Re: When to release 1.0?

2006-06-21 Thread Jeremias Maerki
Joerg, I'm glad you volunteer to do any changes. But there's also something else. We had a vote in March about merging back the API Finalization branch back into Trunk. You voted +1 back then knowing the the branch had the word Finalization in it. Furthermore, we've already communicated with

Re: When to release 1.0?

2006-06-21 Thread Andreas L Delmelle
On Jun 21, 2006, at 08:39, Jeremias Maerki wrote: snip / Hi guys, Sorry for being late. Just been reading this thread, and apart from the other comments already made, I agree with the plan to release, and I share most of the other committer's feelings wrt the version number. Whilst 1.0

Re: When to release 1.0?

2006-06-21 Thread Jess Holle
Jeremias Maerki wrote: Joerg, I'm glad you volunteer to do any changes. But there's also something else. We had a vote in March about merging back the API Finalization branch back into Trunk. You voted +1 back then knowing the the branch had the word Finalization in it. Furthermore, we've

Re: When to release 1.0?

2006-06-21 Thread J.Pietschmann
Jeremias Maerki wrote: We had a vote in March about merging back the API Finalization branch back into Trunk. You voted +1 back then knowing the the branch had the word Finalization in it. Some things just need time to sink in. I don't want style issues block further progress. I brought this

Re: When to release 1.0?

2006-06-20 Thread Jeremias Maerki
I've updated the ReleasePlanning page. ATM, I've simply changed it to what I read from this thread. Please, everyone, help sorting out the details so we can decide where to go. On 19.06.2006 10:31:15 Jeremias Maerki wrote: snip/ So maybe we need a feature freeze and bug fixing period? Not

Re: When to release 1.0?

2006-06-20 Thread Jeremias Maerki
On 19.06.2006 11:35:18 Chris Bowditch wrote: Jeremias Maerki wrote: On 18.06.2006 13:26:00 Manuel Mall wrote: snip/ Calling a release 1.0 is IMO quite a significant step which shouldn't been taken lightly. What we are saying in doing so is: Here is something we believe is ready

Re: When to release 1.0?

2006-06-20 Thread Chris Bowditch
Jeremias Maerki wrote: snip/ Please can you say where you think 0.92beta is behind 0.20.5? The only issue that I'm aware of is the change of IPD mid-page-sequence. I've listed them in http://wiki.apache.org/xmlgraphics-fop/ReleasePlanning I was a little surprised. It's not just 2 or 3

Re: When to release 1.0?

2006-06-20 Thread J.Pietschmann
Jeremias Maerki wrote: Ok, if we want that 1.0 won't be out before September. Too bad. As already mentioned, changing IPD page masters worked reasonably well in 0.20.5 and I think people will expect this to work in a 1.0 release too. OTOH, if the frequency of questions on the lists are taken

Re: When to release 1.0?

2006-06-19 Thread Jeremias Maerki
On 18.06.2006 13:26:00 Manuel Mall wrote: On Sunday 18 June 2006 18:53, Jeremias Maerki wrote: I just realized we should think about the right moment to release 1.0. I guess the number of fixed bugs would suggest a new release rather sooner than later. I originally thought about going for

Re: When to release 1.0?

2006-06-19 Thread Jeremias Maerki
On 18.06.2006 22:54:41 J.Pietschmann wrote: Jeremias Maerki wrote: I just realized we should think about the right moment to release 1.0. I think 1.0 should implement page masters with different body width in the same page sequence. Ok, if we want that 1.0 won't be out before September.

Re: When to release 1.0?

2006-06-19 Thread Jeremias Maerki
On 18.06.2006 20:50:31 Simon Pepping wrote: On Sun, Jun 18, 2006 at 07:26:00PM +0800, Manuel Mall wrote: On Sunday 18 June 2006 18:53, Jeremias Maerki wrote: look a little deeper into the issue. I suspect both items will require substantial changes in the layout engine which are probably

Re: When to release 1.0?

2006-06-19 Thread Chris Bowditch
Jeremias Maerki wrote: On 18.06.2006 13:26:00 Manuel Mall wrote: snip/ Calling a release 1.0 is IMO quite a significant step which shouldn't been taken lightly. What we are saying in doing so is: Here is something we believe is ready for production use. Yes, but neither should we put

Re: When to release 1.0?

2006-06-19 Thread Chris Bowditch
Jeremias Maerki wrote: On 18.06.2006 20:50:31 Simon Pepping wrote: snip/ So maybe we need a feature freeze and bug fixing period? Not only that. We need a Wiki page listing all issues everyone wants to see fixed/handled before a 1.0 release. We can then decide on which subset we are

When to release 1.0?

2006-06-18 Thread Jeremias Maerki
I just realized we should think about the right moment to release 1.0. I guess the number of fixed bugs would suggest a new release rather sooner than later. I originally thought about going for an ApacheCon release but I didn't have enough time. Now, Vincent is working on floats and the

Re: When to release 1.0?

2006-06-18 Thread Manuel Mall
On Sunday 18 June 2006 18:53, Jeremias Maerki wrote: I just realized we should think about the right moment to release 1.0. I guess the number of fixed bugs would suggest a new release rather sooner than later. I originally thought about going for an ApacheCon release but I didn't have enough

Re: When to release 1.0?

2006-06-18 Thread Simon Pepping
On Sun, Jun 18, 2006 at 07:26:00PM +0800, Manuel Mall wrote: On Sunday 18 June 2006 18:53, Jeremias Maerki wrote: look a little deeper into the issue. I suspect both items will require substantial changes in the layout engine which are probably better done after the next release (or on a