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| author | William Victor Mote <vmote@apache.org> | 2003-07-18 16:39:18 +0000 |
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| committer | William Victor Mote <vmote@apache.org> | 2003-07-18 16:39:18 +0000 |
| commit | 07a3d0e98bc53facafc3dc0b735e47414d6ede77 (patch) | |
| tree | b0ff66b67b6c2581413c96b17795f424d59fd026 /src/documentation/content/xdocs/gethelp.xml | |
| parent | 00c1485874c4e3077d871ac75a3ef6e2f438eff7 (diff) | |
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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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diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/gethelp.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/gethelp.xml index f9fa1ce35..632d0ac9e 100644 --- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/gethelp.xml +++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/gethelp.xml @@ -18,14 +18,18 @@ FOP is an implementation of these technologies, and when you use FOP, there is a We have included several useful links on our <link href="resources.html">Resources</link> page that may help you get started. </p> </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> </section> <section id="doc"> |