Re: When to release 1.0?

2006-06-20 Thread Jeremias Maerki
? Not only that. We need a Wiki page listing all issues everyone wants to see fixed/handled before a 1.0 release. We can then decide on which subset we are really going to process. Otherwise, we won't finish before 2007. There was http://wiki.apache.org/xmlgraphics-fop/ReleasePlanning. I suggest we

Re: When to release 1.0?

2006-06-20 Thread Jeremias Maerki
On 19.06.2006 11:35:18 Chris Bowditch wrote: Jeremias Maerki wrote: On 18.06.2006 13:26:00 Manuel Mall wrote: snip/ Calling a release 1.0 is IMO quite a significant step which shouldn't been taken lightly. What we are saying in doing so is: Here is something we believe is ready

Re: When to release 1.0?

2006-06-20 Thread Chris Bowditch
Jeremias Maerki wrote: snip/ Please can you say where you think 0.92beta is behind 0.20.5? The only issue that I'm aware of is the change of IPD mid-page-sequence. I've listed them in http://wiki.apache.org/xmlgraphics-fop/ReleasePlanning I was a little surprised. It's not just 2 or 3

Re: When to release 1.0?

2006-06-20 Thread J.Pietschmann
Jeremias Maerki wrote: Ok, if we want that 1.0 won't be out before September. Too bad. As already mentioned, changing IPD page masters worked reasonably well in 0.20.5 and I think people will expect this to work in a 1.0 release too. OTOH, if the frequency of questions on the lists are taken

Re: When to release 1.0?

2006-06-19 Thread Jeremias Maerki
On 18.06.2006 13:26:00 Manuel Mall wrote: On Sunday 18 June 2006 18:53, Jeremias Maerki wrote: I just realized we should think about the right moment to release 1.0. I guess the number of fixed bugs would suggest a new release rather sooner than later. I originally thought about going

Re: When to release 1.0?

2006-06-19 Thread Jeremias Maerki
On 18.06.2006 22:54:41 J.Pietschmann wrote: Jeremias Maerki wrote: I just realized we should think about the right moment to release 1.0. I think 1.0 should implement page masters with different body width in the same page sequence. Ok, if we want that 1.0 won't be out before September

Re: When to release 1.0?

2006-06-19 Thread Jeremias Maerki
better done after the next release (or on a separate branch). I think it would be good to do the 1.0 release some time in July, if possible. That sounds OK. Judging the quality of the FOP trunk code base is much harder. For example, we still get reports of NPEs and AIOOBs. We

Re: When to release 1.0?

2006-06-19 Thread Chris Bowditch
Jeremias Maerki wrote: On 18.06.2006 13:26:00 Manuel Mall wrote: snip/ Calling a release 1.0 is IMO quite a significant step which shouldn't been taken lightly. What we are saying in doing so is: Here is something we believe is ready for production use. Yes, but neither should we put

Re: When to release 1.0?

2006-06-19 Thread Chris Bowditch
Jeremias Maerki wrote: On 18.06.2006 20:50:31 Simon Pepping wrote: snip/ So maybe we need a feature freeze and bug fixing period? Not only that. We need a Wiki page listing all issues everyone wants to see fixed/handled before a 1.0 release. We can then decide on which subset we

When to release 1.0?

2006-06-18 Thread Jeremias Maerki
I just realized we should think about the right moment to release 1.0. I guess the number of fixed bugs would suggest a new release rather sooner than later. I originally thought about going for an ApacheCon release but I didn't have enough time. Now, Vincent is working on floats

Re: When to release 1.0?

2006-06-18 Thread Manuel Mall
On Sunday 18 June 2006 18:53, Jeremias Maerki wrote: I just realized we should think about the right moment to release 1.0. I guess the number of fixed bugs would suggest a new release rather sooner than later. I originally thought about going for an ApacheCon release but I didn't have enough

Re: When to release 1.0?

2006-06-18 Thread Simon Pepping
On Sun, Jun 18, 2006 at 07:26:00PM +0800, Manuel Mall wrote: On Sunday 18 June 2006 18:53, Jeremias Maerki wrote: look a little deeper into the issue. I suspect both items will require substantial changes in the layout engine which are probably better done after the next release

Re: Release coordination in XML Graphics (was: [VOTE] Release Apache XML Graphics Commons 1.0 and Apache FOP 0.92beta)

2006-04-13 Thread Peter West
of trunk elements. ...a Batik release didn't involve a FOP release until now which is something that must change. At some time in the future. I'm working on a project that uses 0.20.5, batik 1.6 and, now, the fop and batik trunk code. It looks as though I may have to unwind the batik trunk code

Re: Release coordination in XML Graphics (was: [VOTE] Release Apache XML Graphics Commons 1.0 and Apache FOP 0.92beta)

2006-04-13 Thread Jeremias Maerki
equal fop'. The current split of fop and commons has nothing to do with batik, it seems. I was working on the assumption that the creation of commons implied the three-way compatibility of trunk elements. ...a Batik release didn't involve a FOP release until now which is something

Re: [VOTE] Release Apache XML Graphics Commons 1.0 and Apache FOP 0.92beta

2006-04-12 Thread Peter West
the following branch: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/xmlgraphics/fop/branches/fop-0_92 Commons: The code is stable and does its job for Apache FOP. I cannot tell for Batik, yet, but that shoudn't be an issue right now as Batik doesn't use the code, yet. In order to release FOP we need to release

Re: Release coordination in XML Graphics (was: [VOTE] Release Apache XML Graphics Commons 1.0 and Apache FOP 0.92beta)

2006-04-12 Thread Jeremias Maerki
On 12.04.2006 13:55:44 Peter West wrote: snip/ Is there other than accidental co-ordination between commons, batik and fop? Accidental? ATM, no coordination is required for releasing Commons as Batik doesn't use it, yet. The plan for XML Graphics Commons on the Wiki is still valid and

Re: How about a release?

2006-04-10 Thread Christian Geisert
Jeremias Maerki schrieb: We originally wanted to do a release much earlier but I was always in the middle of something and I think I'm simply the only one who can allocate enough time to do an actual release (prove me wrong, please). I I might have some time on the next weekend. (So let's make

Re: How about a release?

2006-04-09 Thread J.Pietschmann
Jeremias Maerki wrote: [snip] +1 to a new beta release, even if the whitespace still isn't resolved completely. J.Pietschmann

Re: Fixing leading whitespace on a line (was: How about a release?)

2006-04-08 Thread Manuel Mall
On Friday 07 April 2006 23:13, Manuel Mall wrote: On Friday 07 April 2006 19:14, Manuel Mall wrote: On Friday 07 April 2006 16:06, Jeremias Maerki wrote: On 06.04.2006 20:50:18 Peter S. Housel wrote: snip/ Committed my changes. As far as I can tell the various text-align property values

Re: How about a release?

2006-04-08 Thread Manuel Mall
On Thursday 06 April 2006 23:09, Jeremias Maerki wrote: We originally wanted to do a release much earlier but I was always in the middle of something and I think I'm simply the only one who can allocate enough time to do an actual release (prove me wrong, please). I think I can make time next

Re: How about a release?

2006-04-07 Thread Chris Bowditch
Clay Leeds wrote: I'd like to see a release as well. But is this a new issue? Has it been resolved? No :( On Apr 6, 2006, at 11:50 AM, Peter S. Housel wrote: WDYT? From my perspective as a user, I think it's essential to fix the problem with preserving whitespace after a newline

Fixing leading whitespace on a line (was: How about a release?)

2006-04-07 Thread Jeremias Maerki
On 06.04.2006 20:50:18 Peter S. Housel wrote: WDYT? From my perspective as a user, I think it's essential to fix the problem with preserving whitespace after a newline (for pre-style output) before doing another release. -Peter- Yeah, that's an annoying problem. A quick fix may

Re: Fixing leading whitespace on a line (was: How about a release?)

2006-04-07 Thread Manuel Mall
On Friday 07 April 2006 16:06, Jeremias Maerki wrote: On 06.04.2006 20:50:18 Peter S. Housel wrote: WDYT? From my perspective as a user, I think it's essential to fix the problem with preserving whitespace after a newline (for pre-style output) before doing another release

Re: How about a release?

2006-04-07 Thread Clay Leeds
release. -Peter- If it's resolved, then I'd give my +1 to a PMC VOTE. If not, then can it be resolved quickly? If not, then I'd say '+1'. This problem cannot be resolved quickly. It requires an adjustment to the Knuth algorithm used for generating Break Possibilities. Simon P has

Re: How about a release?

2006-04-07 Thread Andreas L Delmelle
On Apr 6, 2006, at 17:09, Jeremias Maerki wrote: We originally wanted to do a release much earlier ... Yep, and my vote remains the same as then: +1 The white-space bugger is a tough nut to crack once and for all, but if there is an easy way to solve this temporarily, I'd agree

Re: How about a release?

2006-04-07 Thread Simon Pepping
On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 04:55:04PM +0100, Chris Bowditch wrote: Jeremias Maerki wrote: We originally wanted to do a release much earlier but I was always in the middle of something and I think I'm simply the only one who can allocate enough time to do an actual release (prove me wrong

How about a release?

2006-04-06 Thread Jeremias Maerki
We originally wanted to do a release much earlier but I was always in the middle of something and I think I'm simply the only one who can allocate enough time to do an actual release (prove me wrong, please). I think I can make time next week to do a release of FOP and XML Graphics Commons. FOP

Re: How about a release?

2006-04-06 Thread Chris Bowditch
Jeremias Maerki wrote: We originally wanted to do a release much earlier but I was always in the middle of something and I think I'm simply the only one who can allocate enough time to do an actual release (prove me wrong, please). I think I can make time next week to do a release of FOP

Re: How about a release?

2006-04-06 Thread Peter S. Housel
WDYT? From my perspective as a user, I think it's essential to fix the problem with preserving whitespace after a newline (for pre-style output) before doing another release. -Peter-

Re: How about a release?

2006-04-06 Thread Clay Leeds
On Apr 6, 2006, at 8:55 AM, Chris Bowditch wrote: Jeremias Maerki wrote: We originally wanted to do a release much earlier but I was always in the middle of something and I think I'm simply the only one who can allocate enough time to do an actual release (prove me wrong, please). I think I

Planning the next release

2006-02-02 Thread Jeremias Maerki
I've got customers asking when the next release is planned. I think it would be good to think about it. How about targetting for the end of February or beginning of March? Is that enough to considerably improve the whitespace handling situation? Another question will be what to call the next

Re: Planning the next release

2006-02-02 Thread Andreas L Delmelle
On Feb 2, 2006, at 15:19, Jeremias Maerki wrote: I've got customers asking when the next release is planned. I think it would be good to think about it. How about targetting for the end of February or beginning of March? Is that enough to considerably improve the whitespace handling situation

Re: [VOTE] Release FOP 0.91beta

2005-12-21 Thread Simon Pepping
On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 11:43:29AM +0100, Jeremias Maerki wrote: I'd like to call for a PMC vote to release FOP 0.91beta from this newly created branch. (Votes to [EMAIL PROTECTED], please) +1 from me. Simon -- Simon Pepping home page: http://www.leverkruid.nl

Re: Beta release next week?

2005-12-20 Thread Jeremias Maerki
Thomas, I've just tried to implement that approach you outlined but the problem is that this init() method is not accepted by the compiler. You can't access member variables before Object's constructor is called. I guess we'll have to wait until the next Batik release to fix this. Or did you

[VOTE] Release FOP 0.91beta

2005-12-20 Thread Jeremias Maerki
I like Simon's proposal of calling the new release 0.91beta. The increase in the version number shows progress towards 1.0 and beta gives an indicator about stability. FOP is certainly more stable and usable now than an alpha level software. On the other side it is not quite ready for production

Re: Beta release next week?

2005-12-20 Thread Jeremias Maerki
text. It appears that the main problem with Batik 1.6 is that it calls 'registerBridges' in the base class constructor before the subclass can 'record' it's updated bridges. I just checked and the Batik 1.6 release does _not_ do this, it calls 'registerSVGBridges' well after

Re: Beta release next week?

2005-12-20 Thread Jeremias Maerki
is that it calls 'registerBridges' in the base class constructor before the subclass can 'record' it's updated bridges. I just checked and the Batik 1.6 release does _not_ do this, it calls 'registerSVGBridges' well after the constructor completes, the 1.5.1 release did call

Re: Beta release next week?

2005-12-14 Thread thomas . deweese
Hi Jeremias, Jeremias Maerki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 12/14/2005 08:33:47 AM: Given the number of bugs fixed and the feedback we got, I think it should be safe to do another release tagged beta. If you want to do this, then we should 'fix' the PDFTranscoder for SVG text. It appears

Re: Beta release next week?

2005-12-14 Thread Chris Bowditch
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Jeremias, Jeremias Maerki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 12/14/2005 08:33:47 AM: Given the number of bugs fixed and the feedback we got, I think it should be safe to do another release tagged beta. If you want to do this, then we should 'fix' the PDFTranscoder

Re: Beta release next week?

2005-12-14 Thread Adam Strzelecki
Hello, WDYT? That's cool! I was stick to 0.20.5 but now I once have adapted 0.90svn it's working great. Just wanted to ask if the upcoming release will have anything to do with FOray fonts or not yet ? If NO I would like to ask maybe those 2 patches will be then useful for upcoming beta

Re: Beta release next week?

2005-12-14 Thread Jeremias Maerki
On 14.12.2005 15:40:46 Adam Strzelecki wrote: Hello, WDYT? That's cool! I was stick to 0.20.5 but now I once have adapted 0.90svn it's working great. Good to hear. Just wanted to ask if the upcoming release will have anything to do with FOray fonts or not yet ? No. That's

Re: Beta release next week?

2005-12-14 Thread Adam Strzelecki
fop-0.90-trunk-toUnicodeCMap.patch (attached, also one that is in bugzilla) - embedding ToUnicode maps (previously did one for 0.20.5, but this one works nice with SVN head) I'd love to but I've had to seek legal advice on this topic, because you took a file from another project. It's

Re: Beta release next week?

2005-12-14 Thread Jeremias Maerki
On 14.12.2005 16:10:29 Adam Strzelecki wrote: fop-0.90-trunk-toUnicodeCMap.patch (attached, also one that is in bugzilla) - embedding ToUnicode maps (previously did one for 0.20.5, but this one works nice with SVN head) I'd love to but I've had to seek legal advice on this topic,

Re: Beta release next week?

2005-12-14 Thread Chris Bowditch
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought this bug was fixed in Batik's SVN Head. If so, it will be fixed when we next do a release in Batik, and if people need a fix sooner then they can download Batik source and build it themselves. In general I agree, however it is extremely unlikely

Re: Beta release next week?

2005-12-14 Thread The Web Maestro
On Dec 14, 2005, at 11:29 AM, Andreas L Delmelle wrote: On Dec 14, 2005, at 14:33, Jeremias Maerki wrote: Given the number of bugs fixed and the feedback we got, I think it should be safe to do another release tagged beta. I don't care too much about the exact version number. I'll leave

Re: Beta release next week?

2005-12-14 Thread Jeremias Maerki
On 14.12.2005 18:29:01 Adam Strzelecki wrote: Again, ASF license policy. No more distribution of unreleased code from ASF hardware anymore. But you can use a Batik snapshot internally in your company. Frankly I'm not keen in ASF policy so sorry for my naive questions. Absolutely no need

Re: Release

2005-11-22 Thread Simon Pepping
tagged the 0.90alpha1 release. It would be nice if someone else could have a look at the builds (available at http://people.apache.org/~chrisg/fop-0.90alpha1-test/) for a quick test. If no showstoppers are reported within the next hours I'll move this to the distribution area (and wait 24 hours

Re: Release

2005-11-22 Thread Christian Geisert
Simon Pepping schrieb: OK, except that I could not verify your signature: Yes, I screwed it up - fixed now. Thanks for checking Christian

[VOTE:RESULTS] Release FOP Trunk as FOP 0.90alpha1

2005-11-21 Thread Jeremias Maerki
Almost forgot to sum up the results for the archives: 9 +1, no other votes. 7 out of 8 PMC members voted. The vote passes. Apache FOP 0.90alpha1 can be released. On 15.11.2005 21:14:12 Jeremias Maerki wrote: This is it. Just to make it clear again: This is a a release vote and therefore a PMC

Release

2005-11-21 Thread Christian Geisert
Hi, as you've probably noticed I've tagged the 0.90alpha1 release. It would be nice if someone else could have a look at the builds (available at http://people.apache.org/~chrisg/fop-0.90alpha1-test/) for a quick test. If no showstoppers are reported within the next hours I'll move

Re: [VOTE] Release FOP Trunk as FOP 0.90alpha1

2005-11-18 Thread thomas . deweese
+1 Congratulations! Jeremias Maerki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 11/15/2005 03:14:12 PM: This is it. Just to make it clear again: This is a a release vote and therefore a PMC vote, but every FOP committer is invited to place his vote or raise any objections. Noone gets ignored. Although fop

Re: [VOTE] Release FOP Trunk as FOP 0.90alpha1

2005-11-16 Thread Simon Pepping
+1 Simon On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 09:14:12PM +0100, Jeremias Maerki wrote: This is it. Just to make it clear again: This is a a release vote and therefore a PMC vote, but every FOP committer is invited to place his vote or raise any objections. Noone gets ignored. Although fop-dev

Re: Preparing for the first release

2005-11-15 Thread Manuel Mall
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 06:48 am, Jeremias Maerki wrote: I agree with you two. Therefore, I've resurrected status.xml, added it to our website again and prepared it so we can start using it after the release. BTW, I think I'm through with all the things I wanted to do. What's left now: - write

Re: Preparing for the first release

2005-11-15 Thread Chris Bowditch
Jeremias Maerki wrote: I agree with you two. Therefore, I've resurrected status.xml, added it to our website again and prepared it so we can start using it after the release. BTW, I think I'm through with all the things I wanted to do. What's left now: - write the README/release notes - Create

Re: Preparing for the first release

2005-11-15 Thread Jeremias Maerki
On 15.11.2005 10:28:19 Chris Bowditch wrote: Jeremias Maerki wrote: I agree with you two. Therefore, I've resurrected status.xml, added it to our website again and prepared it so we can start using it after the release. BTW, I think I'm through with all the things I wanted to do

Re: Preparing for the first release

2005-11-15 Thread Christian Geisert
Jeremias Maerki schrieb: I agree with you two. Therefore, I've resurrected status.xml, added it to our website again and prepared it so we can start using it after the release. BTW, I think I'm through with all the things I wanted to do. What's left now: - write the README/release notes

Re: Preparing for the first release

2005-11-15 Thread Chris Bowditch
Jeremias Maerki wrote: On 15.11.2005 10:28:19 Chris Bowditch wrote: Sorry to be picky, but the word alpha gives the impression that the release is alpha quality. I'd say it was beta quality by now. Anyway, I thought in the past we had agreed on calling it 0.90pr1, with pr meaning preview

Re: Preparing for the first release

2005-11-15 Thread Christian Geisert
Jeremias Maerki schrieb: On 15.11.2005 10:50:07 Christian Geisert wrote: [..] I don't think we need to vote on alpha/preview release (preview release as in will be available on cvs.apache.org/builds/fop and not on the official www.apache.org/dist) but should do it nevertheless

Re: Preparing for the first release

2005-11-15 Thread Jeremias Maerki
On 15.11.2005 11:42:31 Christian Geisert wrote: Jeremias Maerki schrieb: On 15.11.2005 10:50:07 Christian Geisert wrote: [..] I don't think we need to vote on alpha/preview release (preview release as in will be available on cvs.apache.org/builds/fop and not on the official

Re: Preparing for the first release

2005-11-15 Thread thomas . deweese
Hi Jeremias, Not to rain on your parade, but doesn't there need to be a vote on fop-dev by committers on the release before bringing it to the PMC? Also doesn't a formal vote need to run at least one full week? I understand your desire to get the release out but... Jeremias Maerki

Re: Preparing for the first release

2005-11-15 Thread Jeremias Maerki
/www-legal-discuss/ [3] http://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html On 15.11.2005 13:59:45 thomas.deweese wrote: Hi Jeremias, Not to rain on your parade, but doesn't there need to be a vote on fop-dev by committers on the release before bringing it to the PMC? Also doesn't a formal vote

Re: Preparing for the first release

2005-11-15 Thread thomas . deweese
an invitation for the collection of other points of view (i.e. a vote on dev/user for a release). In this case I'm sure it will be greeted with enthusiasm, but I'm really hesitant to set precedent based on the 'best case' situation. BTW, this is a topic that's currently discussed on legal

Re: Preparing for the first release

2005-11-15 Thread Jeremias Maerki
that can do project decisions [1]. It appears that they are the 'binding body' from the ASF point of view, but as a PMC member I would really like to see an invitation for the collection of other points of view (i.e. a vote on dev/user for a release). In this case I'm sure

[VOTE] Release FOP Trunk as FOP 0.90alpha1

2005-11-15 Thread Jeremias Maerki
This is it. Just to make it clear again: This is a a release vote and therefore a PMC vote, but every FOP committer is invited to place his vote or raise any objections. Noone gets ignored. Although fop-dev is in the CC, please place your votes on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Even though I haven't fully

Re: Preparing for the first release

2005-11-14 Thread Christian Geisert
Manuel Mall schrieb: [..] IMHO there should be a changes document (as part of the distribution), at least starting after the 1.0 release. Yes there should - but for now: Just remove CHANGES and update README? I'd say yes. -- Christian

Re: Preparing for the first release - Examples

2005-11-14 Thread Jeremias Maerki
in a backwards-incompatible way. And we will have to change the meaning/implementation of the top property. Right now it offsets the b-c relative to the top of the containing box, AFAICS. Well, I'll leave this for after the release. Thanks for digging into the 1.1 draft! Jeremias Maerki

Re: Preparing for the first release

2005-11-14 Thread Vincent Hennebert
Manuel Mall a écrit : As the project hasn't done a release for a long time and especially no release of the new codebase we should test probably a bit more extensively than usual that the distribution builds actually are working and don't contain any 'cheap' errors. To that effect I have

Re: Preparing for the first release

2005-11-14 Thread Jeremias Maerki
I agree with you two. Therefore, I've resurrected status.xml, added it to our website again and prepared it so we can start using it after the release. BTW, I think I'm through with all the things I wanted to do. What's left now: - write the README/release notes - Create a copy of the xdocs/trunk

Re: Preparing for the first release - Examples

2005-11-13 Thread Andreas L Delmelle
On Nov 13, 2005, at 16:14, Andreas L Delmelle wrote: So, the values of these properties need to be changed to reflect the reference-orientation specified on the block-container in question... FWIW: tried to change these, but I'm still getting warnings... No idea yet on how to proceed

Re: Preparing for the first release - Examples

2005-11-13 Thread Jeremias Maerki
Right, it looks like I wrote the checks and some of the code in terms of the containing reference area, not the containing box. It's probably best to disable the warnings for now and to look at how to fix the behaviour after the release, because it looks like a potentially bigger problem. The size

Re: Preparing for the first release - Examples

2005-11-13 Thread Jeremias Maerki
On 13.11.2005 18:00:33 Andreas L Delmelle wrote: On Nov 13, 2005, at 17:36, Jeremias Maerki wrote: snip / The other question is: What's the box? The containing area? Yep. I think this is answered in the definition of absolute- position=absolute: First, for the value of absolute

Re: Preparing for the first release - Examples

2005-11-13 Thread Andreas L Delmelle
On Nov 13, 2005, at 18:17, Jeremias Maerki wrote: snip / I don't think so, if we're talking about the area. Assume a longer block with several lines which also contains an absolutely positioned b- c. If there's a page break in the middle of this block and the vertical size of the b-c is

Re: Preparing for the first release - Examples

2005-11-13 Thread Andreas L Delmelle
On Nov 13, 2005, at 18:36, Jeremias Maerki wrote: On 13.11.2005 18:26:24 Andreas L Delmelle wrote: Ouch indeed! :-/ Seems I'm confusing: the area generated is a descendant of the page-area This only tells where the area generated for the b-c is to be added to. It has little to do with the

Re: Preparing for the first release - Examples

2005-11-13 Thread Andreas L Delmelle
On Nov 13, 2005, at 18:00, Andreas L Delmelle wrote: On Nov 13, 2005, at 17:36, Jeremias Maerki wrote: snip / The other question is: What's the box? The containing area? Yep. I think this is answered in the definition of absolute- position=absolute: First, for the value of absolute The

Re: Preparing for the first release

2005-11-13 Thread Christian Geisert
Manuel Mall schrieb: [..] No hurry, I just meant to prepare everything (still problems with forrest) - and Manuel is already doing a lot of the work - the actual release isn't that much work and can be done later ... Sorry, didn't intend to steal your work Christian. Heh, I like it when

Re: Preparing for the first release

2005-11-13 Thread Manuel Mall
On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 09:56 am, Christian Geisert wrote: Manuel Mall schrieb: [..] No hurry, I just meant to prepare everything (still problems with forrest) - and Manuel is already doing a lot of the work - the actual release isn't that much work and can be done later ... Sorry, didn't

Re: Preparing for the first release

2005-11-12 Thread Christian Geisert
Jeremias Maerki schrieb: Cool, thanks! Let's hope I can squeeze everything in until then. No hurry, I just meant to prepare everything (still problems with forrest) - and Manuel is already doing a lot of the work - the actual release isn't that much work and can be done later ... Christian

Re: Preparing for the first release

2005-11-11 Thread Manuel Mall
Just for the record - The current version of fop (r332584) builds and passes all JUnit tests under RedHat ES 3 for: jdk1.3.1_16 (1.3.1_16-b06) j2sdk1.4.2_06 (1.4.2_06-b03) java-1.5.0 (1.5.0_03-b07) Manuel

Re: Preparing for the first release

2005-11-10 Thread Manuel Mall
On Wed, 9 Nov 2005 10:05 pm, Jeremias Maerki wrote: snip/ Are there any objections on doing the first release within the next few days? Is there anything that needs to be done which is not on the release plan [1] besides the sandbox proposal? Does anyone see any outstanding legal issues

Re: Preparing for the first release

2005-11-10 Thread Manuel Mall
it won't hurt, either. On 10.11.2005 08:59:55 Manuel Mall wrote: On Wed, 9 Nov 2005 10:05 pm, Jeremias Maerki wrote: snip/ Are there any objections on doing the first release within the next few days? Is there anything that needs to be done which is not on the release plan [1

Preparing for the first release

2005-11-09 Thread Jeremias Maerki
The time has come and we need to push FOP out to the public again, at least IMO. I'm currently seeing through the last few things (patches, docs, bugs etc.). Are there any objections on doing the first release within the next few days? Is there anything that needs to be done which

FOP Trunk documentation and release preparations

2005-10-25 Thread Jeremias Maerki
few days. I wanted to get this off my table. I originally hoped I could push the release this week, but it'll have to wait. Next week, I'll be away but I might have enough time during that week to do a few things off-line. The biggest issue I currently see is the showstopper (ArrayIndexOutOfBounds

Re: Approaching a release?

2005-10-18 Thread David Abrahams
Jeremias Maerki [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If all had gone as planned we would have done the first preview release last month. As soon as I'm finished with my space resolution task (hopefully this week), I'm going to write all necessary documentation for the redesigned FOP and then we're

Re: Approaching a release?

2005-10-13 Thread Jeremias Maerki
: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 1:37 PM Subject: Re: Approaching a release? If all had gone as planned we would have done the first preview release last month. As soon as I'm finished with my space resolution task (hopefully this week), I'm going to write all necessary documentation

Approaching a release?

2005-10-12 Thread David Abrahams
As FOP is my only hope for a viable open-source alternative path to PDF, I have been eagerly anticipating your next release. Can anyone give me a sense of how close (or far off) that might be? Thanks, -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com

Re: Approaching a release?

2005-10-12 Thread Jeremias Maerki
If all had gone as planned we would have done the first preview release last month. As soon as I'm finished with my space resolution task (hopefully this week), I'm going to write all necessary documentation for the redesigned FOP and then we're pretty much ready to release. Note: alpha/preview

Re: Approaching a release?

2005-10-12 Thread Jay Bryant
with open-source tools (FOP and Saxon). Jay Bryant Bryant Communication Services - Original Message - From: Jeremias Maerki [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: fop-dev@xmlgraphics.apache.org Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 1:37 PM Subject: Re: Approaching a release? If all had gone as planned we

Re: FOP website, release preparations: refactoring necessary

2005-09-11 Thread Jeremias Maerki
moving them, please indicate those as they are probably not easily recognizable in the patch. Thanks for doing that for us! That's one of the most important preconditions to get the first release out. PS: Some might have seen that I've changed my mail address for posting to mailing lists. The ISP

Re: FOP website, release preparations: refactoring necessary

2005-09-10 Thread Patrick Paul
I apologize for not responding sooner, but I've been very busy lately. Anyways, I've finally found some time to get working on the website. I think I got everything right, now I just need to work on some broken links. Also, I am wondering if the svn diff will show everything (I moved some

Re: Let's write the release plan for the first preview release

2005-08-31 Thread Jeremias Maerki
right now. - stability and usability, of course. :-) (there may be more...) BTW, you're welcome to add your list to the release plan. I think it's a good idea to have this information available. On 31.08.2005 05:09:40 Manuel Mall wrote: Excellent - I like the sound of it :-). Personally, after

Re: Let's write the release plan for the first preview release

2005-08-31 Thread Manuel Mall
. - leaders/rules are incomplete - Fewer renderers available, only PDF and PS are really usable right now. - stability and usability, of course. :-) (there may be more...) Great list and some overlap with what I cobbled together. BTW, you're welcome to add your list to the release plan. I

Re: Let's write the release plan for the first preview release

2005-08-31 Thread Jeremias Maerki
together. BTW, you're welcome to add your list to the release plan. I think it's a good idea to have this information available. Sure, but my point was that I would like to see a list of things the committers agree upon as the baseline to aim for 1.0. Not a generic list with all the problems

Re: Let's write the release plan for the first preview release

2005-08-31 Thread Chris Bowditch
Jeremias Maerki wrote: The subject says it all: http://wiki.apache.org/xmlgraphics-fop/ReleasePlanFirstPR This is open for discussion. I'd really love to get the first release out by the end of September. Thats a good objective. I've reviewed the plan and it looks good. I noticed

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Re: Let's write the release plan for the first preview release

2005-08-31 Thread Patrick Paul
Jeremias Maerki wrote: Like others I'm hesitant to call it 1.0 just yet. 0.9 sends the right signal IMO. We're not quite where we want to be but we are soon and people can start looking at the new package. (..) Jeremias Maerki I agree, we have to be carefull to send the right message.

Re: Let's write the release plan for the first preview release

2005-08-31 Thread Peter S. Housel
On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 10:07 +0200, Jeremias Maerki wrote: Like others I'm hesitant to call it 1.0 just yet. 0.9 sends the right signal IMO. We're not quite where we want to be but we are soon and people can start looking at the new package. I would recommend calling it 0.90, since obviously 9

Re: FOP website, release preparations: refactoring necessary

2005-08-31 Thread Patrick Paul
Just an update to let you know I should have something ready to show you this week-end. Patrick Paul Jeremias Maerki wrote: Ok, so let's try to come up with a list. I see: The whole Using FOP section - compiling.xml - configuration.xml - running.xml - embedding.xml - servlets.xml -

Let's write the release plan for the first preview release

2005-08-30 Thread Jeremias Maerki
The subject says it all: http://wiki.apache.org/xmlgraphics-fop/ReleasePlanFirstPR This is open for discussion. I'd really love to get the first release out by the end of September. Jeremias Maerki

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2005-08-30 Thread bugzilla
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Re: Let's write the release plan for the first preview release

2005-08-30 Thread Manuel Mall
apply of course. To some extend it also depends on when we want to declare a feature freeze for 1.0, aim for stability and bug removal to get to a 1.0 beta and a 1.0 release. It must be pretty close as in terms of features/compliance the trunk code already vastly exceeds 0.20.5. I would therefore

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