STAF V3.4.18 and STAX V3.5.10 are now available

STAF V3.4.18 and STAX V3.5.10 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 releases contain new features, bug fixes, and documentation updates.

STAF V3.4.18 includes:

1) Installation Improvements:
-- Upgraded the STAF installers to use InstallAnywhere 2013 Premier (with IBM Hot Fix B) instead of InstallAnywhere 2012 SP 1 (with IBM Hot Fix H). InstallAnywhere 2013 supports the latest operating systems.

2) Operating System / Java Support Updates:
-- Upgraded the STAF Windows 32-bit build system and InstallAnywhere build system from Windows XP to Windows Server 2008 (x86) because WinXP is no longer supported by Microsoft.
-- Updated STAF Java support on z/OS 32-bit and 64-bit to require Java 6.0 instead of Java 1.4.2 because Java 1.4.x and 5.0 are no longer supported by Oracle.

3) Build Improvements:
-- Fixed undefined reference errors building STAF on Ubuntu Linux (which uses a different gcc version) by updating the STAF gcc and master makefiles so that the g++ commands put the object files and libraries being linked in the order that they depend on each other.
-- Fixed a problem in the "Build STAF" STAX job where it would incorrectly terminate if a project's build failed as this would cause all the STAF builds to be terminated.

4) Reliability / Error Handling Improvements:
-- Fixed a problem where querying a corrupted log file via the LOG service on a Windows 64-bit system would cause STAFProc to crash.

5) Documentation Improvements:
-- Fixed some formatting errors and updated some examples in the STAF Java User's Guide.
-- Updated and added some links in the STAF Perl, Python, and Tcl User Guides.
-- Changed references in error messages and documentation from Sun to Oracle Java and removed references in documentation to obsolete platforms.

STAX V3.5.10 includes:

1) Documentation Improvements:
-- Updated STAX User Guide and the Getting Started with STAX V3 document to reference Oracle Java instead of Sun Java.