[staf-news] STAF V3.4.8 and STAX V3.5.2 are now available

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STAF V3.4.8,  STAX V3.5.2, and HTTP V3.0.4 are now available.  You can 
find more information and download the binaries from the official STAF 
(Software Test Automation Framework) web site at 
http://staf.sourceforge.net/.  These new releases contain new features, 
bug fixes, and documentation updates.

STAF V3.4.8 includes: 

1) Improved Perl Support:
   -- Added support for Perl 5.12 and Perl 5.14 on Windows 32-bit, Windows 
AMD64, Linux 32-bit, and Linux AMD64.

2) Usability Improvements: 
   -- Added the ability to recognize the new Windows 8 operating system so 
that the STAF/Config/OS/Name variable is "Win8" instead of "Unknown 
WinNT".
   -- Fixed the STAF console install on Windows AMD64 so that it lets you 
choose which Perl version to use as the default.

3) Reliability Improvements
   -- Fixed a memory leak in RealSTAFSubmit.
   -- Changed the ZIP service to use zlib 1.2.5 instead of 1.2.3.
   -- Improved the PROCESS service to retry sending a STAF/Process/End 
message using the remote requesting machine's IP address instead of its 
host name if the first attempt sending it fails with RC 16.

4) Documentation Improvements:
   -- Added an entry to the STAF FAQ to explain how to enable STAF tracing 
to debug slow performance sending a STAF PING request to a remote machine.

STAX V3.5.2 includes: 

1) Usability Improvements in the STAX Service:
   -- Added the ability to specify a time-out when holding a job/block 
such that if the time-out is exceeded, the job/block will be automatically 
released.
   -- Fixed a problem where the import element didn't handle UNC file 
names that used forward slashes instead of backward slashes. 
   -- Fixed the STAXPythonEvaluationError message for an error that occurs 
within a command sub-element in a process element.

2) Usability Improvements in the STAX Monitor: 
   -- Added the ability for the STAX Monitor to monitor a sub-job from the 
start of execution.
   -- Fixed a problem where the STAX Monitor's "Monitored" column could 
sometimes be incorrect by not indicating a job was being monitored.
   -- Fixed a problem monitoring a job that has multiple active sub-jobs 
but the "Active Job Elements" panel only showed one sub-job running.

HTTP V3.0.4 includes: 

1) Usability Improvements: 
   -- Changed to use the IGNOREERRORS option when resolving STAF variables 
in the CONTENT option for DOPOST and REQUEST METHOD requests so that 
strings containing an un-escaped "{" that does not denote a STAF variable 
do not cause an error,
   -- Added documentation for the HELP and VERSION options to the HTTP 
Service User's Guide. 

History Logs for STAF, STAX, and the HTTP service: 

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  Legend: 
   - Fixes 
   + Features 
   = Internal changes 
   * Changes required to migrate from one release to another 
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History Log for STAF Version 3.4.8: 12/08/2011

  - Added a STAF FAQ entry to explain how to enable STAF tracing to debug 
slow
    performance sending a STAF PING request to a remote machine (Bug 
#3414415)
  + Changed ZIP service to use zlib 1.2.5 instead of 1.2.3 (Feature 
#3410708)
  - Fixed a memory leak in RealSTAFSubmit (Bug #3423892)
  + Changed the PROCESS service so that if sending a STAF/Process/End 
message
    to a remote requesting machine's host name fails with RC 16, it 
retries
    sending the message to its IP address (Feature #1435389)
  + Changed to recognize Windows 8 so that the STAF/Config/OS/Name 
variable is
    "Win8" instead of "Unknown WinNT" (Feature #3436065)
  - Fixed the STAF console install on Windows AMD64 so that it lets you 
choose
    which Perl version to use as the default (Bug #3445568)
  - Removed some extraneous whitespace at the end of some lines in 
STAFInst
    (Bug #3447387)
  + Added support for Perl 5.12 on Windows 32-bit, Windows AMD64, Linux 
32-bit,
    and Linux AMD64 (Feature #3220822)
  + Added support for Perl 5.14 on Windows 32-bit, Windows AMD64, Linux 
32-bit,
    and Linux AMD64 (Feature #3428612)

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History Log for STAX Version 3.5.2: 12/08/2011 

  - Fixed the STAXPythonEvaluationError message for an error that occurs 
within
    a command sub-element in a process element (Bug #3432896)
  - Fixed a problem where the STAX Monitor's "Monitored" column could 
sometimes
    be incorrect by not indicating a job was being monitored (Bug 
#3436586)
  - Fixed a problem monitoring a job that has multiple active subjobs but 
the
    "Active Job Elements" panel only showed one subjob running (Bug 
#3404871)
  + Added the ability to specify a timeout when holding a job/block such 
that
    if the timeout is exceeded the job/block will be automatically 
released
    (Feature #3432939)
  + Added the ability for the STAX Monitor to monitor a sub-job from the 
start
    of execution (Feature #3404871)
  - Fixed a problem where the import element didn't handle UNC file names 
that
    used forward slashes instead of backward slashes (Bug #3439830) 

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History Log for HTTP Service Version 3.0.4: 12/09/2011

  - Added documentation for the HELP and VERSION options to the HTTP 
Service
    User's Guide (Bug #3426508)
  + Changed to use the IGNOREERRORS option when resolving STAF variables 
in the
    CONTENT option for DOPOST and REQUEST METHOD requests so that strings
    containing an unescaped { that does not denote a STAF variable do not 
cause
    an error (Feature #3426518) 

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