Am Freitag, dem 13.10.2023 um 08:23 +0200 schrieb Andreas Lehmkühler: > > > Am 13.10.23 um 04:40 schrieb axh: > > Hi, > > > > I suggest to also revisit logging. Last week I opened an issue for > > that (PDFBOX-5695 > > <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-5695>), but it seems > > everybody is tired by this subject and no none even looked at it. > > Nonetheless, please take a look. The last time a switch to a > > logging facade was proposed (and rejected) has been 10 years ago. I > > think it is worth reconsidering, and a new major release would be > > the right time to do a change like that. More details in the issue. > > > Please don't give upto early on us. We are all volunteers with > limited > time and different priorities. > > > Whatever the project decides, I am willing to contribute the > > required patch(es). > We highly appreciate that. > > I personally don't have the pressure to switch the logging framework > but > I see it is long overdue to overhauil that part of PDFBox. > > I tend to agree with Tilman and I'd like to use log4j2. I hope I'll > find > some time to comment on your proposal at the next weekend.
+1 to switch to log4j2. Benefits described in the ticket. log4j vs slf4j -> because of Apache License and "family" although license wise MIT would be compliant AFAIU. Maruan > > > Andreas > > > > > Cheers, > > Axel > > > > > Am 11.10.2023 um 07:53 schrieb sahy...@fileaffairs.de: > > > > > > Dear colleagues, > > > > > > with 3.0 being released and 4.0 being started I'd like to start > > > discussing what the major plans are for 4.0. And maybe in a way > > > that > > > the release can be made faster than what we had for 3.0. (maybe > > > size it > > > in a way that we can do the dev stuff by spring 2024 and then > > > release > > > in summer 2024 followed by a 4.1 release to add to that instead > > > of > > > doing a big bang like 3.0) > > > > > > Shall we share some ideas via the mailing list or start a page on > > > our > > > website (I think ml is easier to do). We can still document the > > > major > > > initiatives as soon as we have agreed in a blog post. > > > > > > Here are my current thoughts (some of which might also be > > > backported to > > > 3.0) in no particular order > > > > > > - appareance stream handlers for interactive form widgets > > > (similar to > > > what we have for annotations) also allowing one to add their own > > > handler > > > - replacement or at least new base for XMPBox (current thought is > > > to > > > have a new base parser and add if possible XMPBox current end > > > user api > > > on top - might be able to reuse xmlgraphics XMP lib). Would allow > > > to > > > better deal with XMPs which are not standard and make it easier > > > to add > > > to existing XMPs low level. > > > - then we had the discussion about an event handler/listener > > > similar to > > > what fop provides so one can listen to corrections/repairs done > > > under > > > the hood (I know that we can only lay the ground for that as this > > > is a > > > major undertaking given all the places where we correct things) > > > - enhance the parsing to keep the information about incremental > > > versions (better debugging, trace of changes done ...) > > > - review and add some more PDF 2.0 capabilities > > > - better text formatting/language support (maybe by including fop > > > parts > > > or looking into using HarfBuzz) > > > - I'd also like to discuss reaching out to fop to look at > > > integrating > > > some of their font handling into fontbox > > > ... > > > > > > That list is already long and I think would be too much given > > > above > > > idea of release planning. > > > > > > With regards to versioning I'd like to propose that we have 2.0 > > > as LTS > > > and 4.x being the next LTS. > > > > > > Thoughts > > > BR > > > Maruan > > > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ---- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@pdfbox.apache.org > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@pdfbox.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@pdfbox.apache.org
