Hi Samuel, Gary, When dustring off the trunk, you may consider my patch that adds a Maven build process to XalanJ in XALANJ-2578 (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XALANJ-2578). Besides the other advantages Maven has to offer, this may also make releaseing new versions a little easier.
Cheers, Uwe On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 4:53 PM, Gary Gregory garydgregory-at-gmail.com |xalan.apache.org/Allow_neo-media| <[email protected]> wrote: > Samuel, > > I am glad to hear you are interesting in furthering Xalan development. I am > interested in the Java side (I am a PMC member as well). > > I do know that for the Java version, we do get asked from time to time when > Xpath/XSLT 2.0 will be supported. The answer is usually along the lines of > "when volunteers step in to do the work" ;) > > We (I) just released Xalan-J 2.7.2 recently. The release process is old and > clunky, and there is no one left it appears to help much. The 2.7.2 is only > in the download/dist folder, I've not managed to release it to the Maven > repo, nor have I updated the site... this will be all coming soon. > > Another avenue to explore is: > - Should XSLT 2.0 be a clean room implementation? > - Should we try to reuse Eclipse's Psychopath XSLT/XPath 2.0 processor? It > is even possible? Is licensing compatible? > - Should we try to reuse Saxon's processor? It is even possible? Is > licensing compatible? > > While dusting off the cobwebs, you should know that the Java SVN trunk is, > AFAIK, in an unknown state, compared to the branch from which 2.7.2 was > released. > > You can scan the ML archives for my messages about building trunk vs. the > 2.7.2 branch. > > Welcome aboard! > Gary > > > On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 8:42 AM, Samuel Queiroz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Xalan devs, >> >> I am Samuel Queiroz and I worked with you in GSoC 12/13 and now I am in >> the process of being a Xalan PMC member. I am glad for this! >> >> I plan to put my efforts on implementing full XSLT 2 support on Xalan. >> >> For this, I would like to know which version, Java or C/C++, is more >> advanced in terms of features. >> Which one is more used? Which one the users claim for XSLT 2.0 support? >> >> After defining where I am going to put my efforts, my plan is as follows: >> >> To study the project architecture and to become a XSLT 1..0 expert; >> To do some code refactoring, if necessary; >> To write a simple but complete Xalan developer architecture documentation, >> in order to help new Xalan developers; >> Create more tests; >> >> At this point, the project will be really well tested and well implemented >> (I am not saying it is not; I am just planning to do this if necessary). >> >> To create a plan to have XSLT 2.0 support ... >> >> What do you think about it? >> >> Sincerely, >> Samuel > > > > > -- > E-Mail: [email protected] | [email protected] > Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition > JUnit in Action, Second Edition > Spring Batch in Action > Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com > Home: http://garygregory.com/ > Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
