[DRAFT-2] November 2012 Xalan Report

Project Description
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Apache Xalan delivers libraries and programs to transform XML documents
using XSLT stylesheets.  Our subprojects support development of these
libraries in Java and C++ programming languages.

Membership
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Steven J. Hathaway is the new chair of Xalan PMC.
David Bertoni, the outgoing chair, still remains a PMC member.

Product Releases
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Xalan C++ (Version 1.11) released November 2, 2012.

Xalan C++ 1.11 is our first release of any kind since reforming the
Xalan PMC.

Community Activity
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Google Summer of Code 2012 was a success. The coding work is being
prepared for integration into the Xalan-C/C++ library.  The
student is helping with this integration.

Committers for Xalan Java are still working toward a patch release.

The Xalan-C++ code base has been independently compiled and tested
on multiple commercial platforms. All reported issues have been
patched and incorporated into the product release.

Infrastructure Changes
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 * Xalan WIKI has been established
 * Apache XML project has been retired
 * Xalan distribution directories are created
 * Mirror.cgi has been patched - resolving mirror selection
 * Xalan-C dependencies on Apache XML have been re-hosted
 * Xalan-Java dependencies on Apache XML have been re-hosted
 * Xalan-C download support has been validated
 * Xalan-C webpage resource links have been validated
 * Xalan-Java download support has been validated
 * Xalan-Java webpage resource links have been validated

Website Publishing
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The Xalan tlp website is using svnpubsub for content publishing.

Project Branding
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Ongoing -- New website pages are compliant.  The old website
pages are deprecated and will eventually be phased out.

Issues
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There are no outstanding issues requiring board attention.

Sincerely,
Steven J. Hathaway

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