Thank you, Vincent, for taking the time to clarify this not-really-a-FOP-issue!
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 7:35 AM, Vincent Hennebert <vhenneb...@gmail.com> wrote: > The Debian/Ubuntu developers don’t use the shell script provided with > FOP. They wrote their own script (which, BTW, is quite neat) that is > adapted to the way Java is handled on those platforms. For example, > instead of shipping the dependencies with the FOP package, they made > separate packages for each of them (Apache Commons IO, Batik, XML > Graphics Commons, etc.). That way, if other packages share common > dependencies, those will be installed only once and not duplicated all > over the system. > > Now, there appears to be a missing package relating to the hyphenation > patterns. Sadly, it seems like they haven't been able to package the OFFO hyphenation patterns because of licensing issues. Even though the description in http://offo.sourceforge.net/hyphenation/licenses.html states that "all files hosted by the OFFO project come with an OSI-approved Open Source license...", closer inspection reveals that many languages have received customizations with additional restrictions. For example en_US.xml, which 'can be used freely for non-commercial purposes'. (In my opinion, these modifications should not have been accepted in OFFO.) > What you should ask the Debian/Ubuntu developers is to create > one and make the FOP package depend on it (more precisely, ‘recommend’ > it). I will forward your comments to the FOP package manager. > As a user you shouldn’t have to modify any file installed by the package > system (other than configuration files). Sure, you're right! So I'll stick to my unelegant/unsafe/not-recommended use of JAVA_CLASSPATH meanwhile. ;) Cheers -Jerzy --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: fop-users-unsubscr...@xmlgraphics.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: fop-users-h...@xmlgraphics.apache.org
