The next board report is due in August. Michael Glavassevich XML Technologies and WAS Development IBM Toronto Lab E-mail: mrgla...@ca.ibm.com E-mail: mrgla...@apache.org
Steve Hathaway <shath...@e-z.net> wrote on 11/07/2012 01:00:11 AM: > When is the ASF board report for XALAN due? > > Here is some information collected for the Apache XALAN project report. > > Steven J. Hathaway > Xalan Documentation Project > > ============== > > Status report for the Apache XALAN project -- July, 2012 > > The Apache Xalan Project is a collaborative software development project > dedicated to providing robust, full-featured, commercial-quality, and > freely available XSLT support on a wide variety of platforms. > > There are currently two subprojects under the Apache Xalan Project: > Xalan C++, and Xalan Java, representing C++ and Java implementations of > the W3C XSL Transformations (XSLT) Version 1.0 and the XML Path Language > (XPath) Version 1.0 recommendations. > > Project Status > -------------- > > A new website has been prepared and is ready for publishing using the > infrastructure (svnpubsub) architecture. This addresses many Apache > branding and website maintenance issues. This completes a substantial > rework of the Apache Xalan top-level and the underlying C++ and Java > project websites. > > Xalan is mentoring a Google GSoC-2012 student from Brazil to develop > additional capability for the C++ libraries. > > The current releases are quite old. As you know, the Xalan project was > ready to be placed into the attic last year. A new relase of the C++ > library is being planned for the end of summer. A patch release of the > Java library is being planned. > > Branding Requirements > --------------------- > > This is completed by publishing our new website tree. The code > repositories already conform to branding requirements. > > Project Migration > ----------------- > > The Apache XML project was the parent of the Apache XALAN project. As > you know, XALAN has since became an Apache project with its own project > management. Our subprojects still have some infrastructure ties to the > old Apache XML project. > > Publishing the new website will remove our dependence on the Apache XML > website parent tree. > > Publishing a new release for the C++ library and a patch release for the > Java library will remove our dependence on the Apache XML project > mirrors infrastructure. > > > Community Activity > ------------------ > > The Apache XALAN project is mentoring a student in the Google Summer of > Code 2012. > > The C++ library is successfully built using Linux, HPUX, Windows, BSD, > and Solaris. Packaging efforts are underway to support the newest > releases of the various development tools and platforms. > > The Java library sees subversion patches along with tracking numerous > issues with Jira in preparation of a new patch release. > > Documentation for both the C++ and Java releases are being integrated > into the new websites for those sub-projects. > > We have an active user base that is proposing patches and active > committers to implement the patches. > > Builds of the C++ library and XSLT transformation utility are being made > on numerous platforms in preparation of a coming release. The current > SVN trunk is considered stable and has been the platform of choice for > several years. > > A patch release of the Java library and XSLT transformation utilities is > being prepared. We have started adding the new features into the > documentation. > > Developer Mail List Activity > --------------------------- > February 2012 25 messages - fix bugs > March 2012 76 messages - fix bugs and preparing for GSoC 2012 > April 2012 63 messages - fix bugs and preparing for GSoC 2012 > May 2012 17 messages - mostly infrastructure planning issues > June 2012 32 messages - two mentors involved with GSoC 2012 > > Community Objectives > -------------------- > > Prepare a release of the C++ library by the end of summer. > > Plan a patch release of the Java library. > > Complete the hosting migration out of the Apache XML project so that the > Apache XALAN project stands on its own. Publishing the new (svnpubsub) > based website and mirroring new releases for C++ and Java will complete > the hosting migration requirements. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: xalan-dev-unsubscr...@xml.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: xalan-dev-h...@xml.apache.org
