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Posted to fop-dev@xmlgraphics.apache.org by Vincent Hennebert <vi...@anyware-tech.com> on 2006/12/22 17:38:52 UTC
List of important changes in the release notes
Guys,
Reading the release notes page is a bit disappointing I think:
"Hey, they made a new release! Let's look at the changes:
ok, bug fixes and new features.
Hmmm, the behaviour may change from 0.20.5.
Arghhh, what's that whole list of issues!!"
I doubt any normal user will have a look at the detailed changes (I'm
not saying the changes page is useless!).
What about listing the major improvements in the new release? The things
that will catch the eye of the normal user?
I've attached a small patch to relnotes.xml, so you see what I mean.
WDYT?
Vincent
Re: List of important changes in the release notes
Posted by Jeremias Maerki <de...@jeremias-maerki.ch>.
On 22.12.2006 19:58:43 Simon Pepping wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 05:38:52PM +0100, Vincent Hennebert wrote:
> > Guys,
> >
> > Reading the release notes page is a bit disappointing I think:
> > "Hey, they made a new release! Let's look at the changes:
> > ok, bug fixes and new features.
> > Hmmm, the behaviour may change from 0.20.5.
> > Arghhh, what's that whole list of issues!!"
> >
> > I doubt any normal user will have a look at the detailed changes (I'm
> > not saying the changes page is useless!).
>
> I agree. Note that the forrest sitemap.xmap contains a rule for
> releaseNotes.xml and a stylesheet releaseNotes2document.xsl to
> generate that from the status.xml document (i.e. the change
> list). Maybe it would be a good idea to reinstate that document and
> relegate the known issues to a separate document? But it should be
> possible to have a separately written introduction and a list of
> important changes above the transformed list of changes.
I agree. Everything that makes a release easier to build is worth
looking into. Check out knownissues.xml for an idea (using XInclude,
scroll all the way down). Cocoon is very powerful.
> > What about listing the major improvements in the new release? The things
> > that will catch the eye of the normal user?
> > I've attached a small patch to relnotes.xml, so you see what I mean.
>
> Good points.
>
> Simon
>
> > Index: relnotes.xml
> > ===================================================================
> > --- relnotes.xml (r??vision 489680)
> > +++ relnotes.xml (copie de travail)
> > @@ -34,7 +34,13 @@
> > </li>
> > <li>
> > This release again contains many bug fixes and new features. See
> > - the <a href="changes.html">changes file</a> for details.
> > + the <a href="changes.html">changes file</a> for details. Most important
> > + changes:
> > + <ul>
> > + <li>basic support for OpenType fonts</li>
> > + <li>copy/paste from PDF files is now working</li>
> > + <li>support for cmyk colors</li>
> > + </ul>
> > </li>
> > <li>
> > See the <a href="compliance.html">compliance page</a> for an
>
>
> --
> Simon Pepping
> home page: http://www.leverkruid.eu
Jeremias Maerki
Re: List of important changes in the release notes
Posted by Simon Pepping <sp...@leverkruid.eu>.
On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 05:38:52PM +0100, Vincent Hennebert wrote:
> Guys,
>
> Reading the release notes page is a bit disappointing I think:
> "Hey, they made a new release! Let's look at the changes:
> ok, bug fixes and new features.
> Hmmm, the behaviour may change from 0.20.5.
> Arghhh, what's that whole list of issues!!"
>
> I doubt any normal user will have a look at the detailed changes (I'm
> not saying the changes page is useless!).
I agree. Note that the forrest sitemap.xmap contains a rule for
releaseNotes.xml and a stylesheet releaseNotes2document.xsl to
generate that from the status.xml document (i.e. the change
list). Maybe it would be a good idea to reinstate that document and
relegate the known issues to a separate document? But it should be
possible to have a separately written introduction and a list of
important changes above the transformed list of changes.
> What about listing the major improvements in the new release? The things
> that will catch the eye of the normal user?
> I've attached a small patch to relnotes.xml, so you see what I mean.
Good points.
Simon
> Index: relnotes.xml
> ===================================================================
> --- relnotes.xml (r??vision 489680)
> +++ relnotes.xml (copie de travail)
> @@ -34,7 +34,13 @@
> </li>
> <li>
> This release again contains many bug fixes and new features. See
> - the <a href="changes.html">changes file</a> for details.
> + the <a href="changes.html">changes file</a> for details. Most important
> + changes:
> + <ul>
> + <li>basic support for OpenType fonts</li>
> + <li>copy/paste from PDF files is now working</li>
> + <li>support for cmyk colors</li>
> + </ul>
> </li>
> <li>
> See the <a href="compliance.html">compliance page</a> for an
--
Simon Pepping
home page: http://www.leverkruid.eu