RELEASE NOTES for omniORBpy 2.0
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This is omniORBpy 2.0. It is a stable release.

See README for building instructions.


Major new features since omniORBpy 1.x
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 - Updated to CORBA 2.6.
 - Support for GIOP 1.1 and 1.2.
 - Wide string and codeset negotiation.
 - Unix domain and SSL transports.
 - Bidirectional GIOP.
 - Flexible thread pool mode.
 - PortableServer::Current.
 - Efficient in-process calls between C++ and Python.
 - Python / C++ object reference translation API.
 - Fixed point.
 - New comprehensive configuration mechanism.
 - Commercial support. See http://www.omniorb-support.com/

And many other improvements.


Known issues
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This release has the following known issues and omissions. They are
planned for the 2.1 release:

 - The planned per-thread call timeout is not implemented.
