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.
Victor Mote
Thanks for the good wishes. I offer good wishes to you as well.
I am actually interested in FOray, but I don't know how I would be able to help (it certainly wouldn't be in the manner of java code or code analysis). However, I'd want to make certain I wouldn't be overstepping any responsibilities I have as a committer.
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