More patches, please, particularly in layout and renderers--run the example files on FOP 0.20.5 and 1.0dev--catch the deltas (there's dozens) and send us patches to the 1.0 code, one-by-one.
I'm currently working on converting FOP from strings to int's. Finn's work & Alt-Design has given me a quite a bit to base work off of. Also, subscribe to the FOP-CVS list--that's a better place to track state changes. Glen --- John Austin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As I mentioned off-line to another list member, I > have some > questions about the progress of the current Fop > development > effort. > > So far: > > i) I have made a few measurements and reconfirmed > some other peoples > opinions about possible areas for improvement. > > ii) I have also proof-read some code from Alt-Design > as preparation > for possibly working on it's integration. > > iii) Written a few Problem Reports in Bugzilla to > better document > the 'here and now' status of the HEAD > development stream. > > iv) Established a statistical basis for an object > discovery and > re-use strategy. > > v) Provoked some discussion of string interning (I > was aiming for > something grander in terms of [iv] above.) > > > Everyone is extremely polite and encouraging and I > have every > confidence in the abilities of each active member of > this > discussion. > > BUT: > > I don't have a feeling that we are capturing any > territory. > > The discussions are lively and quite enlightening > but they seem to > peter out or double back on themselves. I don't see > any state > changes from Bugzilla indicating that anything is > getting fixed > and my experience tells me that this is not healthy. > > > -- > John Austin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/