Hi Andreas, Andreas L Delmelle a écrit : <snip/> >> I propose the following plan: >> - make a list of patches/bugs that we would like to apply/fix before >> releasing. Here everyone can help, even non-committers ;-) Once the >> list is done we will see how many of them we can handle. > > Shall I post a little survey mail on fop-users? Maybe it's good to know > for them as well about the upcoming release...
I like the idea, and your draft mail looks fine, so +1. Let's say we wait one week? That should be enough, and I wouldn't like to delay the release too much. >> - refactor the website according to Chris' recent suggestions. That >> requires some writing skills and a minimal knowledge of Cocoon/Forrest >> and I'd be /very/ grateful for any help in this area... >> - once Commons is released we can start the process for FOP >> >> I'll create the branch very soon, as it's probably best to perform the >> website refactoring in it. Once it's done we will have to be careful >> when committing changes. I suggest to perform code changes on Trunk only >> and merge in the 0.94 branch if applicable; and make website changes in >> the branch only, that I'll merge back into Trunk once the release is >> out. > > +1 Ok, I'll create the branch on Monday morning. <snip/> >> Some time ago we discussed about abandoning support for Java 1.3. Since >> then I forgot to launch the poll on fop-user. I guess this will have to >> be postponed and 1.3 archives will be provided for 0.94. > > Not necessarily, IMO. Now may just be a good time to start dropping > support for 1.3, precisely by not releasing new binaries anymore. Users > will be warned that with the sources, a 1.3 build is still possible, but > they would have to do it on their own. After the release, we can then > gradually start dropping support for 1.3 in the code as well, and clean > up some there too. > > For you, this means less work with building the release-binaries :-) > Only a few extra lines of caution in the announce mail. Now that's again a good idea! Although I should perhaps try to build at least once with 1.3 to be sure that's still feasible. Well, and if I do that there isn't much work left to build the binaries actually... Still, I like the idea. Any objections? Vincent
