POCO C++ Libraries Blog

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Website Update

Now that the 1.3.3 release is out, it’s time for the next undertaking – the POCO project website update. As discussed previously, we will replace Tiki with MediaWiki and phpBB. During the summer, two interns have written conversion scripts that will move user accounts, wiki pages and the forum content to the new platform. Furthermore, […]


Release 1.3.3p1 Available

I have created a new 1.3.3 release that fixes the Crypto compile error on 64-bit Linux, as well as the broken Makefile in the Zip archive distribution. Also, the README has been updated with a section discussing the external dependencies of NetSSL, Crypto, Data/ODBC and Data/MySQL. The SVN revision for this release is 964 in […]


POCO 1.3.3 Available

I am happy to announce that release 1.3.3 of the POCO C++ Libraries is finally available. More than any other release before, this release was a true community effort. Sergey Kholodilov contributed the MySQL connector for Data, and Ferdinand Beyer contributed the foundation of what now is the Crypto library. Chris Johnson helped bringing POCO […]


POCO 1.3.3 RC1

I am happy to announce that the first release candidate for the upcoming 1.3.3 release is now ready. Those of you wanting to get a glimpse at it can download the tarball from here. The list of changes (over 50 bug fixes and enchancements) can be found here. Feedback is appreciated before we release the […]


1.3.3 is coming

As those of you following the mailing list have probably noticed, a lot of bug squashing goes on currently. The reason is the upcoming 1.3.3 release, for which we’d like to fix most of the currently reported issues. The release candidate should be ready next Monday (Sept.22), after some more Data testing by Alex the […]


The Future of the Wiki and Forums (cont’d)

We have some good news regarding the state of the POCO website. In summer, two interns will help us to do a major overhaul of the website. The following is planned: Some graphical/design facelifting Kick out tiki and replace it with MediaWiki and phpBB Integrate the user management of WordPress, MediaWiki and phpBB Implement a […]


Herb Sutter on Interrupting Threads

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The Future of the Wiki and Forums

As everyone probably already knows, registration in the Wiki and Forums is broken. Today I tried to upgrade Tiki (the underlying software) to the latest revision, but that did not fix the registration issue, creating new issues instead. Now that I’m sick and tired of this big and ugly whatever named Tiki, I’d like to […]


See POCO in Action at Embedded World

Going to Embedded World next week in Nuremberg, Germany? You can see a cool demo powered by the POCO C++ Libraries as well as POCO Remoting featured at the booth of Atlantik Elektronik (hall 12, booth 444). I am looking forward to seeing you there!


POCO 1.3.2 is Available

POCO 1.3.2 is finished. Downloads and documentation have been updated. There is also a Changelog for the curious. A big thank you to everyone who contributed the code and bug reports that made this release possible!