FOP Devs: I am pleased to announce the release of FOray 0.1 alpha 1. This release is only useful to FOP developers. Some useful information about the release can be found in these places: http://foray.sourceforge.net/module/font/index.html http://foray.sourceforge.net/module/font/release.html Since it is developers-only, I have not prepared any downloadable packages. You will need to use CVS to get the code. This is available here: http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=109663
Probably the most efficient way to proceed is for Chris to do the initial evaluation work. I can support him off-line, and probably will need to add some doc as a result of his work. Then any others who wish to look at it will have an easier time. To cleanly get Fonts isolated, I had to isolate PDF, and to isolate PDF, I had to isolate Graphics. So there are actually three FOray modules at the moment (plus Common). Please remember that this release is a no-feature release, but is intended to address architectural issues only. The main purposes of the release are 1) to try to find out whether anything has broken, and 2) to get comments on the general design. Implied within FOray itself is a desire on my part to start getting code released again. I realize that there are several views of how best to get that done, and that FOray might be viewed as a distraction by some. If that is the prevailing view, and FOP has no desire to release this code under any circumstances, then you can save Chris a lot of trouble by reaffirming the status quo now. This will put the burden on FOray to start releasing essentially a competing product, which I am not eager to do. (This may happen eventually anyway if I have time to pursue the modular design that I think is important, but it is just as likely that a FOP 1.0 release will make such an effort unnecessary). As a "friend of FOP" I have opinions on what you should do, but my role here is different, and I will try to remain neutral, providing information when needed. I'm really just a guy trying to get some work done -- if it helps you, good; if not, that is OK too. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help. Victor Mote
