Victor, silence from my part is simply because I don't have time. It's not that I'm not interested. I'm fighting on too many fronts and have to prioritize. Your first mail in this thread is still marked unread in my mail folder so I keep it on the todo list.
What I hope is that you will continue to inform us of any important developments on your side, that you also continue to keep an eye on the upcoming XML Graphics project (when it's finally looked at by the Board). I'll try to monitor what goes on in your project. Let's just not drift apart to far that we can't converge again if, one day, we see a possibility to join forces again. I can't decide for myself if putting notes into our Bugzilla reports about foray is a good or a bad thing. It's probably not such a bad thing as you will always have the problem that you're not at Apache anymore and the brand is simply having an influence on a lot of people. It's probably a -0 from my side. As long as your project stays with a BSD-style license I can't have much against that. On 08.09.2004 21:00:35 Victor Mote wrote: > Victor Mote wrote: > > > Does anyone else wish to take up this project? It would seem > > ... > > > Whether through FOP or FOray, my goal is to get a general > > release completed before the end of September, so please let > > me know whether FOP wants to be part of it. > > I conclude from the silence that FOP does *not* wish to be part of this, so > FOray will proceed on its own. This puts us in the regrettable and awkward > position of being competitors for now. I highlight this only because I have > previously disclaimed any such intention, and do not wish it to be so now. > However, it is probably not a big deal -- there are 10 of you, one of me, > and you have a three year head start. > > I do have one ethical dilemma that I need to throw back to the FOP > developers, regarding FOP Bugzilla issues that have been addressed in FOray. > For example, I just completed the work to get the ToUnicode CMap written in > PDF output for CID fonts, which is Bugzilla entry #5335: > http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5335 > I am tempted to make a note in the Bugzilla entry (but not to close the > issue), so that those who are interested will know that they can get the > issue fixed through FOray. However, since we are competitors, that might be > construed by you as plowing in your field, which is not my intent. If any > committer objects (within the next few days), I will refrain from making any > such entries. Otherwise, it seems like useful information, not only for FOP > users, but also for FOP developers who may wish to use the FOray solution as > a reference. > > Best wishes to all of you. Same to you! Please keep in touch. Jeremias Maerki
