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[ANNOUNCE] Apache POI 3.10 Beta 2 released
The Apache POI team is pleased to announce the release of POI 3.10 Beta 2.
Featured are numerous bug fixes, and some enhancements (especially in the
number of Formula Functions supported).
The Apache POI Project's mission is to create and maintain Java APIs
for manipulating various file formats based upon the Office Open XML
standards (OOXML) and Microsoft's OLE 2 Compound Document format
(OLE2), such as Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and Word.
For more information on Apache POI, visit the project home page:
http://poi.apache.org/
A full list of changes is available in the change log:
http://poi.apache.org/changes.html.
People interested should also follow the dev mailing list to track
further progress.
See the downloads page for binary and source distributions:
http://poi.apache.org/download.html
Pre-built versions of all POI components are also available in the
central Maven repository under Group ID "org.apache.poi" and Version
"3.10-beta2"
The Apache POI Team
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Re: [ANNOUNCE] Apache POI 3.10 Beta 2 released
Posted by Yegor Kozlov <ye...@dinom.ru>.
I plan to spend some time on fixing bugs too. We really should pay
attention to contributions.
A year back, when I released POI 3.9, we had about 200 open Bugzilla issues
and now we have 350 tickets ;
https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?bug_file_loc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_id=&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&bugidtype=include&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&email1=&email2=&emailassigned_to1=1&emailassigned_to2=1&emailcc2=1&emailreporter2=1&emailtype1=substring&emailtype2=substring&field0-0-0=noop&keywords=&keywords_type=allwords&long_desc=&long_desc_type=substring&product=POI&query_format=advanced&short_desc=&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0=&votes=&order=bug_id%20DESC&query_based_on=
At minimum we should review and apply pending patches, we have quite a few
of them.
Yegor
On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 12:27 AM, Dominik Stadler <do...@gmx.at>wrote:
> Ok, agreed, I started to look at some of the reported patches, however the
> OLE patches are quite large, at least I cannot verify what side-effects
> they might have on other parts of the code with my still limited knowledge
> of some parts of the code...
>
> Dominik.
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 12:52 AM, Dave Fisher <da...@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
> > OLE Embedding looks like a hot patch to check out. It is certainly very
> > useful.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Dave
> >
> > On Sep 22, 2013, at 2:28 PM, Nick Burch wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, 20 Sep 2013, Dominik Stadler wrote:
> > >> what are the next steps on POI? Do we stabilize a bit more and release
> > 3.10 before doing more risky stuff? Or do some more bugfixes before
> > starting the 3.10 release process again?
> > >
> > > Given we've had 2 betas so far, it would probably confuse users if we
> > started doing major and/or breaking changes before 3.10 final is out.
> > Afterwards we're fine to, compatibility rules withstanding! Hopefully
> that
> > won't be that long, if you want to make some big changes it's not too
> long
> > to hold off...
> > >
> > > What we do have is quite a lot of user contributed patches/fixes that
> > haven't been applied. If we're not very good at reviewing/applying them,
> > then it has two bad effects. Firstly, we're less likely to get more
> > contributions in future if we're not seen to appreciate them. Secondly,
> > people who have their patches ignored tend not to stick about, so we
> loose
> > out on potential new committers going forward. Neither good!
> > >
> > > Everyone here is a volunteer, so no-one can demand anyone else do
> > anything! But, if I did have more spare time than I currently seem to,
> I'd
> > personally be focusing on trying to review + apply as many recent user
> > contributed fixes/enhancements as possible.
> > >
> > > Either way, we probably want to set a rough deadline on the next
> > release. A few days before, we can do a straw poll on beta 3 vs final. If
> > Tim decides it's leaning towards another beta, then he can pretty much
> roll
> > it then. If final is the consensus, then probably best allow a week or so
> > extra for last minute fixes / tweaks, then roll 3.10 final!
> > >
> > > In the mean time, if anyone wants to play with some major changes, best
> > bet is to take a branch in SVN to work on, then merge it back to trunk
> once
> > 3.10 is out.
> > >
> > > Nick
> > >
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Re: [ANNOUNCE] Apache POI 3.10 Beta 2 released
Posted by Dominik Stadler <do...@gmx.at>.
Ok, agreed, I started to look at some of the reported patches, however the
OLE patches are quite large, at least I cannot verify what side-effects
they might have on other parts of the code with my still limited knowledge
of some parts of the code...
Dominik.
On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 12:52 AM, Dave Fisher <da...@comcast.net> wrote:
> OLE Embedding looks like a hot patch to check out. It is certainly very
> useful.
>
> Regards,
> Dave
>
> On Sep 22, 2013, at 2:28 PM, Nick Burch wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 20 Sep 2013, Dominik Stadler wrote:
> >> what are the next steps on POI? Do we stabilize a bit more and release
> 3.10 before doing more risky stuff? Or do some more bugfixes before
> starting the 3.10 release process again?
> >
> > Given we've had 2 betas so far, it would probably confuse users if we
> started doing major and/or breaking changes before 3.10 final is out.
> Afterwards we're fine to, compatibility rules withstanding! Hopefully that
> won't be that long, if you want to make some big changes it's not too long
> to hold off...
> >
> > What we do have is quite a lot of user contributed patches/fixes that
> haven't been applied. If we're not very good at reviewing/applying them,
> then it has two bad effects. Firstly, we're less likely to get more
> contributions in future if we're not seen to appreciate them. Secondly,
> people who have their patches ignored tend not to stick about, so we loose
> out on potential new committers going forward. Neither good!
> >
> > Everyone here is a volunteer, so no-one can demand anyone else do
> anything! But, if I did have more spare time than I currently seem to, I'd
> personally be focusing on trying to review + apply as many recent user
> contributed fixes/enhancements as possible.
> >
> > Either way, we probably want to set a rough deadline on the next
> release. A few days before, we can do a straw poll on beta 3 vs final. If
> Tim decides it's leaning towards another beta, then he can pretty much roll
> it then. If final is the consensus, then probably best allow a week or so
> extra for last minute fixes / tweaks, then roll 3.10 final!
> >
> > In the mean time, if anyone wants to play with some major changes, best
> bet is to take a branch in SVN to work on, then merge it back to trunk once
> 3.10 is out.
> >
> > Nick
> >
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Re: [ANNOUNCE] Apache POI 3.10 Beta 2 released
Posted by Dave Fisher <da...@comcast.net>.
OLE Embedding looks like a hot patch to check out. It is certainly very useful.
Regards,
Dave
On Sep 22, 2013, at 2:28 PM, Nick Burch wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Sep 2013, Dominik Stadler wrote:
>> what are the next steps on POI? Do we stabilize a bit more and release 3.10 before doing more risky stuff? Or do some more bugfixes before starting the 3.10 release process again?
>
> Given we've had 2 betas so far, it would probably confuse users if we started doing major and/or breaking changes before 3.10 final is out. Afterwards we're fine to, compatibility rules withstanding! Hopefully that won't be that long, if you want to make some big changes it's not too long to hold off...
>
> What we do have is quite a lot of user contributed patches/fixes that haven't been applied. If we're not very good at reviewing/applying them, then it has two bad effects. Firstly, we're less likely to get more contributions in future if we're not seen to appreciate them. Secondly, people who have their patches ignored tend not to stick about, so we loose out on potential new committers going forward. Neither good!
>
> Everyone here is a volunteer, so no-one can demand anyone else do anything! But, if I did have more spare time than I currently seem to, I'd personally be focusing on trying to review + apply as many recent user contributed fixes/enhancements as possible.
>
> Either way, we probably want to set a rough deadline on the next release. A few days before, we can do a straw poll on beta 3 vs final. If Tim decides it's leaning towards another beta, then he can pretty much roll it then. If final is the consensus, then probably best allow a week or so extra for last minute fixes / tweaks, then roll 3.10 final!
>
> In the mean time, if anyone wants to play with some major changes, best bet is to take a branch in SVN to work on, then merge it back to trunk once 3.10 is out.
>
> Nick
>
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Re: [ANNOUNCE] Apache POI 3.10 Beta 2 released
Posted by Nick Burch <ap...@gagravarr.org>.
On Fri, 20 Sep 2013, Dominik Stadler wrote:
> what are the next steps on POI? Do we stabilize a bit more and release
> 3.10 before doing more risky stuff? Or do some more bugfixes before
> starting the 3.10 release process again?
Given we've had 2 betas so far, it would probably confuse users if we
started doing major and/or breaking changes before 3.10 final is out.
Afterwards we're fine to, compatibility rules withstanding! Hopefully that
won't be that long, if you want to make some big changes it's not too long
to hold off...
What we do have is quite a lot of user contributed patches/fixes that
haven't been applied. If we're not very good at reviewing/applying them,
then it has two bad effects. Firstly, we're less likely to get more
contributions in future if we're not seen to appreciate them. Secondly,
people who have their patches ignored tend not to stick about, so we loose
out on potential new committers going forward. Neither good!
Everyone here is a volunteer, so no-one can demand anyone else do
anything! But, if I did have more spare time than I currently seem to, I'd
personally be focusing on trying to review + apply as many recent user
contributed fixes/enhancements as possible.
Either way, we probably want to set a rough deadline on the next release.
A few days before, we can do a straw poll on beta 3 vs final. If Tim
decides it's leaning towards another beta, then he can pretty much roll it
then. If final is the consensus, then probably best allow a week or so
extra for last minute fixes / tweaks, then roll 3.10 final!
In the mean time, if anyone wants to play with some major changes, best
bet is to take a branch in SVN to work on, then merge it back to trunk
once 3.10 is out.
Nick
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Re: [ANNOUNCE] Apache POI 3.10 Beta 2 released
Posted by Dominik Stadler <do...@gmx.at>.
Hi,
what are the next steps on POI? Do we stabilize a bit more and release 3.10
before doing more risky stuff? Or do some more bugfixes before starting the
3.10 release process again?
Thanks... Dominik.
On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Timothy Allison <ta...@apache.org>wrote:
> The Apache POI team is pleased to announce the release of POI 3.10 Beta 2.
> Featured are numerous bug fixes, and some enhancements (especially in the
> number of Formula Functions supported).
>
> The Apache POI Project's mission is to create and maintain Java APIs
> for manipulating various file formats based upon the Office Open XML
> standards (OOXML) and Microsoft's OLE 2 Compound Document format
> (OLE2), such as Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and Word.
>
> For more information on Apache POI, visit the project home page:
> http://poi.apache.org/
>
> A full list of changes is available in the change log:
> http://poi.apache.org/changes.html.
>
> People interested should also follow the dev mailing list to track
> further progress.
>
> See the downloads page for binary and source distributions:
> http://poi.apache.org/download.html
>
> Pre-built versions of all POI components are also available in the
> central Maven repository under Group ID "org.apache.poi" and Version
> "3.10-beta2"
>
> The Apache POI Team
>
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