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<title>Status</title>
- <p>[last updated 31st July 2003]</p>
+ <p>[last updated March 24, 2005]</p>
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<p>This is the development status of FOP. A branch has been created for
maintenance releases while the development is done to address various
</section>
<section>
<title>Development Status</title>
- <p>Development for 1.0DR1 is addressing the design issues for layout and
-performance. The new design focusing on making it possible to be conformant
-to the spec and be able to handle large documents. The development effort
-is roughly 50% towards a developers release.</p>
- <p>The developers release should have the following: similar functionality
-to previous FOP releases, a rough API and a suitable design for
-developers to work on more functionality.</p>
- <p>The timing of these events depends on progress made so it is not possible
-to predict any dates.</p>
+ <p>
+ Development for 1.0DR1 is addressing the design issues for layout and
+ performance. The new design focusing on making it possible to be conformant
+ to the spec and be able to handle large documents.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The developers release should have the following: similar functionality
+ to previous FOP releases, a rough API and a suitable design for
+ developers to work on more functionality.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The timing of these events depends on progress made so it is not possible
+ to predict any dates. However, we think that at the current rate of progress
+ we can start releasing again in the second half of 2005.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ At the moment we're concentrating mainly on the layout engine which is the
+ central and trickiest part of the whole package. The infrastructure around
+ it is in relatively good shape already although there are still areas for
+ newbies to jump in and help.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Of course, we also welcome any help on the layout managers. So if you
+ want to push your brain to the limit, come and join us!
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ If you're looking for a road-map we have to disappoint you. This is Open
+ Source and we're mostly voluteers working in their free time. What we have
+ is an idea where we want to go. How fast we get there depends on the
+ available time, on how well our ideas work out while developing and on you!
+ </p>
</section>
<section>
<title>Maintenance Status</title>
- <p>The latest maintenance release is FOP 0.20.5, released on July 18th, 2003.
-See <link href="relnotes.html">release notes</link> for more details.
-The developers do not currently intend to create more releases from the maintenance branch.</p>
+ <p>
+ The latest maintenance release is FOP 0.20.5, released on July 18th, 2003.
+ See <link href="relnotes.html">release notes</link> for more details.
+ The maintenance branch has been frozen in 2004 so the team can concentrate
+ on the redesign efforts.
+ </p>
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