[Wrapper-user] IMPORTANT - Notice of problem in 3.1.0 and 3.1.1

[Leif M. <le...@ta...>]

Two Wrapper users reported a problem in the Wrapper which caused their
applications to shutdown with 3.1.0 and restart with 3.1.1 on Aug 21st.
This was caused by an overflow in the internal time keeping code and
is cyclical. The next occurrence will be on October 10th.

The problem is described in detail in the bug report on the following page.
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1014405&group_id=39428&atid=425187

If you are using the new tick based timer with version 3.1.1 then you
will not encounter any problems. The tick based timer can be enabled
by setting the following property:
wrapper.use_system_time=FALSE

The tick timer will most likely be set to be the default timer mechanism
in the near future after it has undergone slightly more testing. It appears
to be stable in 3.1.1, but had several bugs in 3.1.0 and should not be used
there.

The restart problem has been fixed in CVS and I will get a 3.1.2 spot
release out shortly.

IMPORTANT. If you are using 3.1.0 or 3.1.1 in a production environment
then it is important that you upgrade to 3.1.2 before October 10th or
upgrade to 3.1.1 and enable the tick based timer. Failure to do so
could result in your application shutting down under 3.1.0 or restarting
under 3.1.1.

Feel free to reply if you have any questions or concerns.

Cheers,
Leif