New Release: FOP-0_14_0

[Arved Sandstrom <Ar...@chebucto.ns.ca>]

For better or for worse I have a ZIP and a tarball up on /dist/fop that reflect
a "fop-0_14-0" tag as of last night. I have a useful list from Fotis that I'm
going to use to announce the release.

You'll note the substantial increase in sizes: in future I think the FOP binary
(compiled classes JAR) ought to be separate. Right now it is bundled. Any
thoughts?

It's not so easy for me to assess the significance of each new commit: I'd like
to suggest that as we approach 2-week milestones (today is the 10th, so say the
25th, roughly, and maybe 10 September) that individual committers (and other
contributors) assess the significance of what they have done, and provide
feedback as to whether a minor release (FOP-0_14_x) is merited.

I suggest that with the pace of development that we shoot for a FOP-0_15_0 for
end of September. The overall thrust is still for a final (FOP-1_0) by end of
year, so maybe we'll have the last pre-final about mid-November. Just some
guesstimates.

Arved

-- 
Senior Developer
e-plicity.com (www.e-plicity.com)
Halifax, Nova Scotia
"B2B Wireless in Canada's Ocean Playground"

Re: New Release: FOP-0_14_0

[Hani Elabed <ha...@elabed.net>]

Arved,
Sometimes a build fails for some reason,
and rather than spending time figuring out
why it is failing. It is nice to have the fop.jar
to use to test the latest FOP. So I do
think it is a good idea to keep the
binary compiled classes in the zipped distribution.
My 2 centimes.
hani

Arved Sandstrom wrote:

> For better or for worse I have a ZIP and a tarball up on /dist/fop that reflect
> a "fop-0_14-0" tag as of last night. I have a useful list from Fotis that I'm
> going to use to announce the release.
>
> You'll note the substantial increase in sizes: in future I think the FOP binary
> (compiled classes JAR) ought to be separate. Right now it is bundled. Any
> thoughts?
>
> It's not so easy for me to assess the significance of each new commit: I'd like
> to suggest that as we approach 2-week milestones (today is the 10th, so say the
> 25th, roughly, and maybe 10 September) that individual committers (and other
> contributors) assess the significance of what they have done, and provide
> feedback as to whether a minor release (FOP-0_14_x) is merited.
>
> I suggest that with the pace of development that we shoot for a FOP-0_15_0 for
> end of September. The overall thrust is still for a final (FOP-1_0) by end of
> year, so maybe we'll have the last pre-final about mid-November. Just some
> guesstimates.
>
> Arved
>
> --
> Senior Developer
> e-plicity.com (www.e-plicity.com)
> Halifax, Nova Scotia
> "B2B Wireless in Canada's Ocean Playground"