<section id="dist-type">
<title>Binary or Source?</title>
<p>
- Most FOP users will want to download the latest binary distribution,
- which is ready to run "out of the box." However, a source distribution
+ Most FOP users will want to download the latest binary distribution,
+ which is ready to run "out of the box." However, a source distribution
will be preferable if you fall into one of the following categories:
</p>
<ul>
You wish to modify FOP.
</li>
<li>
- You wish to use a version more recent than the latest release. For
- example, if you have read on the user mailing list that a bug has
- been fixed or a feature added that you are eager to try, you might
- download a source distribution from the CVS repository so that you
+ You wish to use a version more recent than the latest release. For
+ example, if you have read on the user mailing list that a bug has
+ been fixed or a feature added that you are eager to try, you might
+ download a source distribution from the SVN repository so that you
don't have to wait for the next release.
</li>
<li>
<section id="source">
<title>Source Download</title>
<p>
- There are several ways to obtain a source distribution. Please note that they
+ There are several ways to obtain a source distribution. Please note that they
are listed from least current to most current:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
- Download a released version from a
+ Download a released version from a
<link href="http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/xmlgraphics/fop">FOP Distribution mirror</link>.
Source distributions include "-src" in their names.
</li>
<!--li>
- Download a CVS snapshot from the cvs files
- <link href="http://xml.apache.org/from-cvs/xml-fop/">here</link>.
- These snapshots are built approximately every six hours, and have the GMT of
- their creation time embedded in their names. Please note that CVS snapshots
+ Download a CVS snapshot from the cvs files
+ <link href="http://xml.apache.org/from-cvs/xml-fop/">here</link>.
+ These snapshots are built approximately every six hours, and have the GMT of
+ their creation time embedded in their names. Please note that CVS snapshots
are made only for the "redesign" branch.
</li-->
<li>
Download directly from the SVN repository.
- Anyone can do this using the
+ Anyone can do this using the
<link href="http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/repo.html">Anonymous SVN Server</link>.
- By default, the code in SVN is up-to-the-minute, the same code that the developers
+ By default, the code in SVN is up-to-the-minute, the same code that the developers
are modifying. See the <link href="dev/tools.html#svn">SVN section of Developer Tools</link>
for more information on using SVN.
</li>
<link href="http://svn.eu.apache.org/repos/asf/xmlgraphics/fop/trunk/">
<code>http://svn.eu.apache.org/repos/asf/xmlgraphics/fop/trunk/</code>
</link>
-
+
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
</tr>
</table>
<p>
- With any source distribution, you will need to
+ With any source distribution, you will need to
build FOP from the source files. For details please see the "Build" page on the documentation tab
for the version you've downloaded.
</p>
<section id="archives">
<title>Archive Download</title>
<p>
- FOP Archive distributions are linked from the upper portion of the Apache FOP
- Download Mirror Page and can be downloaded from the FOP Archives
- <link href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/xmlgraphics/fop/binaries/">binaries</link> &
+ FOP Archive distributions are linked from the upper portion of the Apache FOP
+ Download Mirror Page and can be downloaded from the FOP Archives
+ <link href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/xmlgraphics/fop/binaries/">binaries</link> &
<link href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/xmlgraphics/fop/source/">source</link> links.
</p>
</section>