Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Apache FOP 0.91 beta released

[Jeremias Maerki <de...@jeremias-maerki.ch>]

On 27.12.2005 15:18:07 Clay Leeds wrote:
> On Dec 27, 2005, at 4:08 AM, Elliotte Harold wrote:
> > Andreas L Delmelle wrote:
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> >> (Third time's the charm ;-))
> >> The Apache FOP team hereby notifies you all of the release of FOP  
> >> 0.91 beta, which includes various updates and bugfixes based on  
> >> user feedback to the 0.90 alpha 1 release from about a month ago.
> >
> > Question: is this a beta of the 0.91 release or is 0.91 a beta of  
> > the 1.0 release?
> 
> This is a beta of 0.91... We still have a few things we hope to have  
> implemented before the 1.0 release (I believe mainly 'font' related  
> stuff...). In addition, although it is very powerful, we are still  
> finding a few bugs with each release.

Hmm, actually I think we're not very clear about what we really mean
with our version numbers. We don't really have a loner-term strategy,
yet. If think of the current release like this: We're at version 0.91 en
route towards a stable 1.0 (however this will look like) and we are
indicating the overall/average stability of the code as "beta".

> BTW, at this point, our goal in establishing new releases is to  
> generate excitement, and users (who aren't eager to build & use from  
> TRUNK). You can find out more about our status (and where we need  
> help! ;-) by checking out (and contributing to?) our wiki:
> 
> <http://wiki.apache.org/xmlgraphics-fop/DeveloperPages>
> 
> You will also find out Task List, as well as our list of estimates on  
> this page:
> 
> <http://wiki.apache.org/xmlgraphics-fop/FrontPage>
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> And Happy Holidays!
> 
> Web Maestro Clay



Jeremias Maerki