pdf toolchain notes & suggestions

[Mark Johnson]

Karsten Wade wrote:
> 
> Perhaps an informal sub-committee?  Just people interested in the topic,
> keep part of the conversation, and volunteer.

Sounds good. I'll volunteer for this.

> 
> What's next?
> 
> Ideas:
> 
> * Get a new sub-project into CVS (fedora-docs/toolchain? or somesuch
> name).  Tammy, Mark, and I can commit into this for now, acting as
> conduits for changes from the rest of the project.
> 
> * We need 
>   ** Someone from kaffe
>   ** Someone from gcj
>   ** A willing FOP expert (either one who knows the code and use, or a
> coder and an expert user)
>   ** A DocBook XML expert (or three)

I'm willing to work on the xsl-fo customization, when we get there.

>   ** Volunteers willing to test parallel toolchains

I'm also willing to test toolchains.

>   ** A Debian liaison

If we can't get one of the Debian Java developers [1,2] (Arnaud 
Vandyck <avdyk at debian.org> comes to mind), in the meantime I'm happy 
to volunteer to serve as the Debian liaison. I'm a Debian XML 
developer/packager/policy editor and packaged some of the java 
tools.  (Whoops, I just read Dalibor's message - I'll leave the 
debian contacts to him.)

[1]  http://pkg-java.alioth.debian.org/
[2]  http://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-java/

>   ** ???

I'm willing to ask questions:) And supply asterisks.

BTW, I noticed that the debian fop package info used to imply that fop
would run under kaffe. Dalibor: do you know if this is the case?

> Just some ideas.  I really do mean, "What's next?"

I think Dalibor laid out a pretty decent plan. Below I state his 
suggestions and add some of my own.

A. Document the issues the debian java group has had getting fop to 
compile &/or run under gcj, and work with them (& other relevant 
groups/developers) to resolve outstanding issues.

B. Determine if fop will run under kaffe, as an alternative

C. Ask Mark Wielaard who he recommends as a gcj contact.

 > I'd also recommend getting in touch with the Java side of fedora, 
 > to see what their FOP packaging plans and requirements are. I
 > believe that Thomas Fitzsimmons and Fernando Nasser are working 
on > making JPackage work with gcj, they may be able to comment.

D. Either contact the JPackage folks via this list, or designate a 
liaison to initiate a dialog with them and report back to this list. 
Hopefully hook them up with the debian java group, so as to avoid 
duplicate efforts.

E. Form a subcommittee to make A - D above happen.

Cheers,
Mark

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