Plans / Futures / Projects
Jack Delany
DAYLIGHT Chemical Information Systems, Inc. Mission Viejo, CA USA
Release Schedule.
Current release, 4.73, is a patch release of 4.71. It's the final
release in the 4.7x series.
Next major release, 4.81, is due by the end of October. Major features include
new DayCart functionality, http toolkit, clogp, xsmiles.
Next minor release, 4.82, is likely around MUG-time. This will be a patch
release to 4.81, with new features.
4.8 Platforms:
Solaris (Versions 7, 8, 9+)
- Toolkits, applications, servers, cartridge as 32-bit objects,
- Toolkits, merlinserver only as 64-bit objects (like current IRIX).
IRIX (Version 6.4+)
- Toolkits, applications, servers as 32-bit objects (-N32 only),
- Toolkits, merlinserver, cartridge as 64-bit objects.
LINUX (Red Hat 7.1, 7.2, 7.3+)
- Toolkits, applications, servers, cartridge as 32-bit objects.
Mac OS (10.2)
- Initial "beta" release,
- Toolkits, servers, applications,
- No X-Windows support, no DayCart.
4.81 Details:
- No language changes (no Thor rebuild required)
- Discontinued:
- IRIX -o32 libraries,
- Solaris 2.5, 2.6 support,
- Linux 6.x.
- New:
- Daycart features,
- Http toolkit,
- Licensing,
- 64-bit Solaris support,
- N32 Xview on SGI.
4.8x Details:
- Features:
- Property package,
- HTTP servers (Fedora).
- Oracle:
- Unified database model for commercial databases in Oracle,
- Distribution of commercial databases in Oracle,
- VCS - Oracle,
- Partitioned tables,
- 64-bit Solaris,
- Enumeration, library processing.
- Toolkits:
- PC Toolkit,
- Multithreading in toolkit,
- Conversion toolkit,
- Tautomer handling,
- SMARTS/SMIRKS/SMILES unification.