Most important issue was the file headers. Been fixed. Key signing needs to be arranged.
Everything else (IMO) was a wishlist and/or general QA issue, not unexpected in an alpha release. Regards - Avik On Thursday 11 January 2007 08:58, Andrew C. Oliver wrote: > Umm...okay so there will be a POI release when we release it. The rest > is not part of a topic that I'm interested in discussing anymore. > > Build issues that I'm aware of: > > 1. Someone needs to anoint themselves release manager for 3.x.x XXx > 2. Someone needs to get a valid key recognized by Apache. > > Given that I mainly only do patches anymore to fulfill customer requests > and they have a long bake time and tend to be "out of range" for long > periods of time, I'd like the first two not to be me. > > Lastly: > > can someone please figure out if we have any other REAL issues and list > them here? Some seemed to be "preference" issues of Jakarta members. I > do not plan to assist in satiating those. #2 is a serious issue, we > should be signing releases. I will help with any serious legal or > technical issues as the integrity of POI is important to me / our business. > > thanks, > > Andy > > David Fisher wrote: > >> First let's talk about what is necessary to get the build to generate > >> artifacts that comply. > > > > Yes - is it close now, or not? That is all I meant by "roadmap" > > > > BTW - Didn't I say I didn't want to get into that awful Jakarta > > General discussion. (I understand completely your "Ackerly" issue - > > having licensed a Microsoft Excel Developers SDK 12 years ago.) > > > > Yegor wouldn't be volunteering if I hadn't assigned him to work with > > POI 2 years ago, and that is no lie. I stay on the sidelines and offer > > advice. > > > > Generating Excel and PPT is important to us. > > > > (As is PDF, but that isn't in POI's roadmap. I generated PDF from C++ > > for Acrobat 1.0 in the early 90's. If Bill Gates is really jealous of > > PDF then he should have published the office file formats in 1992. He > > missed it, just like he missed the internet. I have it on good > > authority that just like Ballmer won't let his kids have an iPod, Bill > > won't look at a PDF.) > > > > I didn't intend this to be a "venom" thread, but you should know that > > if you tap it all of us have some. If we didn't have some Microsoft > > "issues" we wouldn't be eating the POI. > > > > Again, when and how will there be a POI release? > > > > Peace, > > Dave > > > > On Jan 10, 2007, at 4:02 PM, Andrew C. Oliver wrote: > >> Roadmaps are lies in a volunteer open source project. Draw your own > >> and just move it when it isn't met or put resources on the table to > >> get them met. > >> First let's talk about what is necessary to get the build to generate > >> artifacts that comply. > >> -Andy > >> > >> David Fisher wrote: > >>> Hi- > >>> > >>> OK. There was an attempt at a POI 3.alpha3 release last month, and > >>> Jakarta got into a big snit because it wasn't done right, etc. Then > >>> there has been a whole lot of effort to get everything updated to > >>> the current Jakarta standards. (This is the short version and I > >>> don't care about all the details as there is a long, long thread on > >>> Jakarta General about it.) > >>> > >>> Where is POI now? Is it almost time to vote for an actual release? > >>> > >>> IMHO the next release might as well be a "final" or "RC" one and not > >>> "alpha" or "beta" > >>> > >>> Could someone (Nick?) please provide a roadmap? > >>> > >>> I know that Yegor wants to do some HSLF refactoring to contribute > >>> some of the style improvements that he has already completed for me. > >>> He doesn't have every feature covered yet and this shouldn't > >>> necessarily block anything. > >>> > >>> Best Regards, > >>> Dave Fisher > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> Mailing List: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/mail2.html#poi > >>> The Apache Jakarta POI Project: http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/ > >> > >> --No PST Files Ever Again > >> Buni Meldware Communication Suite > >> Email, Calendaring, ease of configuration/administration > >> http://buni.org > >> > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Mailing List: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/mail2.html#poi > >> The Apache Jakarta POI Project: http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/ > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Mailing List: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/mail2.html#poi > > The Apache Jakarta POI Project: http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mailing List: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/mail2.html#poi The Apache Jakarta POI Project: http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/
