[Mibble-users] Last call for Mibble 2.8

[Per Cederberg]

Hi everyone,

Version 2.8.beta1 of Mibble is now available, which I plan
to re-release as the final 2.8 version in a few days.
Anyone affected by or interested in the changes listed
below is encouraged to verify that this beta release
works correctly:

o Added default ccitt and joint-iso-ccitt symbols
  The ccitt and joint-iso-ccitt OID symbols have been added to
  the default context. The zeroDotZero and similar symbols are
  now also automatically connected to the correct root symbol.
  Thanks to Bernd Sorgenfrei for reporting this. [Bug #16827]

o Added enumeration comment extraction and printing
  The MIB comments around enumeration or bit set value are now
  extracted and stored in the respective symbols. The MibWriter
  pretty-printer has also been extended to print these comments.
  Thanks to Eshwar Yedavalli and Cisco for requesting and
  financing this feature. [Bug #17879]

o Added symbolic bit set value printing
  The bit set values are now printed with symbolic names instead
  of numbers by the MibWriter pretty-printer. [Bug #17835]

o Changed some bundled IANA MIB files
  A number of IANA MIB files bundled with Mibble have been added
  or updated. These are IANAifType-MIB, IANA-PRINTER-MIB,
  IANA-ITU-ALARM-TC-MIB and IANA-IPPM-METRICS-REGISTRY-MIB.
  Thanks to Bernd Sorgenfrei for reporting this and providing a
  pointer to the new versions. [Bug #16826]

o Fixed incorrect Mib.getRootSymbol method
  The Mib.getRootSymbol() method returned an invalid root symbol
  in some cases and was unreliable. Thanks to Bernd Sorgenfrei
  for reporting and fixing this. [Bug #16824]

o Fixed duplicate loading of implicitly loaded MIBs
  Due to a bug in MibLoader that was introduced in version 2.7,
  some MIBs could be loaded several times. This caused higher
  loading times, more memory usage and duplicate MIBs being
  returned by MibLoader.getAllMibs(). Thanks to Bernd Sorgenfrei
  for reporting and fixing this. [Bug #16825]

o Fixed parse error on references in AGENT-CAPABILITIES
  A parse error was thrown when using symbolic references in the
  DEFVAL, SYNTAX or CREATION-REQUIRES clauses inside an
  AGENT-CAPABILITIES macro. This has now been corrected so that
  the correct symbol name references are available. Thanks to
  Eshwar Yedavalli and Cisco for reporting this and financing the
  bug fix. [Bug #17705] & [Bug #17943]

o Fixed incorrect printing of binary and hexadecimal values
  The MibWriter class printed binary and hexadecimal values with
  their shortest possible length, omitting any required zero (0)
  padding. The code now considers the defining type to determine
  the required amount of padding. Thanks to Eshwar Yedavalli and
  Cisco for reporting this and financing the bug fix.[Bug #17834]

Thank you for your help!

Cheers,

/Per