Re: Build/release stuff WAS Re: What Are Current POI Release Plans?

2007-01-16 Thread Martin van den Bemt
It full project name is (still) officially Apache Jakarta POI, although I don't think we should exclude Apache POI and Jakarta POI from the list of not allowed TM usage.. IANAL Mvgr, Martin David Fisher wrote: > Certainly some of the following may be wrong like "Apache Jakarta PMC" > and there

Re: Build/release stuff WAS Re: What Are Current POI Release Plans?

2007-01-16 Thread Mark Thomas
Avik Sengupta wrote: >> 2. Add a some trademark usage words (like that on >> http://tomcat.apache.org/legal.html > > I was never a fan or stating the obvious, but that'll probably make me a bad > lawyer. What's the apache legal team view on stuff like this? Have they > approved the tomcat page?

Re: Build/release stuff WAS Re: What Are Current POI Release Plans?

2007-01-16 Thread Avik Sengupta
> 2. Add a some trademark usage words (like that on > http://tomcat.apache.org/legal.html I was never a fan or stating the obvious, but that'll probably make me a bad lawyer. What's the apache legal team view on stuff like this? Have they approved the tomcat page? I'm loath to do this without so

Re: Build/release stuff WAS Re: What Are Current POI Release Plans?

2007-01-15 Thread David Fisher
Certainly some of the following may be wrong like "Apache Jakarta PMC" and there is probably no "Powered by POI" logo. Also, Is "Apache POI" or is "Apache Jakarta POI" or "Jakarta POI" better? The logo says "Apache POI" Other than the other trademark list is the following helpful? Regards,

Re: Build/release stuff WAS Re: What Are Current POI Release Plans?

2007-01-15 Thread David Fisher
Hi - 2. Add a some trademark usage words (like that on http://tomcat.apache.org/legal.html Yes, please! I'd like to acknowledge POI properly (along with Apache Tomcat) Thanks! Thanks again. Regards, Dave Fisher

Re: Build/release stuff WAS Re: What Are Current POI Release Plans?

2007-01-15 Thread Mark Thomas
Avik Sengupta wrote: > Thanks for the effort Mark. > > Can I just ask that if you're doing any changes to the build, you run it > past > this list, since it'll interest everybody? Happy to. I am not planning any changes to the build at the moment. If this changes I'll let the list know. Most o

Re: Build/release stuff WAS Re: What Are Current POI Release Plans?

2007-01-15 Thread Avik Sengupta
Thanks for the effort Mark. Can I just ask that if you're doing any changes to the build, you run it past this list, since it'll interest everybody? Thanks - Avik On Monday 15 January 2007 18:49, Mark Thomas wrote: > Martin van den Bemt wrote: > > I have add you to the jakarta-poi group.. Le

Re: Build/release stuff WAS Re: What Are Current POI Release Plans?

2007-01-15 Thread Mark Thomas
Yegor Kozlov wrote: > We still have files without the proper ASF header. I have patches ready to go for all of these and a few others. I've just seen Martin has enabled my commit access so I should have these fixed soon - I want to do a few more tests before committing. The committers repository

Re: Build/release stuff WAS Re: What Are Current POI Release Plans?

2007-01-15 Thread Mark Thomas
Martin van den Bemt wrote: > I have add you to the jakarta-poi group.. Let me know if there are any > problems.. All is working perfectly. Many thanks. Mark - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mailing List:http://j

Re: Build/release stuff WAS Re: What Are Current POI Release Plans?

2007-01-15 Thread Martin van den Bemt
I have add you to the jakarta-poi group.. Let me know if there are any problems.. Mvgr, Martin Mark Thomas wrote: > Andrew C. Oliver wrote: >> Oh nm. Didn't see the @apache.org address. Can you please state that >> you are not bound and have never been bound by an NDA or other such >> exclusio

Re[2]: Build/release stuff WAS Re: What Are Current POI Release Plans?

2007-01-15 Thread Yegor Kozlov
We still have files without the proper ASF header. Run the following command from the trunk directory: $grep -rL "Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation" . | grep .java$ ./src/java/org/apache/poi/ddf/EscherBitmapBlip.java ./src/java/org/apache/poi/hpsf/SummaryInformation.java ./src/java/org

Re[2]: Build/release stuff WAS Re: What Are Current POI Release Plans?

2007-01-14 Thread Yegor Kozlov
No, I didn't find any show stoppers. Yegor RK> Yegor Kozlov schrieb: >> For HSSF we have 84 open issues in the bugzilla. >> RK> Are there any show stoppers for a final release? RK> Best regards RK> Rainer Klute RK>Rainer Klute IT-Consulting GmbH RK> Dipl.-Infor

Re: Build/release stuff WAS Re: What Are Current POI Release Plans?

2007-01-14 Thread Mark Thomas
Andrew C. Oliver wrote: > Oh nm. Didn't see the @apache.org address. Can you please state that > you are not bound and have never been bound by an NDA or other such > exclusionary agreement with Microsoft? If so I remove my objection. > > -andy I am not, and have never been, bound by an NDA or

Re: Build/release stuff WAS Re: What Are Current POI Release Plans?

2007-01-14 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
Oh nm. Didn't see the @apache.org address. Can you please state that you are not bound and have never been bound by an NDA or other such exclusionary agreement with Microsoft? If so I remove my objection. -andy Mark Thomas wrote: Andrew C. Oliver wrote: -1 for granting karma for a prom

Re: Build/release stuff WAS Re: What Are Current POI Release Plans?

2007-01-14 Thread Mark Thomas
Andrew C. Oliver wrote: > -1 for granting karma for a promise to commit. Past experience teaches > us that patches come first. Fair enough. I'll create a bugzilla entry once I have some patches ready to go. Mark > Martin van den Bemt wrote: >> If the current POI committers don't have an objecti

Re: Build/release stuff WAS Re: What Are Current POI Release Plans?

2007-01-14 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
-1 for granting karma for a promise to commit. Past experience teaches us that patches come first. Martin van den Bemt wrote: If the current POI committers don't have an objection, I can add the necessary karma. Mvgr, Martin Mark Thomas wrote: Avik Sengupta wrote: Most important

Re: Build/release stuff WAS Re: What Are Current POI Release Plans?

2007-01-14 Thread Martin van den Bemt
If the current POI committers don't have an objection, I can add the necessary karma. Mvgr, Martin Mark Thomas wrote: > Avik Sengupta wrote: >> Most important issue was the file headers. Been fixed. Key signing needs to >> be arranged. > > A number if source files have no header at all. I hav

Re: Build/release stuff WAS Re: What Are Current POI Release Plans?

2007-01-14 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
There is one that I'd like to commit that I have uploaded the patch to bugzilla before a final. It is rather serious (Causes HSSF to barf with an array index exception). I will commit it once my account gets straightened out. Rainer Klute wrote: Yegor Kozlov schrieb: For HSSF we have 84

Re: Build/release stuff WAS Re: What Are Current POI Release Plans?

2007-01-12 Thread David Fisher
Yegor is often off the net on weekends cross country skiing or running. That said here is what I know - DF> I'm seeing you clearing lots of POI bugs - this is good. There will be much more. By Monday I'm going to close about 30 bugs. Just need to create a unit test per bug. I don't know if

Re: Build/release stuff WAS Re: What Are Current POI Release Plans?

2007-01-12 Thread Rainer Klute
Yegor Kozlov schrieb: > For HSSF we have 84 open issues in the bugzilla. > Are there any show stoppers for a final release? Best regards Rainer Klute Rainer Klute IT-Consulting GmbH Dipl.-Inform. Rainer Klute E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Körner Grund

Re: Build/release stuff WAS Re: What Are Current POI Release Plans?

2007-01-11 Thread David Fisher
Nick, Thanks. Regards, Dave On Jan 11, 2007, at 5:46 AM, Nick Burch wrote: On Wed, 10 Jan 2007, Andrew C. Oliver wrote: 1. Someone needs to anoint themselves release manager for 3.x.x XXx I can do this, if no-one else fancies it. (I will need several people to volunteer to check things)

Re: Build/release stuff WAS Re: What Are Current POI Release Plans?

2007-01-11 Thread Yegor Kozlov
ACO> can someone please figure out if we have any other REAL issues and list ACO> them here? Some seemed to be "preference" issues of Jakarta members. I ACO> do not plan to assist in satiating those. #2 is a serious issue, we ACO> should be signing releases. I will help with any serious leg

Re: Build/release stuff WAS Re: What Are Current POI Release Plans?

2007-01-11 Thread Mark Thomas
Avik Sengupta wrote: > Most important issue was the file headers. Been fixed. Key signing needs to > be arranged. A number if source files have no header at all. I haven't done an exhaustive check but the ones I found on my random wander through the source were: font_metrics.properties various p

Re: Build/release stuff WAS Re: What Are Current POI Release Plans?

2007-01-11 Thread Nick Burch
On Wed, 10 Jan 2007, Andrew C. Oliver wrote: 1. Someone needs to anoint themselves release manager for 3.x.x XXx I can do this, if no-one else fancies it. (I will need several people to volunteer to check things) 2. Someone needs to get a valid key recognized by Apache. I have a pgp key t

Re: Build/release stuff WAS Re: What Are Current POI Release Plans?

2007-01-10 Thread Avik Sengupta
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

Build/release stuff WAS Re: What Are Current POI Release Plans?

2007-01-10 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
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

Re: What Are Current POI Release Plans?

2007-01-10 Thread David Fisher
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 - h

Re: What Are Current POI Release Plans?

2007-01-10 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
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

What Are Current POI Release Plans?

2007-01-10 Thread David Fisher
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