Expected beta release for POI - Open XML support

[Anusha Vishwanath <an...@versata.com>]

Hello,

Please let me know when a beta release of POI with support for Open XML will
be available (or if it's already available). I found a mail in the archive
for this mailing list dated 23 May, 2008 pointing to an SVN branch, but I
would like to know if an official release is available, and if not, when it
is expected to be.

Thanks!

Warm regards,
Anusha

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Re: Expected beta release for POI - Open XML support

[Anusha Vishwanath <an...@versata.com>]

Nick,

Thank you very much for the information.

I will get my senior management to look at sponsoring some of the
development on Open XML. Unfortunately I don't have enough clout to promise
you sponsorship, but I will try my best :). We have used POI for long and
it's a great library.

Warm regards,
Anusha

On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 3:42 PM, Nick Burch <ni...@torchbox.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 24 Jun 2008, Anusha Vishwanath wrote:
>
>> Please let me know when a beta release of POI with support for Open XML
>> will be available (or if it's already available).
>>
>
> You can get nightlies from
>        http://encore.torchbox.com/poi-svn-build/OOXML-Branch/
>
> The main beta release is currently on hold. We have identified a few areas
> of the specification which aren't as clear as they might be, and we're
> awaiting confirmation from Microsoft that they really won't sue us or our
> users. We will hopefully be getting that soon (they're overdue getting back
> to us).
>
> The beta vote is likely to start about a day after we get the assurance :)
>
>
> One thing to be aware of is that there hasn't been much progress on the
> ooxml codebase recently. SourceSense were funded to do some work on the
> ooxml support, but I believe that funding has now run out. No other
> organisations have come forward willing to sponsor any more work.
>
> So, if you value the ooxml support, please consider getting your company to
> sponsor some of the development. That could be assigning a developer to work
> on the code, or funding one of the existing poi developers to work on it. Do
> please get in touch if you think your company could be in a position to do
> either of these
>
> Nick
>
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Re: Expected beta release for POI - Open XML support

[Nick Burch <ni...@torchbox.com>]

On Tue, 24 Jun 2008, Anusha Vishwanath wrote:
> Please let me know when a beta release of POI with support for Open XML 
> will be available (or if it's already available).

You can get nightlies from
 	http://encore.torchbox.com/poi-svn-build/OOXML-Branch/

The main beta release is currently on hold. We have identified a few areas 
of the specification which aren't as clear as they might be, and we're 
awaiting confirmation from Microsoft that they really won't sue us or our 
users. We will hopefully be getting that soon (they're overdue getting 
back to us).

The beta vote is likely to start about a day after we get the assurance :)


One thing to be aware of is that there hasn't been much progress on the 
ooxml codebase recently. SourceSense were funded to do some work on the 
ooxml support, but I believe that funding has now run out. No other 
organisations have come forward willing to sponsor any more work.

So, if you value the ooxml support, please consider getting your company 
to sponsor some of the development. That could be assigning a developer to 
work on the code, or funding one of the existing poi developers to work on 
it. Do please get in touch if you think your company could be in a 
position to do either of these

Nick

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