RE: About the source library

Subject: RE: About the source library
From: "Didier PH Martin" <martind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 14:55:11 -0400
Thanks Glauber. Let's bring some life on DSSSL and show the world that the
beast is not dead yet, just sleeping for some time but now ready to wake up
:-)

regards
Didier PH Martin
mailto:martind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.netfolder.com



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dssslist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-dssslist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Glauber Ribeiro
Sent: Friday, April 30, 1999 11:20 AM
To: dssslist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: About the source library


I agree. I'd hate to see Jade/DSSSL die in favor of XSL. I'd love to get
my hands on a patched win32 binary; it would be nice to have a Web
address to distribute beta versions of Jade with changes. It would be
especially nice to have Jade implement the full DSSSL spec, and from
what people have posted, it seems to be very close now. Maybe someone
should email James and get his blessing, and then we should move on.

Glauber


Didier PH Martin wrote:
>
> Hi Sebastian,
>
> I made changes to Jade but published them with the SGML/XML kit. The
changes
> are:
> a) conversion from a process EXE to a DLL (done)
> b) modifications in the HTML backend (still under development)
> c) bug correction for macro processing (still under development)
>
> About James. Have you seen James posting messages in this list since the
> last 6 months? (R: no). Have you seen James posting messages in the XSL
list
> since the last six months?(R; yes). I cannot speak for James but it seems
> that actually his interests are not on DSSSL but more on XSL. Also, James
is
> the editor for XSL specs, implementer of a XSL reference engine (XT).
> Evidence seems to be that James is more active with W3C activities. This
is
> not a criticism just factual observations.
>
> Because of the SGML/XML Kit I have to play or (understand) the code quite
> often. This is why I proposed to manage patches for the Win32 platform
> because I cannot do tests on other platforms. Somebody else has to do it
for
> other platforms like Unix (or Linux).
>
> Somebody made the suggestion to host the source code management on their
> server. I asked, how is this going on?
>
> Sebastian, If we want Jade to evolve, we have now to organize ourselves
and
> stop worrying if James will or will not do it. Did he answered on the last
> comments people made? We have to thanks James for all he did, but it seems
> that Jade future in our hands now.
>
> If I do a modification that impact on jade backbends or do a bug
correction
> I'll post it. But first, let's organize ourselves.
>
> Up to now Mattias and Oisin posted patches. I am currently looking at them
> for integration and looking for side effects.
>
> regards
> Didier PH Martin
> mailto:martind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.netfolder.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dssslist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-dssslist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Sebastian Rahtz
> Sent: Friday, April 30, 1999 4:56 AM
> To: dssslist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: About the source library
>
> Didier PH Martin writes:
>  > As you know, I play in Jade's code quite often and I am starting to
know
> it
>  > better and better. So, if you need volonteer to integrate the patches
for
>  > Win32 platforms (I cannot do tests on other platforms) I am ready for
the
>
> i see some danger of Jade fragmenting. are you saying that you
> have local changes to Jade? what mechanism can we use to make sure
> changes are managed? i am not sure how much time James has to look
> after the source.
>
> i mention this because I want to propose some changes to the TeX
> backend shortly
>
> Sebastian
>
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