diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 681b698a0..6d2d31ff6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ lib/*
 lib64/*
 pocomsg.h
 */testsuite/bin/*
+Util/testsuite/TestConfiguration/
 
 # Eclipse generated files #
 ######################
@@ -117,10 +118,12 @@ cmake-build/
 CodeGeneration
 RemotingNG
 XSD
+stage/
+releases/
+
 
 # openssl binaries #
 ####################
-
 !openssl/win32/bin/debug/*.dll
 !openssl/win32/bin/debug/*.lib
 !openssl/win32/bin/release/*.dll
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b5ad63922..04e6c4e8f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ before_install:
   - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]; then tar -xzvf cmake-3.2.3-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz; fi
   - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]; then export PATH=$PWD/cmake-3.2.3-Linux-x86_64/bin:$PATH; fi
   - sudo apt-get update -qq
-  - sudo apt-get install -qq -y unixodbc-dev libmysqlclient-dev libsqlite3-dev
+  - sudo apt-get install -qq -y unixodbc-dev libmysqlclient-dev libsqlite3-dev 
   - sudo apt-get install -qq -y g++-arm-linux-gnueabi g++-arm-linux-gnueabihf clang-3.5 
   - sudo apt-get install -qq -y sloccount cppcheck 
 
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ services:
   - redis-server
 
 notifications:
-  slack: pocoproject:ItIUZvs8aJGyPdaKxIKMnS1t
+  slack: 
+    rooms:
+      - pocoproject:ItIUZvs8aJGyPdaKxIKMnS1t
+      - kampbell:v4ARuptk0ETzwUsKDdV6Gspb#travis
 
 env:
   global: TEST_NAME=""
@@ -99,6 +102,12 @@ matrix:
     #    - sudo -E build/script/runtests.sh
 
     # QA jobs for code analytics and metrics
+    # build documentation and release
+    - env:    TEST_NAME="documentation & release"
+      compiler: gcc
+      script:
+        - . env.sh && mkdoc all && mkrel all
+
     # static code analysis with cppcheck (we can add --enable=all later)
     - env:    TEST_NAME="cppcheck"
       script: cppcheck --force --quiet --inline-suppr -j2 -iData/SQLite/src/sqlite3.c .
diff --git a/PocoDoc/cfg/mkdoc-poco.xml b/PocoDoc/cfg/mkdoc-poco.xml
index c9c7df9d7..d41200b71 100644
--- a/PocoDoc/cfg/mkdoc-poco.xml
+++ b/PocoDoc/cfg/mkdoc-poco.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 				expat*.h,
 				zconf.h,
 				zlib.h,
+				XMLStreamParser.h
 			</exclude>
 		</files>
 		<pages>
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@
 			<options>
 				${Includes},
 				-I/usr/local/mysql/include,
+				-I/usr/include/mysql,
 				-D_DEBUG,
 				-E,
 				-C,
diff --git a/PocoDoc/cfg/mkdocumentation.xml b/PocoDoc/cfg/mkdocumentation.xml
index 3fef56b23..6389a89ef 100644
--- a/PocoDoc/cfg/mkdocumentation.xml
+++ b/PocoDoc/cfg/mkdocumentation.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 				expat*.h,
 				zconf.h,
 				zlib.h,
+				XMLStreamParser.h
 				${PocoBuild}/Util/include/Poco/Util/Units.h
 			</exclude>
 		</files>
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
 			<options>
 				${Includes},
 				-I/usr/local/mysql/include,
+				-I/usr/include/mysql,
 				-D_DEBUG,
 				-E,
 				-C,
diff --git a/build/config/Cygwin b/build/config/Cygwin
index fe14e1032..5cfbf70ba 100644
--- a/build/config/Cygwin
+++ b/build/config/Cygwin
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ CXX     = g++
 LINK    = $(CXX)
 LIB     = ar -cr
 RANLIB  = ranlib
-SHLIB   = $(CXX) -shared -o $@ -Wl,--out-implib=$(dir $@)$(subst cyg,lib,$(notdir $@)).a -Wl,--export-all-symbols -Wl,--enable-auto-import
+SHLIB   = $(CXX) -shared -o $@ 
 SHLIBLN = $(POCO_BASE)/build/script/shlibln
 STRIP   =
 DEP     = $(POCO_BASE)/build/script/makedepend.gcc 
@@ -46,9 +46,12 @@ IMPLIBLINKEXT    = .dll.a
 CFLAGS          = 
 CFLAGS32        =
 CFLAGS64        = 
-CXXFLAGS        = -DPOCO_NO_FPENVIRONMENT -DPOCO_NO_WSTRING -Wa,-mbig-obj
-CXXFLAGS32      =
-CXXFLAGS64      = 
+CXXFLAGS        = -DPOCO_NO_FPENVIRONMENT -DPOCO_NO_WSTRING
+CXXFLAGS32      = -Wa,-mbig-obj
+CXXFLAGS64      = -Wa,-mbig-obj
+SHLIBFLAGS      = -Wl,--out-implib=$(dir $@)$(subst cyg,lib,$(notdir $@)).a -Wl,--export-all-symbols -Wl,--enable-auto-import
+SHLIBFLAGS32    = 
+SHLIBFLAGS64    = 
 LINKFLAGS       =
 LINKFLAGS32     =
 LINKFLAGS64     = 
diff --git a/build/script/runtests.sh b/build/script/runtests.sh
index 3a93dd9fc..b251a2bde 100755
--- a/build/script/runtests.sh
+++ b/build/script/runtests.sh
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ if [ "$OSNAME" = "" ] ; then
                 OSNAME=MinGW ;;
         esac
 fi
+
 BINDIR="bin/$OSNAME/$OSARCH/"
 
 runs=0
@@ -82,12 +83,12 @@ do
 				echo ""
 				echo ""
 				echo "****************************************" 
-				echo "*** $comp"                                
+				echo "*** $OSNAME $OSARCH $comp"                                
 				echo "****************************************" 
 				echo ""
 
 				runs=`expr $runs + 1`
-				sh -c "cd $POCO_BUILD/$comp/testsuite/$BINDIR && $TESTRUNNER $TESTRUNNERARGS"
+				sh -c "cd $POCO_BUILD/$comp/testsuite/$BINDIR && LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH $TESTRUNNER $TESTRUNNERARGS"
 				if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
 					failures=`expr $failures + 1`
 					failedTests="$failedTests $comp"
diff --git a/release/script/mkdoc b/release/script/mkdoc
index 40f5b0b11..218861354 100755
--- a/release/script/mkdoc
+++ b/release/script/mkdoc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 #
 # $Id: //poco/1.4/release/script/mkdoc#2 $
 #
@@ -19,6 +19,18 @@ if [ "$POCO_BASE" = "" ] ; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
+osname=`uname -s | tr ' ' '_'`
+osarch=`uname -m | tr ' ' '_'`
+
+if [ ${osname:0:6} = "CYGWIN" ] ; then
+	osname="Cygwin"
+fi
+
+if [ $osname = "Darwin" ] ; then
+	archpath=`dirname stage/tools/PocoDoc/bin/Darwin/*/PocoDoc`
+	osarch=`basename $archpath`
+fi
+
 spec=""
 docConfig=$POCO_BASE/PocoDoc/cfg/mkdoc-poco.xml
 while [ "$1" != "" ] ; 
@@ -59,6 +71,14 @@ if [ "$version" = "" ] ; then
 fi
 release=$version$tag
 
+if [ ! -f libversion ] ; then
+  echo "Error: No libversion file found."
+  exit 2
+fi
+if [ "$libversion" = "" ] ; then
+	read libversion <$POCO_BASE/libversion
+fi
+
 #
 # Build release
 #
@@ -74,16 +94,20 @@ cd $tools
 ./configure --no-tests --no-samples
 make -s -j8
 
+if [ $osname = "Cygwin" ] ; then
+    find $tools -type f -name "cyg*$libversion.dll" > $TMP/dlls
+    rebase -O -T $TMP/dlls
+    rm $TMP/dlls
+fi
+
 cd $POCO_BASE
 
-osname=`uname -s | tr ' ' '_'`
-osarch=`uname -m | tr ' ' '_'`
-
-if [ $osname = "Darwin" ] ; then
-	archpath=`dirname stage/tools/PocoDoc/bin/Darwin/*/PocoDoc`
-	osarch=`basename $archpath`
+if [ $osname = "Cygwin" ] ; then
+#   Poco dlls must be on PATH for Cygwin
+    export PATH=$tools/lib/$osname/$osarch:$PATH
 fi
 
+
 export PATH=$tools/PocoDoc/bin/$osname/$osarch:$PATH
 echo PATH=$PATH
 
diff --git a/release/script/mkdocumentation b/release/script/mkdocumentation
index cd5bb4725..5e143b556 100755
--- a/release/script/mkdocumentation
+++ b/release/script/mkdocumentation
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ echo "PocoDoc.output=$docPath" >>$build/PocoDoc.ini
 echo "PocoDoc.version=$docVersion" >> $build/PocoDoc.ini
 echo "Includes=$includes" >> $build/PocoDoc.ini
 
+echo "PocoDoc --config=$docConfig --config=$build/PocoDoc.ini"
 PocoDoc --config=$docConfig --config=$build/PocoDoc.ini
 
 cd $dist
diff --git a/release/script/mkrelease b/release/script/mkrelease
index 3192c9b8f..b55b4d8d0 100755
--- a/release/script/mkrelease
+++ b/release/script/mkrelease
@@ -209,14 +209,63 @@ ifndef POCO_BASE
 $(warning WARNING: POCO_BASE is not defined. Assuming current directory.)
 export POCO_BASE=$(shell pwd)
 endif
+#$(info POCO_BASE  = $(POCO_BASE))
 
 ifndef POCO_PREFIX
 export POCO_PREFIX=/usr/local
 endif
+#$(info POCO_PREFIX=$(POCO_PREFIX))
 
 ifndef POCO_BUILD
 export POCO_BUILD=$(POCO_BASE)
 endif
+#$(info POCO_BUILD = $(POCO_BUILD))
+
+#
+# Determine OS
+#
+POCO_HOST_OSNAME = $(shell uname)
+ifeq ($(findstring CYGWIN,$(POCO_HOST_OSNAME)),CYGWIN)
+POCO_HOST_OSNAME = Cygwin
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(findstring MINGW,$(POCO_HOST_OSNAME)),MINGW)
+POCO_HOST_OSNAME = MinGW
+endif
+#$(info POCO_HOST_OSNAME= $(POCO_HOST_OSNAME))
+
+POCO_HOST_OSARCH ?= $(subst /,-,$(shell uname -m | tr ' ' _))
+#$(info POCO_HOST_OSARCH= $(POCO_HOST_OSARCH))
+
+#
+# If POCO_CONFIG is not set, use the OS name as configuration name
+#
+ifndef POCO_CONFIG
+POCO_CONFIG = $(POCO_HOST_OSNAME)
+endif
+#$(info POCO_CONFIG   = $(POCO_CONFIG))
+
+#
+# Include System Specific Settings
+#
+include $(POCO_BASE)/build/config/$(POCO_CONFIG)
+
+#
+# Determine operating system
+#
+ifndef POCO_TARGET_OSNAME
+OSNAME   := $(POCO_HOST_OSNAME)
+else
+OSNAME   := $(POCO_TARGET_OSNAME)
+endif
+#$(info OSNAME     = $(OSNAME))
+
+ifndef POCO_TARGET_OSARCH
+OSARCH   := $(POCO_HOST_OSARCH)
+else
+OSARCH   := $(POCO_TARGET_OSARCH)
+endif
+#$(info OSARCH     = $(OSARCH))
 
 .PHONY: poco all libexecs cppunit tests samples cleans clean distclean install
 
@@ -249,8 +298,12 @@ install: libexecs
 			find $(POCO_BUILD)/$$comp/bin -perm -700 -type f -exec cp -f {} $(INSTALLDIR)/bin \; ; \
 		fi ; \
 	done
-	find $(POCO_BUILD)/lib -name "libPoco*" -type f -exec cp -f {} $(INSTALLDIR)/lib \;
-	find $(POCO_BUILD)/lib -name "libPoco*" -type l -exec cp -Rf {} $(INSTALLDIR)/lib \;
+ifeq ($(OSNAME), Cygwin)
+	find $(POCO_BUILD)/lib/$(OSNAME)/$(OSARCH) -name "cygPoco*" -type f -exec cp -f  {} $(INSTALLDIR)/bin \;
+	find $(POCO_BUILD)/lib/$(OSNAME)/$(OSARCH) -name "cygPoco*" -type l -exec cp -Rf {} $(INSTALLDIR)/bin \;
+endif
+	find $(POCO_BUILD)/lib/$(OSNAME)/$(OSARCH) -name "libPoco*" -type f -exec cp -f  {} $(INSTALLDIR)/lib \;
+	find $(POCO_BUILD)/lib/$(OSNAME)/$(OSARCH) -name "libPoco*" -type l -exec cp -Rf {} $(INSTALLDIR)/lib \;
 
 ENDOFSCRIPT
 
@@ -380,7 +433,7 @@ cat >${target}/build_vs100.cmd <<'ENDOFSCRIPT'
 @echo off
 if defined VS100COMNTOOLS (
 call "%VS100COMNTOOLS%\vsvars32.bat")
-buildwin 100 build shared both Win32 samples
+buildwin 100 build shared both Win32 samples devenv
 ENDOFSCRIPT
 
 
@@ -391,7 +444,7 @@ cat >${target}/build_vs110.cmd <<'ENDOFSCRIPT'
 @echo off
 if defined VS110COMNTOOLS (
 call "%VS110COMNTOOLS%\vsvars32.bat")
-buildwin 110 build shared both Win32 samples
+buildwin 110 build shared both Win32 samples devenv
 ENDOFSCRIPT
 
 
@@ -402,7 +455,17 @@ cat >${target}/build_vs120.cmd <<'ENDOFSCRIPT'
 @echo off
 if defined VS120COMNTOOLS (
 call "%VS120COMNTOOLS%\vsvars32.bat")
-buildwin 120 build shared both Win32 samples
+buildwin 120 build shared both Win32 samples devenv
+ENDOFSCRIPT
+
+#
+# Create Visual Studio 14 build script
+#
+cat >${target}/build_vs140.cmd <<'ENDOFSCRIPT'
+@echo off
+if defined VS140COMNTOOLS (
+call "%VS140COMNTOOLS%\vsvars32.bat")
+buildwin 140 build shared both Win32 samples devenv
 ENDOFSCRIPT
 
 
@@ -455,10 +518,11 @@ ENDOFSCRIPT
 # Fix line endings
 #
 if [ "$lineEndConv" != "" ] ; then
-	$lineEndConv ${target}/build_vs71.cmd
-	$lineEndConv ${target}/build_vs80.cmd
 	$lineEndConv ${target}/build_vs90.cmd
 	$lineEndConv ${target}/build_vs100.cmd
+	$lineEndConv ${target}/build_vs110.cmd
+	$lineEndConv ${target}/build_vs120.cmd
+	$lineEndConv ${target}/build_vs140.cmd
 	$lineEndConv ${target}/build_CE_vs90.cmd
 	$lineEndConv ${target}/build_vcexpress2008.cmd
 	$lineEndConv ${target}/build_vcexpress2010.cmd
diff --git a/release/spec/all.release b/release/spec/all.release
index b5a1a185b..1bbb594aa 100644
--- a/release/spec/all.release
+++ b/release/spec/all.release
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 Crypto
 NetSSL_OpenSSL
+NetSSL_Win
 Data
 Data/SQLite
 Data/ODBC
 Data/MySQL
 MongoDB
+Redis
 Zip
 PageCompiler
 PageCompiler/File2Page
diff --git a/release/spec/world.release b/release/spec/world.release
index 988cf0869..6a2db15bb 100644
--- a/release/spec/world.release
+++ b/release/spec/world.release
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 Crypto
 NetSSL_OpenSSL
+NetSSL_Win
 Data
 Data/SQLite
 Data/ODBC
 Data/MySQL
 MongoDB
+Redis
 Zip
 PageCompiler
 PageCompiler/File2Page