legal issue?

2002-03-28 Thread Said Ackley
I am writing some documentation about the Word 97 binary file format. I want to link to bookmarks in the official spec created by M$. Does this seem like it would be a problem to have that "wword8.html" file on the POI site? Ryan

Re: Release checklist

2002-03-28 Thread Glen Stampoultzis
> Baaah cop out... look at HSSF docs, is there anything in it that is > obsolete, blanketly untrue? If we were to cut 1.5 today and you > downloaded it as a complete newbie to HSSF with medocre to average Java > skills would you be able to use it? Use that as your guide and when > you're done s

Re: [VOTE] Releasing 1.5

2002-03-28 Thread Glen Stampoultzis
Okay, I'll go through the HSSF doco and some of the general purpose stuff. Hows POIFS looking? Are there any specific area's people want looked at? I'm +1 on waiting for centipede as long as it's not going to take too long to integrate. The multiple skin support sounds cool. Regards, Glen Sta

Re: PrintRecord, Headers, and Footers

2002-03-28 Thread Glen Stampoultzis
Title: PrintRecord, Headers, and Footers   Running:    cvs diff -u   will create a patch of all changed files.  New files should be attached separately.   Submit the patch to bugzilla.   Regards,   Glen Stampoultzis  (TriNexus Pty Ltd)+63 3 9753-6850 0402 835 458ICQ:  62722370    EMail: 

Re: cvs commit: jakarta-poi/src/documentation/xdocs/hssf quick-guide.xml book.xml

2002-03-28 Thread Glen Stampoultzis
:) True, but you'll notice the "documentation" is almost all code! -- Glen - Original Message - From: "acoliver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 1:39 AM Subject: Re: cvs commit: jakarta-poi/src/documentation/xdocs/hssf quick-guide.xml book.xml

Re: [VOTE] Releasing 1.5

2002-03-28 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
+1 - centipede updates -1 release - We still have not gone through the docs and tied things up... Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: >From: "Glen Stampoultzis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Well, I think 1.5 has been brewing long enough. I'd like to call for >> >votes > >>for the release of POI 1.5. >> >>

Re: Release checklist

2002-03-28 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
Baaah cop out... look at HSSF docs, is there anything in it that is obsolete, blanketly untrue? If we were to cut 1.5 today and you downloaded it as a complete newbie to HSSF with medocre to average Java skills would you be able to use it? Use that as your guide and when you're done sign off

Re: Contributing

2002-03-28 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
Definitely. You are expected to document any contributions or changes you make (and if you don't write Javadoc, you're unlikely to have your patches committed). Basically, you don't have to ask for permission, just grab a piece and start sending in patches. The only requirement is that you

PrintRecord, Headers, and Footers

2002-03-28 Thread Laubach, Shawn - TAFB/LAB NCC (SAIC)
Title: PrintRecord, Headers, and Footers I've recently created some higher level classes to modify the PrintRecord, Headers, and Footers for a project I am working on and wanted to submit them.  How do I go about contributing these. Shawn Laubach SAIC - Web Developer

Re: Re: [VOTE] Releasing 1.5

2002-03-28 Thread acoliver
-1 there are remaining items for 1.5's release. including getting the documentation in order and matching the current sources. Only then will I withdraw my objection. We may wish to put out ONE more build before 1.5 is released to ensure the logging stuff is stable. We've never actually (saddl

Re: cvs commit: jakarta-poi/src/documentation/xdocs/hssf quick-guide.xml book.xml

2002-03-28 Thread acoliver
*GASP* Glen is writing documentation *GASP* :-D >On 28 Mar 2002 11:29:02 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote. >glens 02/03/28 03:29:02 > > Modified:src/documentation/xdocs/hssf book.xml > Added: src/documentation/xdocs/hssf quick-guide.xml > Log: > Quick guide now available > >

Re: [VOTE] Releasing 1.5

2002-03-28 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi
From: "Glen Stampoultzis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Well, I think 1.5 has been brewing long enough. I'd like to call for votes > for the release of POI 1.5. > > Anyone aware of good reasons why this release should not go ahead please us > know sooner rather than later. I was going to update the bui

Release checklist

2002-03-28 Thread Glen Stampoultzis
Hi, I just noticed the release checklist in the documentation directory. http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/jakarta-poi/src/documentation/Release-Checklis t.txt?rev=1.1&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup It would be really cool if we could expand this a bit and add it to our documentation. I'd do

Re: [VOTE] Releasing 1.5

2002-03-28 Thread Rainer Klute
>Well, I think 1.5 has been brewing long enough. I'd like to call for votes >for the release of POI 1.5. +1 Best regards Rainer Klute RAINER KLUTE IT-CONSULTING Dipl.-Inform. Rainer Klute E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Körner Grund 24Tel

[VOTE] Releasing 1.5

2002-03-28 Thread Glen Stampoultzis
Well, I think 1.5 has been brewing long enough. I'd like to call for votes for the release of POI 1.5. Anyone aware of good reasons why this release should not go ahead please us know sooner rather than later. Regards, Glen Stampoultzis (TriNexus Pty Ltd) +63 3 9753-6850 0402 835 458 ICQ:

cvs commit: jakarta-poi/src/documentation/xdocs/hssf quick-guide.xml book.xml

2002-03-28 Thread glens
glens 02/03/28 03:29:02 Modified:src/documentation/xdocs/hssf book.xml Added: src/documentation/xdocs/hssf quick-guide.xml Log: Quick guide now available Revision ChangesPath 1.4 +1 -0 jakarta-poi/src/documentation/xdocs/hssf/book.xml Index: boo

cvs commit: jakarta-poi/src/examples/src/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/examples FrillsAndFills.java

2002-03-28 Thread glens
glens 02/03/28 02:35:38 Modified:src/examples/src/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/examples FrillsAndFills.java Log: Removed unused import Revision ChangesPath 1.4 +1 -2 jakarta-poi/src/examples/src/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/example

Re: Contributing

2002-03-28 Thread Glen Stampoultzis
Help is always appreciated. We have heaps of functionality available in the low level records that isn't available in the higher level API's. Your task, should you choose to accept it, is to expose this functionality. Look at WindowOneRecord and WindowTwoRecord to start with. Post your patch t

Contributing

2002-03-28 Thread Simon Langford
Hi, I recently came across the POI project, and I'd like to contribute in some way. I'm pretty crap at documentation, but is there another area I can work on. Thanks Simon ** The views expressed in