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Recast "Understanding FOP's Compliance" into a more general discussion of limitations in general. Add a "When will feature X be implemented" FAQ to point to the discussion of limitations.


git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/xmlgraphics/fop/trunk@196731 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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William Victor Mote 21 years ago
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</answer>
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<faq id="when">
<question>When will feature X be implemented?</question>
<answer>
<p>The short answer is "Don't ask." For more details, see <link href="gethelp.html#limitations">Understand FOP's Limitations</link>.</p>
</answer>
</faq>
<faq id="contribute">
<question>How can I contribute?</question>
<answer>

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We have included several useful links on our <link href="resources.html">Resources</link> page that may help you get started.
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</section>
<section id="compliance">
<title>Review FOP's Standards Compliance</title>
<p>FOP is a work in progress, and does not yet fully comply with the W3C XSL-FO standard.
<section id="limitations">
<title>Understand FOP's Limitations</title>
<p>FOP is a work in progress, and has some limitations.</p>
<p>FOP does not yet fully comply with the W3C XSL-FO standard.
The developers track which standard requirements have been implemented, and have documented these capabilities on the <link href="compliance.html">Compliance</link> page.
If this document appears to be in error, continue down this checklist so that either the document or the software can be corrected.
Otherwise, please do not submit mailing list questions or bug reports regarding features documented in the standard.
Please especially do not submit questions asking when a particular feature will be implemented.
FOP has other limitations regarding specific output formats, graphic formats, etc.
These limitations are noted in appropriate places in the documentation.
If these documents appear to be in error, continue down this checklist so that either the document or the software can be corrected.
Otherwise, please do not submit mailing list questions or bug reports regarding features documented in the standard, or documented as limitations in other parts of the documentation.</p>
<p>Please especially do not submit questions asking when a particular feature will be implemented.
There are too many unknowns to make even a reasonable estimate.
Every time a developer stops to answer such a question, the answer will inevitably be "I don't know", but the time taken to respond is time spent away from development.
The only sure way to get a feature implemented is to <link href="#how-to-help">pitch in and help</link>.</p>
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<section id="doc">

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