Re: Valid version of the PDF specification?

2004-10-11 Thread Chris Bowditch
Glen Mazza wrote: OK -- PDF 1.4 it is. I agree with supporting Acrobat V5. However, I don't see backwards compatibility concerns as much of an issue here, given the Acrobat Reader is free and pretty easy to download. Glen, you are right that AR is free and easily available. However, large

Re: Valid version of the PDF specification?

2004-10-11 Thread Glen Mazza
1.4 (Copyright 2001) is fine for us. --- Clay Leeds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My preference is similar to Jeremias' preference. I prefer we move to a higher requirement(s) when there are clear and expressed needs for such moves. In fact, I would prefer we support 1.3 by default, and only

Re: Valid version of the PDF specification?

2004-10-11 Thread Clay Leeds
On Oct 11, 2004, at 7:06 AM, Glen Mazza wrote: 1.4 (Copyright 2001) is fine for us. That's OK by me, as long as that is the consensus and not the opinion of one of our esteemed committers. I was hoping for a little discussion about why PDF 1.3 is not even an option? There is some discussion of

Re: Valid version of the PDF specification?

2004-10-11 Thread Glen Mazza
Clay, It's not just the *quantity* of consumers, it is also their level of happiness, as well as our ability to recruit developers willing to do the coding. (Absent committers willing to spend the time on the code, *no* version of PDF will get supported.) Per your suggestion, though, if we were

Re: Valid version of the PDF specification?

2004-10-10 Thread Clay Leeds
My preference is similar to Jeremias' preference. I prefer we move to a higher requirement(s) when there are clear and expressed needs for such moves. In fact, I would prefer we support 1.3 by default, and only require 1.4 or 1.5 for those items and features which require it. I admit, my

Re: Valid version of the PDF specification?

2004-10-09 Thread Jeremias Maerki
Do you have a particular reason for this? A feature that you need from 1.5? Most of the people I know who are users of Adobe Acrobat are still with version 5 which uses PDF 1.4. Only a small number of people have upgraded their Acrobat Reader to version 6. Start time of AR6 is a PITA so I

Re: Valid version of the PDF specification?

2004-10-09 Thread Glen Mazza
OK -- PDF 1.4 it is. I agree with supporting Acrobat V5. However, I don't see backwards compatibility concerns as much of an issue here, given the Acrobat Reader is free and pretty easy to download. Thanks, Glen --- Jeremias Maerki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you have a particular reason

Valid version of the PDF specification?

2004-10-08 Thread Glen Mazza
Team, Which version [1] of the PDF spec does FOP follow? Can HEAD use the most recent, version 1.5 from August 2003? Thanks, Glen [1] http://partners.adobe.com/asn/tech/pdf/specifications.jsp