Hi Chris, the only reason I have asked for a bug fix release for 1.1 is because it may be easier to approve/publish. But if you are already planning the new 2.0 release then great. Is there a tentative plan for it already?
Thanks, Jacopo On Oct 7, 2014, at 2:36 PM, Chris Bowditch <bowditch_ch...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi Jacopo, > > Thanks for your contribution. I wonder why you ask for a bug fix release of > 1.1? v2.0 will include all bug fixes since the v1.1 release, there are no > plans for a 1.1.2 release or similar. We are working towards a v2.0 release > of FOP. We've just released XML Graphics Commons v2.0, but the FOP release is > dependent on other libraries being released first. > > Thanks, > > Chris > > On 03/10/2014 06:49, Jacopo Cappellato wrote: >> Thank you Luis, >> >> I have attached to Jira a Junit test for the CompareUtil.equal method that >> should prove the issue we are facing and should confirm that the fix I am >> proposing should work ok. >> As regards the bug fix release, at the moment this is the only issue that I >> am aware of that is causing some pain to OFBiz and having a bug fix release >> for it would be great; however I know that the release workflow requires a >> good amount of work and I am wondering if I or other OFBiz committers may be >> of any help in the release process (e.g. we could help the FOP community to >> maintain a release branch for 1.1 by backporting fixes to it and testing it). >> I am wide open to any suggestions. Of course OFBiz will upgrade to the new >> release 2.0 as soon as this will be available and we will help you to test >> that as well. All in all I am just trying to give something back to the FOP >> community, since the OFBiz community has been a rather silent and passive >> user of your amazing tool :-) >> >> Regards, >> >> Jacopo >> >> On Oct 3, 2014, at 1:15 AM, Luis Bernardo <lmpmberna...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I can apply your patch although I do not have the environment to test it. >>> >>> Regarding the question about a bug fix for 1.1, the answer is that there is >>> nothing planned but if there is interest from the FOP users I think that >>> can be accommodated. Is there any other bug your would like to see fixed in >>> a 1.1+ release? >>> >>> On 10/2/14, 7:22 PM, Jacopo Cappellato wrote: >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I am a committer for Apache OFBiz, a project that uses FOP 1.1 (thanks for >>>> this amazing product). >>>> >>>> I hope this is the right list to get some information about the release >>>> process and planning of Apache FOP. Apart from FOP 2.0, is there a plan to >>>> release a bug fix release for 1.1? >>>> For example, we may be specifically interested in getting a new release >>>> with this issue resolved: >>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FOP-2157 >>>> >>>> (in the ticket I have attached a fix for the same). >>>> >>>> Is there something we could do to support you in the process? >>>> >>>> Thank you, >>>> >>>> Jacopo >> >> >
