date||1 July 2014|| |
| 11 | ||Last Modified|||| |
| 12 | ||Author||Jackie Ng|| |
| 13 | ||RFC Status||draft|| |
| 14 | ||Implementation Status||completed|| |
| 15 | ||Proposed Milestone|||| |
| 16 | ||Assigned PSC guide(s)|||| |
| 17 | ||'''Voting History'''|||| |
| 18 | ||+1|||| |
| 19 | ||+0|||| |
| 20 | ||-0|||| |
| 21 | ||-1|||| |
| 22 | ||Abstained|||| |
| 23 | |
| 24 | == Overview == |
| 25 | |
| 26 | This RFC updates !MapGuide to use the latest version of ACE. |
| 27 | |
| 28 | For details, refer to ACE website: |
| 29 | |
| 30 | http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE.html |
| 31 | |
| 32 | == Motivation == |
| 33 | |
| 34 | Where possible, MapGuide's thirdparty components should be regularly kept up to date to ensure they get the latest bug fixes and enhancements. |
| 35 | |
| 36 | ACE is one such component that's several versions behind now and should be updated to the latest version. |
| 37 | |
| 38 | == Proposed Solution == |
| 39 | |
| 40 | Upgrade existing OEM ACE 5.8 library to the latest ACE library version 6.2.6 |
| 41 | |
| 42 | == Implications == |
| 43 | |
| 44 | Several macros defined in previous versions of ACE no longer exist: |
| 45 | |
| 46 | * ACE_LIB_TEXT (replaced with ACE_TEXT) |
| 47 | * ACE_RCSID (no replacement. All references removed) |
| 48 | * ACE_static_cast (no replacement. All references now use raw static_cast) |
| 49 | |
| 50 | On Windows, the MapGuideCommonApi and WebApi projects now require an explicit link to ACE to avoid unresolved external symbol errors due to ACE types being exposed by various public headers in MapGuideCommon |
| 51 | |
| 52 | == Test Plan == |
| 53 | |
| 54 | Build/Run on Windows/Linux. Ensure existing unit test suite passes. |
| 55 | |
| 56 | == Funding/Resources == |
| 57 | |
| 58 | Community |