We only use Avalon for its nice little configuration package nowadays. Logging has been switched over to JCL. The interesting point here is that switching to JCL was actually a step backwards, since it's currently quite difficult to extract per-rendering-run information from FOP in a multi-threaded environment. That was no problem when we still used Avalon Logging.
On 08.12.2005 17:09:46 Jess Holle wrote: > One other bit of feedback: > > Few other pieces of software appear to use Avalon. It's not a big deal, > but using JCL might be a bit more consistent with other libraries folk > are using (i.e. within a server environment). > > Jess Holle wrote: > > > I noticed 0.90 and the request for feedback. > > > > Just a small nugget of point feedback: > > > > For my own usage, FOP's applicability and usefulness will not change > > from that of 0.20.5 until auto table layout is implemented. > > > > I note that in the 0.90 release notes that it is not yet implemented, > > unfortunately. > > > > I assume that the FOP developers made great strides in many areas > > since 0.20.5, but the lack of auto table layout kills general > > relational data set output single-handedly. By "general", I mean use > > of a single XSLT to generate appropriate XSL FO for a given type of > > tabular output. By "given type of tabular output", I do not mean that > > a different XSLT should be used depending on how many columns are in > > the resulting table -- rather the same XSLT is used irrespective of > > number of columns unless the look-and-feel or functionality (e.g. a > > summation line should be added) of the table should change. > > > > Decimal separator-based tab stops would also be nice in this same use > > case, but the critical need is automatic table layout. > > > > -- > > Jess Holle Jeremias Maerki
