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• Obsolescence management including changes originally planned for 2 releases
  • CORBA Vendor Implementation
    • omniORB was upgraded to latest version (4.2.4) 
  • Java (15 dependencies) – Most notably
    • castor – Used for XML Schem binding with Java classes
    • prevayler – Used for Manager persistence and recoverability
    • antlr – JAR file now installed through Maven
  • Python (18 dependencies) – Most notably
    • Jedi – Added specific version for dependency used by ipython after unexpected issues
  • External Dependencies (5 dependencies)
    • astyle: Aligned to RHEL 8 version (as RHEL 7 doesn't provide the tool). Moved to Extpod
    • doxygen/graphviz: Aligned to RHEL 7 version. Not installed if already provided by O.S. packages. Fallback mechanism moved to ExtProd
    • vtd-xml: Upgraded to latest version and now installed through Maven. Moved to ExtProd
    • oAW: No longer installing as a module, now we use the version provided by ACS Eclipse installation
      • acsStartJava -addEclipseClasspath flag was added to automatically put the required dependencies in the classpath
      • Likewise, for compiling the special directive <jarname>_ECLIPSE=on was added for compilation to make use Eclipse's JAR files
• Acssim setMethod/setMethodIF now receives fully-compliant Python code blocks
  • This may break some implementations that used to write the return value on the last line without actually putting "return ..."
• Alternative XML Schema bindings for Java are being prepared using JAXB XJC technology
  • Both castor and jaxb bindings are created with the XSDBIND directive and are packaged in the same JAR file
  • If castor's code generated package is 'test.xx.yy', then xjc one is 'test.xx.yy.jaxb

Addressed JIRA tickets

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