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DAC (Dynamic Agent Computations) 0.12 Release Notes

1. Overview
 
This release contains:

    * Bug fixes
    * Finished known issues from 0.11


2. Installation Prerequisites 

Before installing DAC (Dynamic Agent Computations), make sure the following products,
with the specified versions, are installed on your system:

    * Java 6 Development Kit
    * Apache ant 1.6

2.1 Java 6 Development Kit

You must install the J2SE Development Kit (JDK) 6, which can be downloaded
from:

    http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

After installing the JDK, set or modify the following environment variables:

    * JAVA_HOME -- set this environment variable
      to point at the root directory of the JDK 6.0 installation.

    * PATH -- make sure that your PATH includes: 
      %JAVA_HOME%\bin  (Windows) 
      $JAVA_HOME/bin   (UNIX)

2.2 Apache Ant 1.6.5 (or newer, 1.7.0 will work as well)

To run samples included in the binary distribution of Apache CXF,
you must install the Apache Ant 1.6.5 build utility, which can be downloaded
from:

    http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi

After installing Apache Ant, add the <AntInstallDir>/bin directory to your PATH.

For more details, see the Installation Guide.


3. Building the Samples

Building the samples included in the binary distribution is easy. Change to
the samples directory and follow the build instructions in the README.txt file 
included with each sample.


4. Reporting Problems

If you have any problems or want to send feedback of any kind, please
use DAC discussion board: 

http://www.dacframe.org/trac/dac/discussion


5. Specific issues, features, and improvements fixed in this version

** Bugs
    * Google App Engine log4j warning issue

** Features
    * #66: Implement Executor Service feature on Google App Engine
    * #67: Implement Dynamic Execution of External Code on Google App Engine

** Samples
    * usage_of_the_CMBF_ex - added an option to run this sample on Google App Engine


6. Known issues
    *