Peter, it's ok if you make other people aware of your project but the way you did that in your last post disturbs me. We know that you disagree with FOP's approach, but I would have preferred a more constructive form of making Mark aware of Defoe. Maybe I'm overreacting...
On 17.01.2005 06:01:27 Peter B. West wrote: > Mark, > > Project Defoe <http://defoe.sourceforge.net/>, formerly Fop alt-design, > is focussed on a Java 2D renderer, robust and complete. By complete I > mean, in particular, able to correctly handle last-page, keeps, table > auto-layout and large files. Don't make the mistake of thinking that, > because FOP has been around for a long time, it is only the place to be > for open source XSL-FO development. Rather, ask why, if it has been > around for such a long time, these problems haven't been solved. Don't > make the mistake of thinking that all software problems are solved by > simply applying more resources. > > Having said that, let me add that the project seems to have found its > shepherd, in the form of Finn Bock. Many of the long-standing > innovations of alt-design in the property handling have at last been > introduced by Finn, who has the happy knack of being able to completely > rewrite large chunks of FOP by applying a wide-ranging but complete set > of changes. He may well solve FOP's remaining critical problems in the > same way. > > The point is, that FOP needs a major design overhaul. I'm doing that at > Defoe, and Finn is doing it, piecemeal, at FOP. His focus though is not > on Java 2D, and getting a "complete and robust" implementation of the 2D > renderer will depend on Finn's new design. If you want to know more > about where FOP is headed, ask Finn. > > Defoe is Java 5.0 based. If that doesn't work for you, don't bother > with Defoe. Otherwise, if you are interested in avenues for your XSL-FO > development efforts, I am happy to talk to you. Jeremias Maerki
