About HP DCE/9000 Version 1.7

Features Planned for a Future Release

Features Planned for a Future Release

This section describes OSF DCE and HP DCE features that will be supported in future releases of HP DCE.

64-bit libraries to support DCE 64-bit application development

Kernel-threaded (POSIX 1003.1c) DCE

LDAP NSI version for 10.20 and 11.0

Improved scalibility, robustness, and availability

Improved administration and configuration

Future Support for POSIX 1003.1c Threads

CMA applications are likely to migrate from Draft 4 of the POSIX threads standard to the final, ratified 1003.1c standard for kernel threads. This migration will result in source incompatibility, and it is recommended that application developers plan now for this transition. HP plans to preserve binary compatibility. However, developers can prepare for this change as follows:

1.Isolate new threads API usage to macros or wrapper APIs.

2.Minimize the use of signals, and use only POSIX semantics when programming with signals.

For example, we recommed that thjreaded applications use only the functions sigaction(), sigprocmask(), and sigwait().

Planning and Configuring HP DCE 1.7

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