I just found the project a few weeks ago. I can't believe I've never heard of it before. I've been a Java developer for 18 years and never heard how to use ODF with Java until then.
For me it is going to be essential in the near future. Adobe has abandoned pdf on Linux (where ALL my development and much much of my deployment takes place) and so I've made the decision to find another reporting framework. And even on Windows platforms Adobe Reader is nothing to brag about. So I was ecstatic to happen across the project. Is there any way to make the Java world aware of the project? Can we get an article in Java Magazine and other places Java developer congregate? Why wasn't there a booth at JavaOne this year? (I wasn't there so perhaps there WAS a booth but I don't suspect there was). To be honest, however, some instructions need to be put on the web site. I spent many hours in the API documentation but was unable to piece together how to use it. A gentleman named Rafael, however, put a simple sample in a reply to my query. I haven't had a chance to test it yet. The point is, to be usable there's going to have to be some documentation added to the web site. It's incredibly easy to create a document but setting the size, orientation, margins, tabs, units, etc. is very difficult to understand. I've generated a report which I was able to open and format in AOO but users are not going to want to open reports and format them -- they'll want them ready to read and will want them to open automatically. In summary, the project has inestimable value but is lacking exposure and tutorials. It's a well hidden gem. That's my $.02. On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 7:59 AM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > I think it is time to have a candid discussion about this project and > what we want to do with it. > > On the positive side, we did have a release back in July. Also, we do > seem to have users, as evident from the questions on the users list. > > But as a Mentor, I'm noting that we're in the habit of being late for > IPMC reports, and appear to have not had any list discussions or code > commits in a few months. We don't seem to be making progress towards > graduation or growing the community. > > You can read more about the Attic here: > > http://attic.apache.org/ > > Anyone have thoughts on this? > > Note: moving to the Attic does not prevent us from then putting the > codebase onto Github and maintaining it that way. This might make > more sense for a project that has only 2 or 3 developers sporadically > working on it. > > Regards, > > -Rob
