+1 from me. Still wondering if we can merge or replace JempBox with XML Graphics Commons' XMP package by moving it to Apache Commons but it's my own fault that I still haven't found the time to put actions to words.
On 26.03.2009 19:53:42 Jukka Zitting wrote: > Hi, > > I have posted a candidate for the first Apache release of the JembBox > library developed within the PDFBox podling. The candidate can be > found at > > http://people.apache.org/~jukka/pdfbox/jempbox-0.8.0-incubating/ > > See the RELEASE-NOTES.txt file (also included at the end of this > message) for details on release contents. The release candidate is a > jar archive of the sources in > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/pdfbox/jempbox/tags/0.8.0-incubating. > The SHA1 checksum of the jempbox-0.8.0-src.jar release package is > 92c9733639b6ac9b4d37eb8411642917c640acac. > > Please vote on releasing this package as Apache JempBox > 0.8.0-incubating. The vote is open for the next 72 hours and passes if > a majority of at least three +1 PDFBox PPMC votes is reached. Assuming > the vote passes, I will ask the Incubator PMC to approve the release. > > [ ] +1 Release this package as Apache JempBox 0.8.0-incubating > [ ] -1 Do not release this package because... > > With the source release I have also included a pre-compiled jar file. > The Maven POM file from the source release is also included so that we > can deploy the released jar to the central Maven repository if the > release vote passes. > > Here's my +1. > > BR, > > Jukka Zitting > > > Release Notes -- Apache JempBox -- Version 0.8.0-incubating > > Introduction > ------------ > > Apache JempBox is an open source Java library for working with XMP metadata. > > This 0.8.0-incubating release is the first JempBox release made at the > Apache Software Foundation. The most notable change since the previous > release (0.2.0) is the renaming of all Java packages from org.jempbox to > org.apache.jempbox. If you've used JempBox before, you need to update all > your client code to use the renamed JempBox packages. > > The version number of JempBox was upgraded from 0.2.0 to 0.8.0 to better > match the version numbering of Apache PDFBox. The -incubating label included > in the version number reflects the incubation status of the project. See > the disclaimer below for more about incubation. > > See the Apache PDFBox website at http://incubator.apache.org/pdfbox/ for > more information. > > Release Contents > ---------------- > > This release consists of a source archive (jempbox-0.8.0-incubating-src.jar). > You can build the release with Apache Ant like this: > > jar xf jempbox-0.8.0-incubating-src.jar > cd jempbox-0.8.0 > ant > > The source archive is accompanied by SHA1 and MD5 checksums and a PGP > signature that you can use to verify the authenticity of your download. > The public key used for the PGP signature can be found at > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/pdfbox/KEYS. > > Disclaimer > ---------- > > Apache PDFBox is an effort undergoing incubation at The Apache Software > Foundation (ASF), sponsored by the Apache Incubator PMC. Incubation is > required of all newly accepted projects until a further review indicates > that the infrastructure, communications, and decision making process have > stabilized in a manner consistent with other successful ASF projects. While > incubation status is not necessarily a reflection of the completeness or > stability of the code, it does indicate that the project has yet to be fully > endorsed by the ASF. > > See http://incubator.apache.org/projects/pdfbox.html for the current > incubation status of the Apache PDFBox project. Jeremias Maerki
