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Apache XML Graphics Project Board Report ================================== The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. Issues for the Board ===================== We have migrated the Apache XML Graphics repositories for XML Graphics Commons, FOP, FOP PDF Images and Batik to GitHub: https://github.com/apache/xmlgraphics-fop.git Activity ======== * All XMLGraphics project repositories have been migrated from Subversion to GitHub/GitBox: https://github.com/apache/xmlgraphics-fop.git * A proposal to migrate XMLGraphics projects from Jira to GitHub issues was passed. Preliminary work to effect this migration has started. The migration is ongoing. Latest Versions of Apache XML Graphics Project Projects: * Apache Batik 1.17 2023-08-22 * Apache FOP 2.9 released 2023-08-22 * Apache FOP PDF Images 2.9 released 2023-08-22 * Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.9 released 2023-08-22 Project Health Report ======================= The level of community and developer activity remains at a consistent, moderate, level with respect to the previous reporting period. Recent PMC Changes ================== Currently 11 PMC members. * Simon Steiner was added to the PMC on Tue Jan 19 2016 * Clay Leeds was approved for XML Graphics PMC Chair position on March 26, 2018. Committers ========== Currently 21 committers. * No new committers added in the last 3 months * Last committer added was Matthias Reischenbacher at Wed May 13 2015 Most Recent Releases ==================== * Apache Batik 1.17 2023-08-22 * Apache FOP 2.9 released 2023-08-22 * Apache FOP PDF Images 2.9 released 2023-08-22 * Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.9 released 2023-08-22 = SUB PROJECTS = ================ APACHE BATIK ===== Batik is a Java-based toolkit for applications or applets that want to use images in the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format for various purposes, such as display, generation or manipulation. Latest Release ------------ Apache XML Graphics Apache Batik 1.17 was released on August 22, 2023 * Bug fixes APACHE FOP === Apache FOP (Formatting Objects Processor) is a print formatter driven by XSL formatting objects (XSL-FO) and an output independent formatter. It is a Java application that reads a formatting object (FO) tree and renders the resulting pages to a specified output. Output formats currently supported include PDF, PS, PCL, AFP, XML (area tree representation), Print, AWT and PNG, and to a lesser extent, RTF and TXT. The primary output target is PDF. Latest Release -------------- Apache XML Graphics Apache FOP 2.9 was released on August 22, 2023 Apache XML Graphics Apache FOP PDF Images 2.9 was released on August 22, 2023 * Bug fixes XML GRAPHICS COMMONS ==================== Apache XML Graphics Commons is a library that consists of several reusable components used by Apache Batik and Apache FOP. Many of these components can easily be used separately outside the domains of SVG and XSL-FO. You will find components such as a PDF library, an RTF library, Graphics2D implementations that let you generate PDF & PostScript files, and much more. Latest Release ------------ Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.9 was released on August 22, 2023 * Bug fixes
Apache XML Graphics Project Board Report ================================== The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. Issues for the Board ===================== We have migrated the Apache XML Graphics repositories for XML Graphics Commons, FOP, FOP PDF Images and Batik to GitHub: https://github.com/apache/xmlgraphics-fop.git Activity ======== * All XMLGraphics project repositories have been migrated from Subversion to GitHub/GitBox: https://github.com/apache/xmlgraphics-fop.git * A proposal to migrate XMLGraphics projects from Jira to GitHub issues was passed. Preliminary work to effect this migration has started. The migration is ongoing. Latest Versions of Apache XML Graphics Project Projects: * Apache Batik 1.17 2023-08-22 * Apache FOP 2.9 released 2023-08-22 * Apache FOP PDF Images 2.9 released 2023-08-22 * Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.9 released 2023-08-22 Project Health Report ======================= The level of community and developer activity remains at a consistent, moderate, level with respect to the previous reporting period. Recent PMC Changes ================== Currently 11 PMC members. * Simon Steiner was added to the PMC on Tue Jan 19 2016 * Clay Leeds was approved for XML Graphics PMC Chair position on March 26, 2018. Committers ========== Currently 21 committers. * No new committers added in the last 3 months * Last committer added was Matthias Reischenbacher at Wed May 13 2015 Most Recent Releases ==================== * Apache Batik 1.17 2023-08-22 * Apache FOP 2.9 released 2023-08-22 * Apache FOP PDF Images 2.9 released 2023-08-22 * Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.9 released 2023-08-22 = SUB PROJECTS = ================ APACHE BATIK ===== Batik is a Java-based toolkit for applications or applets that want to use images in the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format for various purposes, such as display, generation or manipulation. Latest Release ------------ Apache XML Graphics Apache Batik 1.17 was released on August 22, 2023 * Bug fixes APACHE FOP === Apache FOP (Formatting Objects Processor) is a print formatter driven by XSL formatting objects (XSL-FO) and an output independent formatter. It is a Java application that reads a formatting object (FO) tree and renders the resulting pages to a specified output. Output formats currently supported include PDF, PS, PCL, AFP, XML (area tree representation), Print, AWT and PNG, and to a lesser extent, RTF and TXT. The primary output target is PDF. Latest Release -------------- Apache XML Graphics Apache FOP 2.9 was released on August 22, 2023 Apache XML Graphics Apache FOP PDF Images 2.9 was released on August 22, 2023 * Bug fixes XML GRAPHICS COMMONS ==================== Apache XML Graphics Commons is a library that consists of several reusable components used by Apache Batik and Apache FOP. Many of these components can easily be used separately outside the domains of SVG and XSL-FO. You will find components such as a PDF library, an RTF library, Graphics2D implementations that let you generate PDF & PostScript files, and much more. Latest Release ------------ Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.9 was released on August 22, 2023 * Bug fixes
Apache XML Graphics Project Board Report ================================== The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. Issues for the Board ===================== We have migrated the Apache XML Graphics repositories for XML Graphics Commons, FOP, FOP PDF Images and Batik to GitHub: https://github.com/apache/xmlgraphics-fop.git Activity ======== * All XMLGraphics project repositories have been migrated from Subversion to GitHub/GitBox: https://github.com/apache/xmlgraphics-fop.git * A proposal to migrate XMLGraphics projects from Jira to GitHub issues was passed. Preliminary work to effect this migration has started. The migration is ongoing. Latest Versions of Apache XML Graphics Project Projects: * Apache Batik 1.17 2023-08-22 * Apache FOP 2.9 released 2023-08-22 * Apache FOP PDF Images 2.9 released 2023-08-22 * Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.9 released 2023-08-22 Project Health Report ======================= The level of community and developer activity remains at a consistent, moderate, level with respect to the previous reporting period. Recent PMC Changes ================== Currently 11 PMC members. * Simon Steiner was added to the PMC on Tue Jan 19 2016 * Clay Leeds was approved for XML Graphics PMC Chair position on March 26, 2018. Committers ========== Currently 21 committers. * No new committers added in the last 3 months * Last committer added was Matthias Reischenbacher at Wed May 13 2015 Most Recent Releases ==================== * Apache Batik 1.17 2023-08-22 * Apache FOP 2.9 released 2023-08-22 * Apache FOP PDF Images 2.9 released 2023-08-22 * Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.9 released 2023-08-22 = SUB PROJECTS = ================ APACHE BATIK ===== Batik is a Java-based toolkit for applications or applets that want to use images in the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format for various purposes, such as display, generation or manipulation. Latest Release ------------ Apache XML Graphics Apache Batik 1.17 was released on August 22, 2023 * Bug fixes APACHE FOP === Apache FOP (Formatting Objects Processor) is a print formatter driven by XSL formatting objects (XSL-FO) and an output independent formatter. It is a Java application that reads a formatting object (FO) tree and renders the resulting pages to a specified output. Output formats currently supported include PDF, PS, PCL, AFP, XML (area tree representation), Print, AWT and PNG, and to a lesser extent, RTF and TXT. The primary output target is PDF. Latest Release -------------- Apache XML Graphics Apache FOP 2.9 was released on August 22, 2023 Apache XML Graphics Apache FOP PDF Images 2.9 was released on August 22, 2023 * Bug fixes XML GRAPHICS COMMONS ==================== Apache XML Graphics Commons is a library that consists of several reusable components used by Apache Batik and Apache FOP. Many of these components can easily be used separately outside the domains of SVG and XSL-FO. You will find components such as a PDF library, an RTF library, Graphics2D implementations that let you generate PDF & PostScript files, and much more. Latest Release ------------ Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.9 was released on August 22, 2023 * Bug fixes
Apache XML Graphics Project Board Report
==================================
The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the
creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output &
related software components.
Issues for the Board
=====================
We have migrated the Apache XML Graphics repositories for XML Graphics
Commons, FOP, FOP PDF Images and Batik to GitHub:
https://github.com/apache/xmlgraphics-fop.git
Activity
========
* All XMLGraphics project repositories have been migrated from Subversion to
GitHub/GitBox: https://github.com/apache/xmlgraphics-fop.git
* A proposal to migrate XMLGraphics projects from Jira to GitHub issues was
passed. Preliminary work to effect this migration has started.
Latest Versions of Apache XML Graphics Project Projects:
* Apache Batik 1.16 2022-10-25
* Apache FOP 2.8 released 2022-11-09
* Apache FOP PDF Images 2.8 released 2022-11-09
* Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.8 released 2022-11-09 (NOTE: VOTE began
2022-11-02)
Project Health Report
=======================
The level of community and developer activity remains at a consistent,
moderate, level with respect to the previous reporting period.
Recent PMC Changes
==================
Currently 11 PMC members.
* Simon Steiner was added to the PMC on Tue Jan 19 2016
* Clay Leeds was approved for XML Graphics PMC Chair position on March 26,
2018.
Committers
==========
Currently 21 committers.
* No new committers added in the last 3 months
* Last committer added was Matthias Reischenbacher at Wed May 13 2015
Most Recent Releases
====================
* Apache Batik 1.16 2022-10-25
* Apache FOP 2.8 released 2022-11-09
* Apache FOP PDF Images 2.8 released 2022-11-09
* Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.8 released 2022-11-09
= SUB PROJECTS =
================
APACHE BATIK
=====
Batik is a Java-based toolkit for applications or applets that want to use
images in the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format for various purposes, such
as display, generation or manipulation.
Latest Release
------------
Apache XML Graphics Apache Batik 1.16 was released on October 25, 2022 (Apache
Batik 1.15 Release September 22, 2022)
* Bug fixes
APACHE FOP
===
Apache FOP (Formatting Objects Processor) is a print formatter driven by XSL
formatting objects (XSL-FO) and an output independent formatter. It is a Java
application that reads a formatting object (FO) tree and renders the resulting
pages to a specified output. Output formats currently supported include PDF,
PS, PCL, AFP, XML (area tree representation), Print, AWT and PNG, and to a
lesser extent, RTF and TXT. The primary output target is PDF.
Latest Release
--------------
Apache XML Graphics Apache FOP 2.8 was released on November 9, 2022 Apache XML
Graphics Apache FOP PDF Images 2.8 was released on November 9, 2022
* Bug fixes
XML GRAPHICS COMMONS
====================
Apache XML Graphics Commons is a library that consists of several reusable
components used by Apache Batik and Apache FOP. Many of these components can
easily be used separately outside the domains of SVG and XSL-FO. You will find
components such as a PDF library, an RTF library, Graphics2D implementations
that let you generate PDF & PostScript files, and much more.
Latest Release
------------
Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.8 was released on November 9, 2022
* Bug fixes
Apache XML Graphics Project Board Report ================================== The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. Issues for the Board ===================== * All XMLGraphics project repositories have been migrated from Subversion to GitHub/GitBox. * A vote is underway regarding a proposal to migrate XMLGraphics projects from Jira to GitHub Issues, and is expected to pass. Activity ======== * Apache Batik 1.16 2022-10-25 * Apache FOP 2.8 released 2022-11-09 * Apache FOP PDF Images 2.8 released 2022-11-09 * Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.8 released 2022-11-09 (NOTE: VOTE began 2022-11-02) Project Health Report ======================= The level of community and developer activity remains at a consistent, moderate, level with respect to the previous reporting period. Recent PMC Changes ================== Currently 11 PMC members. * Simon Steiner was added to the PMC on Tue Jan 19 2016 * Clay Leeds was approved for XML Graphics PMC Chair position on March 26, 2018. Committers ========== Currently 21 committers. * No new committers added in the last 3 months * Last committer added was Matthias Reischenbacher at Wed May 13 2015 Most Recent Releases ==================== * Apache Batik 1.16 2022-10-25 * Apache FOP 2.8 released 2022-11-09 * Apache FOP PDF Images 2.8 released 2022-11-09 * Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.8 released 2022-11-09 = SUB PROJECTS = ================ APACHE BATIK ===== Batik is a Java-based toolkit for applications or applets that want to use images in the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format for various purposes, such as display, generation or manipulation. Latest Release ------------ Apache XML Graphics Apache Batik 1.16 was released on October 25, 2022 (Apache Batik 1.15 Release September 22, 2022) * Bug fixes APACHE FOP === Apache FOP (Formatting Objects Processor) is a print formatter driven by XSL formatting objects (XSL-FO) and an output independent formatter. It is a Java application that reads a formatting object (FO) tree and renders the resulting pages to a specified output. Output formats currently supported include PDF, PS, PCL, AFP, XML (area tree representation), Print, AWT and PNG, and to a lesser extent, RTF and TXT. The primary output target is PDF. Latest Release -------------- Apache XML Graphics Apache FOP 2.8 was released on November 9, 2022 Apache XML Graphics Apache FOP PDF Images 2.8 was released on November 9, 2022 * Bug fixes XML GRAPHICS COMMONS ==================== Apache XML Graphics Commons is a library that consists of several reusable components used by Apache Batik and Apache FOP. Many of these components can easily be used separately outside the domains of SVG and XSL-FO. You will find components such as a PDF library, an RTF library, Graphics2D implementations that let you generate PDF & PostScript files, and much more. Latest Release ------------ Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.8 was released on November 9, 2022 * Bug fixes
Apache XML Graphics Project Board Report ================================== The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. Issues for the Board ===================== Activity ======== * Apache Batik 1.16 2022-10-25 * Apache FOP 2.8 released 2022-11-09 * Apache FOP PDF Images 2.8 released 2022-11-09 * Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.8 released 2022-11-09 (NOTE: VOTE began 2022-11-02) Project Health Report ======================= The level of community and developer activity remains at a consistent, moderate, level with respect to the previous reporting period. Recent PMC Changes ================== Currently 11 PMC members. * Simon Steiner was added to the PMC on Tue Jan 19 2016 * Clay Leeds was approved for XML Graphics PMC Chair position on March 26, 2018. Committers ========== Currently 21 committers. * No new committers added in the last 3 months * Last committer added was Matthias Reischenbacher at Wed May 13 2015 Most Recent Releases ==================== * Apache Batik 1.16 2022-10-25 (NOTE: Version 1.15 2022-09-22) * Apache FOP 2.8 released 2022-11-09 (NOTE: VOTE began 2022-11-02) * Apache FOP PDF Images 2.8 released 2022-11-09 (NOTE: VOTE began 2022-11-02) * Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.8 released 2022-11-09 (NOTE: VOTE began 2022-11-02) = SUB PROJECTS = ================ APACHE BATIK ===== Batik is a Java-based toolkit for applications or applets that want to use images in the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format for various purposes, such as display, generation or manipulation. Latest Release ------------ Apache XML Graphics Apache Batik 1.16 was released on October 25, 2022 (Apache Batik 1.15 Release September 22, 2022) * Bug fixes APACHE FOP === Apache FOP (Formatting Objects Processor) is a print formatter driven by XSL formatting objects (XSL-FO) and an output independent formatter. It is a Java application that reads a formatting object (FO) tree and renders the resulting pages to a specified output. Output formats currently supported include PDF, PS, PCL, AFP, XML (area tree representation), Print, AWT and PNG, and to a lesser extent, RTF and TXT. The primary output target is PDF. Latest Release -------------- Apache XML Graphics Apache FOP 2.8 was released on November 9, 2022 Apache XML Graphics Apache FOP PDF Images 2.8 was released on November 9, 2022 * Bug fixes XML GRAPHICS COMMONS ==================== Apache XML Graphics Commons is a library that consists of several reusable components used by Apache Batik and Apache FOP. Many of these components can easily be used separately outside the domains of SVG and XSL-FO. You will find components such as a PDF library, an RTF library, Graphics2D implementations that let you generate PDF & PostScript files, and much more. Latest Release ------------ Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.8 was released on November 9, 2022 * Bug fixes
= Apache XML Graphics Project Board Report = ============================================ The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. Issues for the Board ==================== No issues at present. Activity ======== * Apache Batik 1.16 was released on 2022-10-25 Apache Batik 1.15 2022-09-22 * Apache FOP 2.8 was released on 2022-11-09 * Apache FOP PDF Images 2.8 was released on 2022-11-09 * Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.8 was released on 2022-11-09 Project Health Report ===================== The level of community and developer activity remains at a consistent, moderate, level with respect to the previous reporting period. Recent PMC Changes ================== Currently 11 PMC members. * Simon Steiner was added to the PMC on Tue Jan 19 2016 * Clay Leeds was approved for XML Graphics PMC Chair position on March 26, 2018. Committers ========== Currently 21 committers. * No new committers added in the last 3 months * Last committer added was Matthias Reischenbacher at Wed May 13 2015 Most Recent Build ================= * Apache Batik 1.16 was released on 2022-10-25 * Apache FOP 2.8 was released on 2022-11-09 * Apache FOP PDF Images 2.8 was released on 2022-11-09 * Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.8 was released on 2022-11-09 = SUB PROJECTS = ================ APACHE BATIK ============ Batik is a Java-based toolkit for applications or applets that want to use images in the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format for various purposes, such as display, generation or manipulation. Latest Build ------------ * Apache Batik 1.16 was released on November 9, 2022 * Apache Batik 1.16 was released on October 25, 2022 * Apache Batik 1.15 was released on September 22, 2022 * Bug fixes APACHE FOP ========== Apache FOP (Formatting Objects Processor) is a print formatter driven by XSL formatting objects (XSL-FO) and an output independent formatter. It is a Java application that reads a formatting object (FO) tree and renders the resulting pages to a specified output. Output formats currently supported include PDF, PS, PCL, AFP, XML (area tree representation), Print, AWT and PNG, and to a lesser extent, RTF and TXT. The primary output target is PDF. Latest build ------------ * Apache XML Graphics Apache FOP 2.8 was released on November 9, 2022 * Apache XML Graphics Apache FOP PDF Images 2.8 was released on November 9, 2022 * Bug fixes XML GRAPHICS COMMONS ==================== Apache XML Graphics Commons is a library that consists of several reusable components used by Apache Batik and Apache FOP. Many of these components can easily be used separately outside the domains of SVG and XSL-FO. You will find components such as a PDF library, an RTF library, Graphics2D implementations that let you generate PDF & PostScript files, and much more. Latest build ------------ * Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.8 was released on November 9, 2022 * Bug fixes
Apache XML Graphics Project Board Report ================================== The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. Issues for the Board ===================== No issues at present. Activity ======== * Apache Batik 1.14 released 2021-01-21 * Apache FOP 2.7 released 2022-01-20 * Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.7 released 2022-01-20 Project Health Report ======================= The level of community and developer activity remains at a consistent, moderate, level with respect to the previous reporting period. Recent PMC Changes ================== Currently 11 PMC members. * Simon Steiner was added to the PMC on Tue Jan 19 2016 * Clay Leeds was approved for XML Graphics PMC Chair position on March 26, 2018. Committers ========== Currently 21 committers. * No new committers added in the last 3 months * Last committer added was Matthias Reischenbacher at Wed May 13 2015 Most Recent Releases ==================== * Apache Batik 1.14 was released January 21, 2021 * Apache FOP 2.7 was released January 20, 2022 * Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.7 was released January 20, 2022 = SUB PROJECTS = ================ APACHE BATIK ===== Batik is a Java-based toolkit for applications or applets that want to use images in the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format for various purposes, such as display, generation or manipulation. Latest Release ------------ Apache XML Graphics Apache Batik 1.14 was released on January 21, 2021 * BATIK-1292: Useless console message "About to transcoder source of type: ..." * BATIK-1297: Dependency Convergence issue with xml-apis APACHE FOP === Apache FOP (Formatting Objects Processor) is a print formatter driven by XSL formatting objects (XSL-FO) and an output independent formatter. It is a Java application that reads a formatting object (FO) tree and renders the resulting pages to a specified output. Output formats currently supported include PDF, PS, PCL, AFP, XML (area tree representation), Print, AWT and PNG, and to a lesser extent, RTF and TXT. The primary output target is PDF. Latest Release -------------- Apache XML Graphics Apache FOP 2.7 was released on January 20, 2022 * Bug fixes XML GRAPHICS COMMONS ==================== Apache XML Graphics Commons is a library that consists of several reusable components used by Apache Batik and Apache FOP. Many of these components can easily be used separately outside the domains of SVG and XSL-FO. You will find components such as a PDF library, an RTF library, Graphics2D implementations that let you generate PDF & PostScript files, and much more. Latest Release ------------ Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.7 was released January 20, 2022 * Bug fixes
Apache XML Graphics Project Board Report for May 2022 ========================================================== The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. Issues for the Board ==================== Apache FOP 2.7 and Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.7 were both released with bug fixes earlier this year. Activity ======== * Apache Batik 1.14 released 2021-01-21 * Apache FOP 2.7 released 2022-01-20 * Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.7 released 2022-01-20 Project Health Report ===================== The level of community and developer activity remains at a consistent, level with respect to the previous reporting period. Recent PMC Changes ================== Currently 11 PMC members. * Simon Steiner was added to the PMC on Tue Jan 19 2016 * Clay Leeds was approved for XML Graphics PMC Chair position on March 26, 2018. Community ========= Currently 21 committers. * No new committers added in the last 3 months * Last committer added was Matthias Reischenbacher at Wed May 13 2015 Most Recent Releases ==================== * Apache Batik 1.14 was released January 21, 2021 * Apache FOP 2.7 was released January 20, 2022 * Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.7 was released January 20, 2022 = SUB PROJECTS = ================ APACHE BATIK ============ Batik is a Java-based toolkit for applications or applets that want to use images in the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format for various purposes, such as display, generation or manipulation. Latest Release ------------ Apache XML Graphics Apache Batik 1.14 was released on January 21, 2021 * BATIK-1292: Useless console message "About to transcoder source of type: ..." * BATIK-1297: Dependency Convergence issue with xml-apis APACHE FOP ========== Apache FOP (Formatting Objects Processor) is a print formatter driven by XSL formatting objects (XSL-FO) and an output independent formatter. It is a Java application that reads a formatting object (FO) tree and renders the resulting pages to a specified output. Output formats currently supported include PDF, PS, PCL, AFP, XML (area tree representation), Print, AWT and PNG, and to a lesser extent, RTF and TXT. The primary output target is PDF. Latest Release -------------- Apache XML Graphics Apache FOP 2.7 was released on January 20, 2022 * Bug fixes XML GRAPHICS COMMONS ==================== Apache XML Graphics Commons is a library that consists of several reusable components used by Apache Batik and Apache FOP. Many of these components can easily be used separately outside the domains of SVG and XSL-FO. You will find components such as a PDF library, an RTF library, Graphics2D implementations that let you generate PDF & PostScript files, and much more. Latest Release ------------ Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.7 was released January 20, 2022 * Bug fixes
Apache XML Graphics Project Board Report for February 2022 ========================================================== The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. Issues for the Board ==================== Apache FOP 2.7 and Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.7 were both released with bug fixes in the last quarter. Activity ======== * Apache Batik 1.14 released 2021-01-21 * Apache FOP 2.7 released 2022-01-20 * Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.7 released 2022-01-20 Project Health Report ===================== The level of community and developer activity remains at a consistent, moderate, level with respect to the previous reporting period. Recent PMC Changes ================== Currently 11 PMC members. * Simon Steiner was added to the PMC on Tue Jan 19 2016 * Clay Leeds was approved for XML Graphics PMC Chair position on March 26, 2018. Community ========= Currently 21 committers. * No new committers added in the last 3 months * Last committer added was Matthias Reischenbacher at Wed May 13 2015 Most Recent Releases ==================== * Apache Batik 1.14 was released January 21, 2021 * Apache FOP 2.7 was released January 20, 2022 * Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.7 was released January 20, 2022 = SUB PROJECTS = ================ APACHE BATIK ============ Batik is a Java-based toolkit for applications or applets that want to use images in the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format for various purposes, such as display, generation or manipulation. Latest Release ------------ Apache XML Graphics Apache Batik 1.14 was released on January 21, 2021 * BATIK-1292: Useless console message "About to transcoder source of type: ..." * BATIK-1297: Dependency Convergence issue with xml-apis APACHE FOP ========== Apache FOP (Formatting Objects Processor) is a print formatter driven by XSL formatting objects (XSL-FO) and an output independent formatter. It is a Java application that reads a formatting object (FO) tree and renders the resulting pages to a specified output. Output formats currently supported include PDF, PS, PCL, AFP, XML (area tree representation), Print, AWT and PNG, and to a lesser extent, RTF and TXT. The primary output target is PDF. Latest Release -------------- Apache XML Graphics Apache FOP 2.7 was released on January 20, 2022 * Bug fixes XML GRAPHICS COMMONS ==================== Apache XML Graphics Commons is a library that consists of several reusable components used by Apache Batik and Apache FOP. Many of these components can easily be used separately outside the domains of SVG and XSL-FO. You will find components such as a PDF library, an RTF library, Graphics2D implementations that let you generate PDF & PostScript files, and much more. Latest Release ------------ Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.7 was released January 20, 2022 * Bug fixes
Apache XML Graphics Project Board Report ================================== The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. ISSUES FOR THE BOARD ===================== No issues at present. ACTIVITY ======== * Apache Batik 1.14 released 2021-01-21 * Apache FOP 2.6 released 2021-01-21 * Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.6 released 2021-01-21 PROJECT HEALTH REPORT ======================= The level of community and developer activity remains at a consistent, light, level with respect to the previous reporting period. RECENT PMC CHANGES ================== Currently 11 PMC members. * Simon Steiner added to the PMC on Tue Jan 19 2016 * Clay Leeds approved to XML Graphics PMC Chair position March 26, 2018. Committers ========== Currently 21 committers. * No new committers added in the last 3 months * Last committer added was Matthias Reischenbacher at Wed May 13 2015 Most Recent Releases ==================== * Apache Batik 1.14 was released January 21, 2021 * Apache FOP 2.6 was released January 21, 2021 * Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.6 was released January 21, 2021 = SUB PROJECTS = ================ XML GRAPHICS COMMONS ==================== Community activity was light. New Release? ------------ * Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.6 was released January 21, 2021 Latest Release -------------- XML Graphics Commons 2.6 was released on January 21, 2021 FOP === Community activity was light. * Apache FOP 2.6 was released January 21, 2021 Newest Release? --------------- * Support OTF/TTF SVG fonts * Allow overpaint of PDF border * Bug fixes Latest Release -------------- Apache XML Graphics FOP 2.6 was released on January 21, 2021 BATIK ===== Community activity was light. * Apache Batik 1.14 was released January 21, 2021 New Release? ------------ Apache XML Graphics Apache Batik 1.14 was released on January 21, 2021 * BATIK-1292: Useless console message "About to transcoder source of type: ..." * BATIK-1297: Dependency Convergence issue with xml-apis Latest Release -------------- Apache XML Graphics Apache Batik 1.14 was released on January 21, 2021
Apache XML Graphics Project Board Report ======================================== The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. ISSUES FOR THE BOARD ===================== No issues at present. ACTIVITY ======== * Apache Batik 1.14 released 2021-01-21 * Apache FOP 2.6 released 2021-01-21 * Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.6 released 2021-01-21 PROJECT HEALTH REPORT ======================= The level of community and developer activity remains at a consistent, moderate, level with respect to the previous reporting period. RECENT PMC CHANGES ================== Currently 11 PMC members. * Simon Steiner was added to the PMC on January 19, 2016 * Clay Leeds was approved for XML Graphics PMC Chair position on March 26, 2018. Committers ========== Currently 21 committers. * No new committers added in the last 3 months * Last committer added was Matthias Reischenbacher May 13, 2015 Most Recent Releases ==================== * Apache Batik 1.14 was released January 21, 2021 * Apache FOP 2.6 was released January 21, 2021 * Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.6 was released January 21, 2021 = SUB PROJECTS = ================ XML GRAPHICS COMMONS ==================== Community activity was light, although there were a few bugs resolved. New Release? ------------ * Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.6 was released January 21, 2021 Latest Release -------------- XML Graphics Commons 2.6 was released on January 21, 2021 FOP === * Apache FOP 2.6 was released January 21, 2021 Newest Release? --------------- * Support OTF/TTF SVG fonts * Allow overpaint of PDF border * Bug fixes Latest Release -------------- Apache XML Graphics FOP 2.6 was released on January 21, 2021 BATIK ===== * Apache Batik 1.14 was released January 21, 2021 New Release? ------------ Apache XML Graphics Apache Batik 1.14 was released on January 21, 2021 * BATIK-1292: Useless console message "About to transcoder source of type: ..." * BATIK-1297: Dependency Convergence issue with xml-apis Latest Release -------------- Apache XML Graphics Apache Batik 1.14 was released on January 21, 2021
Apache XML Graphics Project Board Report ================================== The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. ISSUES FOR THE BOARD ===================== No issues at present. ACTIVITY ======== * Apache Batik 1.14 released 2021-01-21 * Apache FOP 2.6 released 2021-01-21 * Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.6 released 2021-01-21 PROJECT HEALTH REPORT ======================= The level of community and developer activity remains at a consistent, moderate, level with respect to the previous reporting period. RECENT PMC CHANGES ================== Currently 11 PMC members. * Simon Steiner was added to the PMC on Tue Jan 19 2016 * Simon ABSOLUTELY ROCKS IT! * Clay Leeds was approved for XML Graphics PMC Chair position on March 26, 2018. Committers ========== Currently 21 committers. * No new committers added in the last 3 months * Last committer added was Matthias Reischenbacher at Wed May 13 2015 Most Recent Releases ==================== * Apache Batik 1.14 was released January 21, 2021 * Apache FOP 2.6 was released January 21, 2021 * Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.6 was released January 21, 2021 = SUB PROJECTS = ================ XML GRAPHICS COMMONS ==================== Community activity was light, although there were a few bugs resolved. New Release? ------------ * Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.6 was released January 21, 2021 Latest Release -------------- XML Graphics Commons 2.6 was released on January 21, 2021 FOP === * Apache FOP 2.6 was released January 21, 2021 Newest Release? --------------- * Support OTF/TTF SVG fonts * Allow overpaint of PDF border * Bug fixes Latest Release -------------- Apache XML Graphics FOP 2.6 was released on January 21, 2021 BATIK ===== * Apache Batik 1.14 was released January 21, 2021 New Release? ------------ Apache XML Graphics Apache Batik 1.14 was released on January 21, 2021 * BATIK-1292: Useless console message "About to transcoder source of type: ..." * BATIK-1297: Dependency Convergence issue with xml-apis Latest Release -------------- Apache XML Graphics Apache Batik 1.14 was released on January 21, 2021
Apache XML Graphics Project Board Report ================================== The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. ISSUES FOR THE BOARD ===================== No issues at present. ACTIVITY ======== * Apache Batik 1.14 released 2021-01-21 * Apache FOP 2.6 released 2021-01-21 * Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.6 released 2021-01-21 PROJECT HEALTH REPORT ======================= The level of community and developer activity remains at a consistent, moderate level with respect to the previous reporting period. RECENT PMC CHANGES ================== Currently 11 PMC members. * Simon Steiner was added to the PMC on Tue Jan 19 2016 * Simon ABSOLUTELY ROCKS IT! ;-) * Clay Leeds was approved for XML Graphics PMC Chair position on March 26, 2018. Committers ========== Currently 21 committers. * No new committers added in the last 3 months * Last committer added was Matthias Reischenbacher at Wed May 13 2015 Most Recent Releases ==================== * Apache Batik 1.14 was released January 21, 2021 * Apache FOP 2.6 was released January 21, 2021 * Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.6 was released January 21, 2021 = SUB PROJECTS = ================ APACHE BATIK ============ * Apache Batik 1.14 was released January 21, 2021 New Release? ------------ Apache XML Graphics Apache Batik 1.14 was released on January 21, 2021 * BATIK-1292: Useless console message "About to transcoder source of type: ..." * BATIK-1297: Dependency Convergence issue with xml-apis Latest Release -------------- Apache Batik 1.14 was released on January 21, 2021 APACHE FOP ========== * Apache FOP 2.6 was released January 21, 2021 Newest Release? --------------- * Support OTF/TTF SVG fonts * Allow overpaint of PDF border * Bug fixes Latest Release -------------- Apache FOP 2.6 was released on January 21, 2021 APACHE XML GRAPHICS COMMONS ==================== Community activity was light, although there were a few bugs resolved, and the RELEASE of XML Graphics Commons 2.6 on January 21, 2021. New Release? ------------ * Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.6 was released January 21, 2021 Latest Release -------------- Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.6 was released on January 21, 2021
Apache XML Graphics Project Board Report ================================== The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. ISSUES FOR THE BOARD ===================== No issues at present. ACTIVITY ======== * Apache Batik 1.13 released 2020-05-13 * Apache FOP 2.5 released 2020-05-13 PROJECT HEALTH REPORT ======================= The level of community and developer activity remains at a consistent, moderate, level with respect to the previous reporting period. RECENT PMC CHANGES ================== Currently 11 PMC members. * Simon Steiner was added to the PMC on Tue Jan 19 2016 * Clay Leeds was approved for XML Graphics PMC Chair position on March 26, 2018. Committers ========== Currently 21 committers. * No new committers added in the last 3 months * Last committer added was Matthias Reischenbacher at Wed May 13 2015 Most Recent Releases ==================== * Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.4 was released on November 05, 2019 * Apache XML Graphics FOP 2.5 was released on May 20, 2020 * Apache XML Graphics Apache Batik 1.13 was released on May 20, 2020 = SUB PROJECTS = ================ XML GRAPHICS COMMONS ==================== Community activity was light, although there were a few bugs resolved. New Release? ------------ There were no releases this quarter. Latest Release -------------- XML Graphics Commons 2.4 was released on November 05, 2019 FOP === There were no releases this quarter. Newest Release? --------------- * Allow to hide empty blocks from structure tree * Bug fixes include: * border improvements * make JAI optional * Font substitutions improvements * FOP Documentation improvements * and ~15 more improvements Latest Release -------------- Apache XML Graphics FOP 2.5 was released on May 20, 2020 BATIK ===== There were no releases this quarter. New Release? ------------ Apache XML Graphics Apache Batik 1.13 was released on May 20, 2020 * BATIK-1276: Allow blocking of external resources * BATIK-1275: Refactor shared resources. * BATIK-1274: Add .gitignore Latest Release -------------- Apache XML Graphics Apache Batik 1.13 was released on May 20, 2020
Apache XML Graphics Project Board Report ================================== The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. ISSUES FOR THE BOARD ===================== No issues at present. ACTIVITY ======== * Apache Batik 1.13 released 2020-05-13 * Apache FOP 2.5 released 2020-05-13 PROJECT HEALTH REPORT ======================= The level of community and developer activity remains at a consistent, moderate, level with respect to the previous reporting period. RECENT PMC CHANGES ================== Currently 11 PMC members. * Simon Steiner was added to the PMC on Tue Jan 19 2016 * Clay Leeds was approved for XML Graphics PMC Chair position on March 26, 2018. Committers ========== Currently 21 committers. * No new committers added in the last 3 months * Last committer added was Matthias Reischenbacher at Wed May 13 2015 Most Recent Releases ==================== * Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.4 was released on November 05, 2019 * Apache XML Graphics FOP 2.5 was released on May 20, 2020 * Apache XML Graphics Apache Batik 1.13 was released on May 20, 2020 = SUB PROJECTS = ================ XML GRAPHICS COMMONS ==================== Community activity was light, although there were a few bugs resolved. New Release? ------------ There were no releases this quarter. Latest Release -------------- XML Graphics Commons 2.4 was released on November 05, 2019 FOP === A release of Apache FOP 2.5 was made this quarter. New Release? ------------ * Allow to hide empty blocks from structure tree * Bug fixes include: * border improvements * make JAI optional * Font substitutions improvements * FOP Documentation improvements * and ~15 more improvements Latest Release -------------- Apache XML Graphics FOP 2.5 was released on May 20, 2020 BATIK ===== Apache XML Graphics Apache Batik 1.13 was released on May 20, 2020 New Release? ------------ Apache XML Graphics Apache Batik 1.13 was released on May 20, 2020 * BATIK-1276: Allow blocking of external resources * BATIK-1275: Refactor shared resources. * BATIK-1274: Add .gitignore Latest Release -------------- Apache XML Graphics Apache Batik 1.13 was released on May 20, 2020
No report was submitted.
Committee reports approved as submitted by General Consent.
## Description: Apache XML Graphics exists to promote the use of XML. We view XML as a compelling paradigm that structures data as information, thereby facilitating the exchange, transformation, and presentation of knowledge. The ability to transform raw data into usable information has great potential to improve the functionality and use of information systems. We intend to build freely available products for the conversion of XML to graphical output and closely related technologies in order to engender such improvements. ## Issues: No Issues to report to the board ## Membership Data: Apache XML Graphics was founded 2004-10-20 (16 years ago) There are currently 21 committers and 11 PMC members in this project. The Committer-to-PMC ratio is roughly 2:1. Community changes, past quarter: - No new PMC members. Last addition was Simon Steiner on 2016-01-20. - No new committers. Last addition was Matthias Reischenbacher on 2015-05-13. ## Project Activity: Last FOP release v2.4 was on 5th November 2019. Batik v1.12 was released at the same time. A new release has been prepared and is currently being voted on for all 3 sub projects, i.e. FOP, XML Graphics and Commons ## Community Health: Users are continuing to ask questions and post bug reports. There were 39 e-mails to fop-user and 218 e-mails to fop-dev in the last quarter. The relatively small team of remaining committers continues to answer questions and resolve some of the bugs. It would be good to find some new committers but we find users tend to submit 1 or 2 patches and then move on to other projects.
Apache XML Graphics Project Board Report ======================================== The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. ISSUES FOR THE BOARD ==================== No issues at present. ACTIVITY ======== * Apache Batik 1.12 * Apache FOP 2.4 * Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.4 PROJECT HEALTH REPORT ===================== The level of community and developer activity remains at a consistent, moderate, level with respect to the previous reporting period. RECENT PMC CHANGES ================== Currently 11 PMC members. * Simon Steiner was added to the PMC on Tue Jan 19 2016 * Clay Leeds became XML Graphics PMC Chair/VP on March 26, 2018 Committers ========== Currently 21 committers. * No new committers added in the last 3 months * Last committer added was Matthias Reischenbacher at Wed May 13 2015 Most Recent Releases ==================== * XMLGraphics Commons 2.4 was released on Sat October 31, 2019 * XMLGraphics FOP 2.4 was released on Sat October 31, 2019 * XMLGraphics Batik 1.12 was released on Sat October 31, 2019 = SUB PROJECTS = ================ XML GRAPHICS COMMONS ==================== Community activity was light, although there were a few bugs resolved. New Release? ------------ XMLGraphics Commons 2.4 was released on Sat October 31, 2019 Latest Release -------------- XML Graphics Commons 2.4 was released on Sat October 31, 2019 FOP === A number of patches have been processed into TRUNK and several bugs fixed. New Release? ------------ XML Graphics FOP 2.4 was released on Sat October 31, 2019 Latest Release -------------- XML Graphics FOP 2.4 was released on Sat October 31, 2019 BATIK ===== Apache Batik 1.12 was released on Sat October 31, 2019 New Release? ------------ Apache Batik 1.12 was released on Sat October 31, 2019 Latest Release -------------- Apache Batik 1.12 was released on Sat October 31, 2019
Apache XML Graphics Project Board Report ================================== The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. ISSUES FOR THE BOARD ===================== No issues at present. ACTIVITY ======== * Apache Batik 1.12 * Apache FOP 2.4 * Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.4 PROJECT HEALTH REPORT ======================= The level of community and developer activity remains at a consistent, moderate, level with respect to the previous reporting period. RECENT PMC CHANGES ================== Currently 11 PMC members. * Simon Steiner was added to the PMC on Tue Jan 19 2016 * Clay Leeds became XML Graphics PMC Chair on March 26, 2018 Committers ========== Currently 21 committers. * No new committers added in the last 3 months * Former PMC member Glenn Adams is re-engaging in the project * Last committer added was Matthias Reischenbacher at Wed May 13 2015 Most Recent Releases ==================== * XMLGraphics Commons 2.4 was released on Sat October 31, 2019 * XMLGraphics FOP 2.4 was released on Sat October 31, 2019 * XMLGraphics Batik 1.12 was released on Sat October 31, 2019 = SUB PROJECTS = ================ XML GRAPHICS COMMONS ==================== Community activity was light, although there were a few bugs resolved. New Release? ------------ XMLGraphics Commons 2.4 was released on Sat October 31, 2019 Latest Release -------------- XML Graphics Commons 2.4 was released on Sat October 31, 2019 FOP === A number of patches have been processed into TRUNK and several bugs fixed. New Release? ------------ XMLGraphics FOP 2.4 was released on Sat October 31, 2019 Latest Release -------------- XML Graphics FOP 2.4 was released on Sat October 31, 2019 BATIK ===== Apache Batik 1.12 was released on Sat October 31, 2019 New Release? ------------ Apache Batik 1.12 was released on Sat October 31, 2019 Latest Release -------------- Apache Batik 1.12 was released on Sat October 31, 2019
Apache XML Graphics Project Board Report ================================== The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. ISSUES FOR THE BOARD ===================== No issues at present. ACTIVITY ======== * Apache Batik 1.11 * Bug Fix for Apache FOP 2.3 to remove Avalon MERGE'd to TRUNK (Avalon is no longer maintained & doesn't compile under Java 9) PROJECT HEALTH REPORT ======================= The level of community and developer activity remains at a consistent, moderate, level with respect to the previous reporting period. RECENT PMC CHANGES ================== Currently 11 PMC members. * Simon Steiner was added to the PMC on Tue Jan 19 2016 * Clay Leeds became XML Graphics PMC Chair on March 26, 2018 Committers ========== Currently 21 committers. * No new committers added in the last 3 months * Last committer added was Matthias Reischenbacher at Wed May 13 2015 Most Recent Releases ==================== There were no releases in the last quarter. * XMLGraphics Commons 2.3 was released on Mon May 14, 2018 * XMLGraphics FOP 2.3 was released on Mon May 14, 2018 * XMLGraphics Batik 1.11 was released on Wed Feb 13, 2019 = SUB PROJECTS = ================ XML GRAPHICS COMMONS ==================== Community activity was light, although there were a few bugs resolved. New Release? ------------ There were no releases this quarter. Latest Release -------------- XML Graphics Commons 2.3 was released on Mon May 14, 2018 FOP === A number of patches have been processed into TRUNK and several bugs fixed. New Release? ------------ * There were no releases this quarter. * Bug Fix for FOP 2.3 to remove Avalon committed to TRUNK (no longer maintained & doesn't compile under Java 9) Latest Release -------------- XML Graphics FOP 2.3 was released on Mon May 14, 2018 BATIK ===== Apache Batik 1.11 was released on Wed Feb 13, 2019 New Release? ------------ * There were no releases this quarter. * Apache Batik 1.11 was released on Wed Feb 13, 2019 Latest Release -------------- * Apache Batik 1.11 was released on Wed Feb 13, 2019
Apache XML Graphics Project Board Report ================================== The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. ISSUES FOR THE BOARD ===================== No issues at present. ACTIVITY ======== * Apache Batik 1.11 * Apache FOP 2.3 * Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.3 PROJECT HEALTH REPORT ======================= The level of community and developer activity remains at a consistent, moderate, level with respect to the previous reporting period. RECENT PMC CHANGES ================== Currently 11 PMC members. * Simon Steiner was added to the PMC on Tue Jan 19 2016 * Clay Leeds was approved for XML Graphics PMC Chair position on March 26, 2018. Committers ========== Currently 21 committers. * No new committers added in the last 3 months * Last committer added was Matthias Reischenbacher at Wed May 13 2015 Most Recent Releases ==================== There were no releases in the last quarter. * Apache XML Graphics Commons 2.3 was released on Mon May 14, 2018 * Apache XML Graphics FOP 2.3 was released on Mon May 14, 2018 * Apache XML Graphics Apache Batik 1.11 was released on Wed Feb 13, 2019. = SUB PROJECTS = ================ XML GRAPHICS COMMONS ==================== Community activity was light, although there were a few bugs resolved. New Release? ------------ There were no releases this quarter. Latest Release -------------- XML Graphics Commons 2.3 was released on Mon May 14, 2018 FOP === A number of patches have been processed into TRUNK and several bugs fixed. New Release? ------------ * There were no releases this quarter. * Bug Fix for FOP 2.3 to remove Avalon committed to TRUNK (since Avalon is no longer maintained & doesn't compile under Java 9) Latest Release -------------- XML Graphics FOP 2.3 was released on Mon May 14, 2018 BATIK ===== Apache Batik 1.11 was released on Wed Feb 13, 2019. New Release? ------------ Apache Batik 1.11 was released on Wed Feb 13, 2019. Latest Release -------------- Apache Batik 1.11 was released on Wed Feb 13, 2019.
Apache XML Graphics Project Board Report ================================== The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. ISSUES FOR THE BOARD ===================== No issues at present. ACTIVITY ======== * Apache Batik 1.11 * Bug Fix for Apache FOP 2.3 to remove Avalon MERGEd to TRUNK (no longer maintained & doesn't compile under Java 9) * Glenn Adams has resigned from XML Graphics PMC but is remaining a Committer PROJECT HEALTH REPORT ======================= The level of community and developer activity remains at a consistent, moderate, level with respect to the previous reporting period. RECENT PMC CHANGES ================== Currently 11 PMC members. Glenn Adams resigned from XML Graphics PMC on 2/10/2019 but remains a Committer. Simon Steiner was added to the PMC on Tue Jan 19 2016 Clay Leeds was approved for XML Graphics PMC Chair position on March 26, 2018. Committers ========== Currently 21 committers. * No new committers added in the last 3 months * Last committer added was Matthias Reischenbacher at Wed May 13 2015 Most Recent Releases ==================== There were no releases in the last quarter. * XMLGraphics Commons 2.3 was released on Mon May 14, 2018 * XMLGraphics FOP 2.3 was released on Mon May 14, 2018 * XMLGraphics Batik 1.11 VOTE for release completed on Mon Feb 11, 2019 and RELEASE is imminent = SUB PROJECTS = ================ XML GRAPHICS COMMONS ==================== Community activity was light, although there were a few bugs resolved. New Release? ------------ There were no releases this quarter. Latest Release -------------- XML Graphics Commons 2.3 was released on Mon May 14, 2018 FOP === A number of patches have been processed into TRUNK and several bugs fixed. New Release? ------------ * There were no releases this quarter. * Bug Fix for FOP 2.3 to remove Avalon committed to TRUNK (no longer maintained & doesn't compile under Java 9) Latest Release -------------- XML Graphics FOP 2.3 was released on Mon May 14, 2018 BATIK ===== Apache Batik 1.11 is ready for imminent RELEASE. A handful of new bugs have been reported by users via JIRA. New Release? ------------ Apache Batik 1.11 VOTE for RELEASE completed on Mon Feb 11, 2019 and RELEASE is imminent. Latest Release -------------- Apache Batik 1.10 was last released on Mon May 14, 2018
Apache XML Graphics Project Board Report ================================== The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. ISSUES FOR THE BOARD ===================== No issues at present. ACTIVITY ======== No releases during this activity period. PROJECT HEALTH REPORT ======================= The level of community and developer activity remains at a consistent, moderate, level with respect to the previous reporting period. PMC CHANGES ============= Currently 12 PMC members. Simon Steiner was added to the PMC on Tue Jan 19 2016 Clay Leeds was approved for XML Graphics PMC Chair position on March 26, 2018. Committers ========== Currently 21 committers. No new committers added in the last 3 months Last committer addition was Matthias Reischenbacher at Wed May 13 2015 Most Recent Releases ================== There were no releases in the last quarter. XMLGraphics Commons 2.3 was released on Mon May 14, 2018 XMLGraphics FOP 2.3 was released on Mon May 14, 2018 XMLGraphics Batik 1.10 was released on Mon May 14, 2018 = SUB PROJECTS = ================ XML GRAPHICS COMMONS ==================== Community activity was light, although there were a few bugs resolved. New Release? ------------ There were no releases this quarter. Latest Release -------------- XMLGraphics Commons 2.3 was released on Mon May 14, 2018 FOP === A number of patches have been processed and several bugs fixed. New Release? ------------ There were no releases this quarter. Latest Release -------------- XMLGraphics FOP 2.3 was released on Mon May 14, 2018 BATIK ===== No commits to SVN this quarter. A handful of new bugs have been reported by users via JIRA New Release? ------------ There were no releases this quarter. Latest Release -------------- XMLGraphics Batik 1.10 was released on Mon May 14, 2018
No report was submitted.
@Mark: pursue a report for XML Graphics
RE-SEND - now indicates 3 releases (previously 'buried' within XML Graphics Project report) ## Description: - The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. ## Issues: - There are no issues requiring board attention at this time. ## Activity: - Three (3) releases during this period, one for each sub project ## Health: - The level of community and developer activity remains at a low level for a relatively mature product, albeit one with a fair number of outstanding unresolved issues. ## PMC: - No new PMC member during this period. - Currently 11 PMC members. - Last PMC addition was Simon Steiner on Jan 19 2016 ## Committers: - No new committer during this period. - Currently 21 committers. - Last committer addition was Matthias Reischenbacher, May 2015 ## Releases: - XMLGraphics Commons 2.2 was released on Mon May 23 2018 - XMLGraphics FOP 2.3 was released on Mon May 24 2018 - XMLGraphics Batik 1.10 was released on Tue May 23 2018 ## Mailing Lists: - Mailing lists has similar traffic to last period.
## Description: - The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. ## Issues: - There are no issues requiring board attention at this time. ## Activity: - During this reporting period, activity on the three sub-projects has remained low. ## Health: - The level of community and developer activity remains at a low level for a relatively mature product, albeit one with a fair number of outstanding unresolved issues. ## PMC: - Clay Leeds is the new PMC Chair for the Apache XML Graphics Project - Glenn Adams resigned as PMC Chair for Apache XML Graphics Project 2/5/18 And will remain on the PMC. The PMC thanks Glenn for his service as Chair - No new PMC member during this period. - Currently 11 PMC members. - Last PMC addition was Simon Steiner on Jan 19 2016 ## Committers: - No new committer during this period. - Currently 21 committers. - Last committer addition was Matthias Reischenbacher, May 2015 ## Releases: - No releases during this period. - XMLGraphics Commons 2.1 was released on Mon Apr 10 2017 - XMLGraphics FOP 2.2 was released on Mon Apr 10 2017 - XMLGraphics Batik 1.9.1 was released on Tue Aug 15 2017 ## Mailing Lists: - Mailing lists has similar traffic to last period.
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors heretofore appointed Glenn Adams (gadams) to the office of Vice President, Apache XML Graphics, and WHEREAS, the Board of Directors is in receipt of the resignation of Glenn Adams from the office of Vice President, Apache XML Graphics, and WHEREAS, the Project Management Committee of the Apache XML Graphics project has chosen by vote to recommend Clay Leeds (clay) as the successor to the post; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Glenn Adams is relieved and discharged from the duties and responsibilities of the office of Vice President, Apache XML Graphics, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Clay Leeds be and hereby is appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache XML Graphics, to serve in accordance with and subject to the direction of the Board of Directors and the Bylaws of the Foundation until death, resignation, retirement, removal or disqualification, or until a successor is appointed. Special Order 7B, Change the Apache XML Graphics Project Chair, was approved by Unanimous Vote of the directors present.
## Description: - The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. ## Issues: - There are no issues requiring board attention at this time. ## Activity: - During this reporting period, activity on the three sub-projects has remained low, with 9 issues resolved or closed during this reporting period. ## Health report: - The level of community and developer activity remains at a low level for a relatively mature product, albeit one with a fair number of outstanding unresolved issues. ## PMC changes: - Currently 11 PMC members. - No new PMC members added in the last 3 months - Last PMC addition was Simon Steiner on Wed Jan 20 2016 ## Committer base changes: - Currently 21 committers. - No new committers added in the last 3 months - Last committer addition was Matthias Reischenbacher at Wed May 13 2015 ## Releases: - Last release was Batik-1.9.1 on Tue Aug 01 2017 ## Mailing list activity: - Slight decrease in subscribers of 3%, down from 1093 to 1065. - Mail lists show an decrease in traffic of 38%, down from 484 to 183.
## Description: - The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. ## Issues: - There are no issues requiring board attention at this time. ## Activity: - During this reporting period, activity on the three sub-projects has remained low, with 56 issues resolved or closed during this reporting period. ## Health: - The level of community and developer activity remains at a low level for a relatively mature product, albeit one with a fair number of outstanding unresolved issues. ## PMC: - No new PMC members added in the last 3 months - Last PMC addition was Simon Steiner on Tue Jan 19 2016 - Currently 11 PMC members. ## Committers: - No new committers added in the last 3 months - Last committer added was Matthias Reischenbacher at Wed May 13 2015 - Currently 21 committers. ## Releases: - XMLGraphics Batik 1.9.1 was released on Tue Aug 01 2017 ## Mailing Lists: - Slight increase in subscribers of 1%, up from 1083 to 1093. - Mail lists show an increase in traffic of 32%, up from 367 to 484.
## Description: - The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. ## Issues: - There are no issues requiring board attention at this time. ## Activity: - During this reporting period, activity on the three sub-projects has remained low, with 38 issues resolved or closed during this reporting period. ## Health: - The level of community and developer activity remains at a low level for a relatively mature product, albeit one with a fair number of outstanding unresolved issues. ## PMC: - No new PMC members added in the last 3 months - Last PMC addition was Simon Steiner on Tue Jan 19 2016 - Currently 11 PMC members. ## Committers: - No new committers added in the last 3 months - Last committer added was Matthias Reischenbacher at Wed May 13 2015 - Currently 21 committers. ## Releases: - XMLGraphics Batik 1.9.1 was released on Tue Aug 01 2017 ## Mailing Lists: - Slight decrease in subscribers of 1%, down from 1095 to 1083. - Mail lists show a decrease in traffic of 38%, down from 589 to 367, reflecting a post-major release drop in activity.
## Description: - The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. ## Issues: - There are no issues requiring board attention at this time. ## Activity: - During this reporting period, activity on the three sub-projects has remained low, with 38 issues resolved or closed during this reporting period. ## Health: - The level of community and developer activity remains at a low level for a relatively mature product, albeit one with a fair number of outstanding unresolved issues. ## PMC: - No new PMC members added in the last 3 months - Last PMC addition was Simon Steiner on Tue Jan 19 2016 - Currently 11 PMC members. ## Committers: - No new committers added in the last 3 months - Last committer added was Matthias Reischenbacher at Wed May 13 2015 - Currently 21 committers. ## Releases: - New versions of all projects were released during this period. - XMLGraphics Commons 2.2 was released on Thu Mar 23 2017 - XMLGraphics Batik 1.9 was released on Sun Apr 09 2017 - XMLGraphics FOP 2.2 was released on Sun Apr 09 2017 - XMLGraphics FOP PDF Images 2.2 was released on Sun Apr 09 2017 ## Mailing Lists: - Slight decrease in subscribers of 1%, down from 1127 to 1117. - Mail lists show a significant increase in traffic of 61%, up from 434 to 711, primarily due to the release cycle activity.
## Description: - The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. ## Issues: - There are no issues requiring board attention at this time. ## Activity: - During this reporting period, activity on the three sub-projects has remained low, with 48 issues resolved or closed during this reporting period. ## Health: - The level of community and developer activity remains at a low level for a relatively mature product, albeit one with a fair number of outstanding unresolved issues. ## PMC: - Currently 11 PMC members. - No new PMC members added in the last 3 months - Last PMC addition was Simon Steiner on Tue Jan 19 2016 ## Committers: - Currently 21 committers. - No new committers added in the last 3 months - Last committer addition was Matthias Reischenbacher at Wed May 13 2015 ## Releases: - No releases during thiis period. - XMLGraphics Commons 2.1 was released on Wed Jan 13 2016 - XMLGraphics FOP 2.1 was released on Wed Jan 13 2016 ## Mailing Lists: - Slight decrease in number of subscribers. Mail lists show a 30% rise in message traffic from the previous period, up from 349 to 454.
## Description: - The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. ## Issues: - There are no issues requiring board attention at this time. ## Activity: - During this reporting period, activity on the three sub-projects has remained low. ## Health: - The level of community and developer activity remains at a low level for a relatively mature product, albeit one with a fair number of outstanding unresolved issues. ## PMC: - No new PMC member during this period. - Currently 11 PMC members. - Vincent Hennebert resigned from the PMC on Oct 20 2016 - Last PMC addition was Simon Steiner on Jan 19 2016 ## Committers: - No new committer during this period. - Currently 21 committers. - Last committer addition was Matthias Reischenbacher, May 2015 ## Releases: - No releases during this period. - XMLGraphics Commons 2.1 was released on Wed Jan 13 2016 - XMLGraphics FOP 2.1 was released on Wed Jan 13 2016 ## Mailing Lists: - Slight decrease in number of subscribers. Mail lists show a 32% reduction in message traffic from the previous period, down from 517 to 349.
## Description: - The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. ## Issues: - There are no issues requiring board attention at this time. ## Activity: - During this reporting period, activity on the three sub-projects has been less than in prior periods. The recent conversion to a Maven based build project continues to be popularized in the community and its use (as opposed to Ant) appears to be increasing. - The second of two security related reports created against the Batik sub-project was resolved, with the first resolved last period. ## Health: - The level of community and developer activity remains at a fairly low level for a relatively mature product, albeit one with a fair number of outstanding unresolved issues. A challenge faced by the project is recruiting more committers to assist in resolving the backlog of issues. At present, there are a total of 839 open, reopened, and in progress JIRA issues in the three sub-projects, distributed as follows: XMLGraphicsCommons 18 Batik 341 FOP 480 There are 3058 previously Resolved and closed issues. So current non-resolved, non-closed issues account for a total of 21% of all issues ever opened against these sub-projects. - The PMC Chair recommends that the PMC undertake an effort to recruit more committers. A discussion has been initiated in the PMC on the subject of increasing the project's activity level, including attracting new committers, improving the outstanding issue count, and other activities. ## PMC: - No new PMC member during this period. - Currently 12 PMC members. - Simon Steiner was added to the PMC on Tue Jan 19 2016 ## Committers: - No new committer during this period. - Currently 21 committers. - Last committer addition was Matthias Reischenbacher, May 2015 ## Releases: - No releases during this period. - XMLGraphics Commons 2.1 was released on Wed Jan 13 2016 - XMLGraphics FOP 2.1 was released on Wed Jan 13 2016 ## Mailing Lists: - Slight decrease in number of subscribers. Mail lists show a 26% reduction in message traffic from the previous period, down from 701 to 517.
## Description: - The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. ## Issues: - There are no issues requiring board attention at this time. ## Activity: - With the exception of a minor sub-project (fop-pdf-images), the primary subprojects (xmlgraphics-commons, batik, and fop) were transitioned from an ANT build process to a MAVEN build process. This transition is expected to improve build, test, and deployment processes, and, in particular, to improve deployments to the Maven Central Repository. - With the transition to MAVEN, the primary subproject CI configurations on Jenkins have been transitioned to use MAVEN. This is expected to improve analytics and reporting of build results. - Two security related reports were created against the batik project in early March. A fix for one was effected in early March and the second is presently underway, and should be resolved in the next week. - A challenge was identified regarding testing of the batik subproject. This project currently uses a non-standard, one-off, unmaintained testing framework. It is desired that all batik testing be transitioned to JUNIT as is used by the other projects. This transition is expected to require a moderately high degree of code rewriting. An ancillary problem with the current testing is that it performs per-pixel comparison of rendered results against reference images. Due to the high degree of dependency of this rendering on the JDK implementation, version, and local platform, it is likely to require the use of a fair number of reference image sets, the management of which will surely prove challenging. ## Health: - The level of community and developer activity remains at a consistent, moderate, level for a relatively mature product. ## PMC: - Currently 12 PMC members. - Simon Steiner was added to the PMC on Tue Jan 19 2016 ## Committer: - Currently 21 committers. - No new committers added in the last 3 months - Last committer addition was Matthias Reischenbacher, May 2015 ## Releases: - XMLGraphics Commons 2.1 was released on Wed Jan 13 2016 - XMLGraphics FOP 2.1 was released on Wed Jan 13 2016 ## Mailing Lists: - Slight decrease in number of subscribers. - Slight increase in message traffic, except for fop-users@ and general@ which showed slight decrease.
## Description:
- The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for
the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical
output & related software components.
## Issues:
- There are no issues requiring board attention at this time.
## Activity:
- New releases of XMLGraphicsCommons (XGC) and FOP were accomplished, both
labeled as Version 2.1. These releases are targeted primarily towards bug
fixes and additional feature support in the following areas: barcodes,
color spaces, fonts, PDF, and inline progression dimension (IPD)
processing.
- For the upcoming quarter, activity is expected to include a transition
from ANT to a MAVEN based build process, some initial work having already
started during this reporting period.
## Health:
- The level of community and developer activity remains at a consistent,
moderate, level with respect to the previous reporting period.
## PMC:
- Currently 12 PMC members.
- Simon Steiner was added to the PMC on Tue Jan 19 2016
- Chris Bowditch retires as PMC chair.
- Glenn Adams accepts PMC chair.
## Committer:
- Currently 21 committers.
- No new committers added in the last 3 months
- Last committer addition was Matthias Reischenbacher at Wed May 13 2015
## Releases:
- XMLGraphics Commons 2.1 was released on Wed Jan 13 2016
- XMLGraphics FOP 2.1 was released on Wed Jan 13 2016
## Mailing:
- batik-users@xmlgraphics.apache.org:
- 265 subscribers (up 4 in the last 3 months):
- 14 emails sent to list (2 in previous quarter)
- fop-dev@xmlgraphics.apache.org:
- 186 subscribers (up 2 in the last 3 months):
- 347 emails sent to list (289 in previous quarter)
- fop-users@xmlgraphics.apache.org:
- 436 subscribers (up 2 in the last 3 months):
- 96 emails sent to list (74 in previous quarter)
- batik-dev@xmlgraphics.apache.org:
- 95 subscribers (up 0 in the last 3 months):
- 24 emails sent to list (26 in previous quarter)
- general@xmlgraphics.apache.org:
- 68 subscribers (up 3 in the last 3 months):
- 116 emails sent to list (12 in previous quarter)
- fop-commits@xmlgraphics.apache.org:
- 52 subscribers (up 1 in the last 3 months):
- 56 emails sent to list (15 in previous quarter)
- batik-commits@xmlgraphics.apache.org:
- 47 subscribers (up 0 in the last 3 months):
- 38 emails sent to list (0 in previous quarter)
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors heretofore appointed Chris Bowditch (cbowditch) to the office of Vice President, Apache XML Graphics, and WHEREAS, the Board of Directors is in receipt of the resignation of Chris Bowditch from the office of Vice President, Apache XML Graphics, and WHEREAS, the Project Management Committee of the Apache XML Graphics project has chosen to recommend Glenn Adams (gadams) as the successor to the post; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Chris Bowditch is relieved and discharged from the duties and responsibilities of the office of Vice President, Apache XML Graphics, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Glenn Adams be and hereby is appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache XML Graphics, to serve in accordance with and subject to the direction of the Board of Directors and the Bylaws of the Foundation until death, resignation, retirement, removal or disqualification, or until a successor is appointed. Special Order 7A, Change the Apache XML Graphics Project Chair, was approved by Unanimous Vote of the directors present.
The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. == Issues for the Board == No issues at present. == Community == Last new committer: Matthias Reischenbacher on 2015/05/12 Last new PMC member: Andreas Delmelle on 2015/07/10 == XML GRAPHICS COMMONS == 36 commits to SVN this quarter. 35 of which were documentation related changes. Only 1 actual code change was made to resolve a bug. However, Matthias, one of the committers did develop a patch for the performance of processing PNG Images. The latest release is 2.0.1 (3 June 2015) == FOP == 11 separate commits to SVN. The implementation of PCL Soft Fonts and TTF Fonts in AFP were completed, along with 5 or 6 bug fixes. The FOP User list has a slow but steady stream of questions being raised and answered; 73 e-mails in total, down from 103 in the last quarter. The latest release is 2.0 (3 June 2015) == BATIK == No commits to SVN. Very little activity on the user list also, only 10 messages to the user mailing list The latest version is 1.8 (17 March 2015)
The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. == Issues for the Board == No issues at present. == Community == Last new committer: Matthias Reischenbacher on 2015/05/12 Last new PMC member: Andreas Delmelle on 2015/07/10 == XML GRAPHICS COMMONS == 6 commits to SVN this quarter. Some commits were related to the release, and some were to fix Findbugs warnings v2.0.1 was released on 3rd June The latest release is 2.0.1 (3 June 2015) == FOP == 55 separate commits to SVN. These are mostly bug fixes (including a couple of patches from the community); but also includes support for PCL Soft Fonts. The community has also resumed work on implementing Change Bars. The FOP User list has a slow but steady stream of questions being raised and answered; 103 e-mails in total. v2.0 was released on 3rd June The latest release is 2.0 (3 June 2015) == BATIK == 6 separate commits to SVN. 2 were bug fixes, 1 was to address a problem with build scripts, and the remainder were related to the 2 releases. 18 messages to the user mailing list Batik v1.6.1 was released on 11th May Batik v1.7.1 was released on 11th May The latest version is 1.8 (17 March 2015)
The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. == Issues for the Board == No issues at present. == Community == Last new committer: Simon Steiner on 2014/04/11 Last new PMC member: Luis Bernardo on 2013/03/04 == XML GRAPHICS COMMONS == 2 commits to SVN this quarter. 1 bug fix, and a new feature to add support for PDF/VT generation. There were no releases this quarter The latest release is 2.0 (3 October 2014) == FOP == 18 separate commits to SVN. These are mostly bug fixes (including a couple of patches from the community); but also includes support for PDF/VT and PDF Linearization. Now that the Batik and commons releases have been completed we're in a position to start a FOP release. This was recently agreed on the developers mailing list. The PDF Plug-in sub project will not be released yet since this still depends on a snapshot of PDFBox. Once PDFBox v2.0 is released we'll release PDF plug-in. The PMC agreed on this course of action since the PDF Plug-in is an optional module used only by a small number of users. The FOP User list has a slow but steady stream of questions being raised and answered; 77 e-mails in total. There were no releases this quarter The latest release is 1.1 (20 October 2012) == BATIK == 18 separate commits to SVN. This breaks down into refactoring to resolve the cyclic dependencies between components, and some bug fixing in preparation for the release. We decided to do the release after the Complex Script work has been put on hold for a while, and we received notification of a security vulnerability. This security vulnerability was reported 1/23/2015 according to ASF Security guidelines. The issue was resolved via a PATCH being developed and deployed as a general Release. The Eclipse project has also requested that the fix for security vulnerability be back ported to 1.6 and 1.7 versions. Thanks to Luis Bernardo for volunteering to apply the patch to both branches and to prepare the releases. The mailing lists are fairly quiet, with only 19 e-mails to the users list this quarter. Batik v1.8 was released on 17th March The latest version is 1.8 (17 March 2015)
@Brett: Why no FOP releases?
he Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. ==Issues for the Board== No issues at present. ==Community== Last new committer: Simon Steiner on 2014/04/11 Last new PMC member: Luis Bernardo on 2013/03/04 ==XML GRAPHICS COMMONS== 0 commits to SVN this quarter. There were no releases this quarter The latest release is 2.0 (3 October 2014) ==FOP== 19 separate commits to SVN. These are mostly bug fixes (including a couple of patches from the community); but also includes the completion of the fo:float feature by Luis Bernardo. This is a major milestone for the FOP project as it represents the implementation of one of the last remaining significant XSL-FO features. The next release (planned to be 2.0) is currently dependent on the completion of the release of the Batik sub project. The FOP User list has a slow but steady stream of questions being raised and answered; 75 e-mails in total. There were no releases this quarter The latest release is 1.1 (20 October 2012) ==BATIK== 49 separate commits to SVN. This breaks down into some feature development for Complex Script support, and some bug fixing in preparation for the release. There were some discussions about starting the release, but the Complex Script development is still in progress. The decision is to wait for this to be completed. The mailing lists are fairly quiet, with only 8 e-mails to the users list this quarter. There was an e-mail received on January 23, 2015 Entitled: Vulnerability in Apache Batik Framework (Responsible Disclosure). The team has discussed this vulnerability, and we’ve contacted our primary Batik developer. One committer has agreed to review & commit a PATCH as soon as one has been submitted. We hope to have this issue resolved as quickly as possible. There were no releases this quarter. The latest version is 1.7 (6 January 2008)
The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. == Issues for the Board == No issues at present. == Community == Last new committer: Simon Steiner on 2014/04/11 Last new PMC member: Luis Bernardo on 2013/03/04 == XML GRAPHICS COMMONS == 23 separate commits to SVN, most of which were related to the release, but 2 were for general bug fixes. There was 1 release this quarter; Version 2.0 The latest release is 2.0 (3 October 2014) == FOP == 61 separate commits to SVN. This is a mixture of feature development; Complex Script support in SVG and bug fixes. Luis Bernardo also created a branch for a prototype implementation of fo:float. The next release is currently dependent on the PDFBox v2.0 release. I note from PDFBox's October Report this has been deferred, so we may need to try and refactor our code to use the 1.8.x branch instead. The PMC still needs to discuss this and decide. The FOP User list has a slow but steady stream of questions being raised and answered; 90 e-mails in total. The FOP Team invested some time to switch from using GUMP to the Apache Jenkins buildbot for continuous integration. There were no releases this quarter The latest release is 1.1 (20 October 2012) == BATIK == 23 separate commits to SVN. Some of these were related to the release, but some are due to the development of Complex Script Support in SVG. We have also been working towards a release. We ran the test suite and discovered a large percentage of the tests are failing, so we are currently reviewing the failures and trying to resolve them before we do the release. There were no releases this quarter. The latest version is 1.7 (6 January 2008)
The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. == Issues for the Board == No issues at present. == Community == I asked the PMC to consider a new Chair, as I have been in the role for over 2 years now. The PMC voted that I should continue in the role, and I have agreed to do so for a while longer. We have identified a potential new contributor/committer and the PMC also voted to increase the minimum Java version to 1.6, starting from the next release Last new committer: Simon Steiner on 11/04/14 Last new PMC member: Luis Bernardo on 04/03/13 == XML GRAPHICS COMMONS == 8 separate commits to SVN, of which 6 were general bug fixes, 1 was check style related, and the last was to ensure compatibility with Java 8. A release is planned in the next quarter There were no releases this quarter. The latest release is 1.5 (20 October 2012) == FOP == 116 e-mails on fop-user mailing list this quarter; a few questions asked by users and answered by committers. Some new bugs logged and several patches have been submitted and processed. 85 separate commits in total to SVN. A vote to merge the finished font merging code into trunk passed in the last few days. Discussions have started on release planning. However, since an optional component of FOP has a snapshot dependency on PDFBox 2.0, we are unsure whether to release FOP now and the component later or to release both once PDFBox 2.0 is available. There were no releases this quarter The latest release is 1.1 (20 October 2012) == BATIK == Mailing list activity remains light; 23 e-mails to the user list this quarter. A few bugs have been reported in JIRA, and there have been discussions about merging the CMYK colour branch into trunk. There were 3 commits made by PMC members during this quarter; 2 of which were community supplied patches being processed. A release is planned in the next quarter There were no releases this quarter. The latest version is 1.7 (6 January 2008)
The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. Issues for the Board ==================== No issues at present. Community ========= Last new committer: Simon Steiner on 11/04/14 Last new PMC member: Luis Bernardo on 04/03/13 XML GRAPHICS COMMONS ==================== 23 separate commits to SVN, of which 22 were related to updating the check style policy to be inline with the FOP project and only 1 commit was a bug fix. There were no releases this quarter. The latest release is 1.5 (20 October 2012) FOP === 199 e-mails on fop-user mailing list this quarter; plenty of questions asked by users and answered by committers. Some new bugs logged and several patches have been submitted and processed. 31 separate commits in total to SVN. A vote to merge the finished whitespace management extension into trunk passed in the last few days. A branch of code that re-worked the way fonts work in the FOP and Batik integration layer has also been merged into trunk. There were no releases this quarter The latest release is 1.1 (20 October 2012) BATIK ===== Mailing list activity remains light; 24 e-mails to the user list this quarter. A few bugs have been reported in JIRA. There were 5 commits made by PMC members during this quarter; 3 of which were community supplied patches being processed. There were no releases this quarter. The latest version is 1.7 (6 January 2008)
The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. == Issues for the Board == No issues at present. == Community == Last new committer: Robert Meyer on 05/08/13 Last new PMC member: Luis Bernardo on 04/03/13 No new committers recently but there are a couple of active contributors that the PMC is monitoring with a view to future committership. == XML GRAPHICS COMMONS == 5 bug fixes committed to SVN, 3 were patches submitted by contributors There were no releases this quarter. The latest release is 1.5 (20 October 2012) == FOP == Mailing list activity is slightly down due to the holiday season, but is starting to pick up again. Some new bugs logged and several patches have been submitted and processed. 46 separate commits in total to SVN. Significant development of note this quarter; work continues on a whitespace management extension, a basic fo:inline-container implementation was finished and changes checkstyle to rules being applied to the codebase. There were no releases this quarter The latest release is 1.1 (20 October 2012) == BATIK == Mailing activity remains light, but a couple of bugs have been reported. There were actually 3 commits made by PMC members during this quarter; 1 was a test commit, a 2nd to create a branch for a new feature and a 3rd was a user supplied patch being committed. There were no releases this quarter. The latest version is 1.7 (6 January 2008)
The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. Issues for the Board ==================== No issues at present. Community ========= Last new committer: Robert Meyer on 05/08/13 Last new PMC member: Luis Bernardo on 04/03/13 The PMC discussed the problem of lack of active committers on Batik sub project. There are some users logging bugs and posting occasional patches into JIRA, but no one to process them. The PMC has agreed to allow all PMC members commit access to all XML Graphics sub projects regardless of their originating sub project. The vote has just concluded, so an adjustment to the auth template file will be made later this week to implement this. It is hoped that some of the FOP committers will periodically process Batik patches to stop the sub project from dying. XML GRAPHICS COMMONS ==================== 2 bug fixes committed to SVN, and code added for OTF CFF Font support There were no releases this quarter. The latest release is 1.5 (20 October 2012) FOP === User mailing list has several questions posted and answered each week. Some new bugs logged and several patches have been submitted and processed. 27 separate commits in total to SVN. Significant new features of note, started in this quarter are; support for a whitespace management extension and fo:inline-container. Development for both have been started in branches and several commits made to each as work progresses. There were no releases this quarter The latest release is 1.1 (20 October 2012) BATIK ===== Mailing list activity was very light. A few bugs have been reported by users and a couple of patches submitted. Zero commits to the codebase, which is why the PMC started a discussion on how to deal with the patches and bugs being logged. There were no releases this quarter. The latest version is 1.7 (6 January 2008)
The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. Issues for the Board -------------------- No issues at present. Community --------- Last new committer: Luis Bernardo on 10/10/12 Last new PMC member: Luis Bernardo on 04/03/13 The PMC discussed the possibility of a Chair rotation, but the PMC indicated it's preference to keep the current chair for now. XML GRAPHICS COMMONS -------------------- 1 bug fix committed to SVN, and a copy of markdown docs added. There were no releases this quarter. The latest release is 1.5 (20 October 2012) FOP --- User mailing list has several questions posted and answered each week. Some new bugs logged and several patches have been submitted and processed. 19 separate commits in total to SVN. Significant new features of note in this quarter are; Patch submitted by Robert Meyer to add support for OTF CFF Fonts, and new code added in a branch which removes the dependence on AWT Fonts when rendering SVG, developed by Vincent Hennebert and Peter Hancock. There were no releases this quarter The latest release is 1.1 (20 October 2012) BATIK ----- Mailing list activity was very light. A few bugs have been reported by users and a couple of patches submitted. The only commit to SVN was made a PMC member, adding a copy of the markdown docs. There were no releases this quarter. The latest version is 1.7 (6 January 2008)
The Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software intended for the creation & maintenance of the conversion of XML formats to graphical output & related software components. Issues for the Board -------------------- No issues at present. Community --------- No new committers. 1 new PMC Member; Luis Bernardo XML Graphics Commons --------------------- 3 bug fixes committed to SVN. There were no releases this quarter. The latest release is 1.5 (20 October 2012) FOP --- User mailing list has several questions posted and answered each week. Some new bugs logged and several patches have been submitted and processed. 26 separate commits in total to SVN. There were no releases this quarter The latest release is 1.1 (20 October 2012) BATIK ----- Mailing list activity was very light. 2 committers from the FOP Team, prepared a patch to allow Batik to load Fonts from a source other than java.awt.Font. This was submitted and reviewed by a Batik committer. Its not yet beenn apllied as this is Work in progress. There were no releases this quarter. The latest version is 1.7 (6 January 2008)
General ------- No new committers or PMC members this quarter Moving to CMS based websites ---------------------------- The switch took place on the 26th November, which was about 3 weeks after our original planned date. During December, the committers made a number of tweaks to fix minor issues, such as broken links etc. Most major issues are resolved now. Switching from Bugzilla to Jira ------------------------------- Infra completed the import of Bugzilla issues into Jira on the 6th December. The XML Graphic Teams and contributors have been using it successfully ever since. FOP --- A number of patches have been processed and several bugs fixed. The most significant is the re-working of the column balancing algorithm so that it works for more than 2 columns. There have also been some changes to improve the performance of the Complex Scripts feature. XML Graphics Commons -------------------- 4 bugs resolved, including adding support for Little Endian TIFF generation Batik ----- No commits to SVN this quarter. A handful of new bugs have been reported by users via JIRA
General ======= One new committer; Luis Bernardo Moving to CMS based websites ============================ Further progress has been made on the prototype CMS Website and we are now satisfied that it is ready to go live. There are still a few minor issues outstanding but we have decided to make them as we go along rather than trying to get everything perfect before the switch during which time we are maintaining 2 websites. Our current planned go live date is 7th November. Switching from Bugzilla to Jira =============================== Infra have reported that it is a big challenge for them to import the bugzilla bugs into Jira as the import process will bring all 50K Bugzilla Users into Jira. Infra have identified a workaround but that will take a long time and it isn't known when they will be able to fit that into their work schedule. FOP === The team has released FOP v1.1, which is a significant achievement as it represents 2 years of bug fixes and new enhancements some of which are very large such as Complex Script Support. There have been several bug fixes and enhancements since the last board report and the 1.1 branch was created. The most notable are; Table marker support, PDF/A-2 support and an implementation of rounded corners. XML Graphics Commons ==================== 1 new release; v1.5 synchronized to the FOP v1.1 release. There were over 40 commits this quarter. A lot of them were related to the 1.5 release, but there were a few bug fixes too, e.g. Bugzilla 49516 Batik ===== 11 commits were made to SVN to fix a few bugs, this includes processing a contributor patch from Bugzilla 42395
General ------- One new PMC Member; Glenn Adams Moving to CMS based websites ---------------------------- Clay Leeds has done some more work on a prototype website based on the CMS. However, we're not yet ready to make the switch. I am hopeful that this will come together in the next quarter. If not then we will have to assign further resources to this task. FOP --- FOP made its first release in 2 years; v1.1rc1 which is a release candidate. Glenn Adams prepared the release and we are collecting feedback from the user community. We plan to release v1.1 final after a few weeks and any reported severe bugs have been fixed. Meanwhile patches continue to come in from contributors and committers continue to work on new features. Since the v1.1 branch, trunk has seen changes including a new API to increase compatibility of FOP for cloud based environments. Users continue to report issues and ask questions on the user mailing list and the committer team continue to answer their questions. The FOP committer team have recently agreed to create Bugzilla entries for every significant change. Previously the agreed practice was to update status.xml for each change, but it is felt that using a Bug Tracking System will give a better paper trail for anyone wanting to understand why a change was implemented in the future. XML Graphics Commons -------------------- Contributor Luis Bernardo contributed a patch containing some new PNG Image Loaders that are more efficient than the existing loaders. Work is underway on URI resolution in the XGC library to give users more strict control of file access and resource acquisition for the cloud environment. Batik ----- Activity has increased since the last quarter. 2 committers processed a couple of bugs and made some commits to SVN.
General ------- I've organized some changes to the PMC Membership to remove 2 emeritus members and invited 2 new more active members. A new source code component has also been submitted to the XML Graphics umbrella too: pdf-plugin, which was kindly granted to Apache by Jeremias Maerki. This will make it easier for committers to maintain. Previously committers had been sending patches around between themselves and this was becoming unmanagable. Brand Compliance ---------------- The contents of the FOP, Commons and TLP sites have been reviewed and adjusted to meet brand compliance. The Batik site has yet to be reviewed, but I hope we can get to that soon. The FOP site has been republished, but the Commons and the TLP site are awaiting re-publishing. Moving to CMS based websites ---------------------------- We have started the process of figuring out how we can move to markdown and use a CMS based publishing approach instead of the painful forrest based approach we are currently using. Clay Leeds has made excellent progress on prototyping the new approach, but we have a lot of work still to do to get fully switched over to a CMS based website. Transitioning from Bugzilla to JIRA ----------------------------------- A vote has been passed to transition all of XML Graphics' Bugzilla products to JIRA for bug and issue management. Glenn Adams has volunteered to oversee this process. FOP --- One new very active committer: Glenn Adams. Since becoming a committer Glenn has processed a lot of patches that have been sitting around for a long time and cleaned up a lot of the bugs in preparation for doing a 1.1 release. There have been bug fixes and enhancements committed too, the most significant are: Complex Scripts Support, e.g., Arabic, Devanagari, Thai, etc., (Glenn Adams) and Compressed Objects Streams for PDF (Vincent Hennebert, Peter Hancock). There have also been a few technical discussions on the developer lists and many questions asked and answered on the user list. Batik ----- There doesn't appear to be any active committers on this sub project at the moment. No commits were made and there has been no activity on the developer list. However, there were a few questions raised by users on the user list. Commons ------- A few commits this quarter, which includes some bugs fixed plus the changes needed by Brand Compliance.
General ======= There are no issues that require board attention. XML Graphics Commons ==================== No code changes were made to the commons library in this quarter. Batik ===== Developer activity has been low with only 1 commit this quarter. A few questions were raised and answered on the user mailing list. FOP === 1 new committer was voted in during this quarter: Mehdi Houshmand. Several patches have been processed and several bugs fixed. Lots of questions and bugs are being reported on fop-user with questions being answered by committers and contributors. A release is now long overdue due to time constraints. We need to find a way to streamline the release process so regular releases won't be such a strain on time.
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors heretofore appointed Simon Pepping to the office of Vice President, Apache XML Graphics, and WHEREAS, the Board of Directors is in receipt of the resignation of Simon Pepping from the office of Vice President, Apache XML Graphics, and WHEREAS, the Project Management Committee of the Apache XML Graphics project has chosen by vote to recommend Chris Bowditch as the successor to the post; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Simon Pepping is relieved and discharged from the duties and responsibilities of the office of Vice President, Apache XML Graphics, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Chris Bowditch be and hereby is appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache XML Graphics, to serve in accordance with and subject to the direction of the Board of Directors and the Bylaws of the Foundation until death, resignation, retirement, removal or disqualification, or until a successor is appointed. Special Order 7B, Resolution to change the Apache XML Graphics Project Chair, was approved by Unanimous Vote of the directors present.
General ======= I announced that I will step down as PMC Chair at short notice. XML Graphics Commons ==================== There has been almost no developer activity. The previous release, version 1.4, was in July 2010. There are no preparations for a new release. Batik ===== There has been no developer activity. Most but not all questions on the user list are getting answers. The latest release, version 1.7, was in January 2008. A fair amount of fixes have been accumulated since then, but there are no preparations for a new release. Fop === Developer activity has been somewhat low. The user list is as active as ever, and questions are answered actively. The previous release, version 1.0, was in July 2010. The Complex Scripts project has delivered its fifth patch. With this patch the project has realized good functionality which can be presented to FOP's users. After intense discussions about the question whether the Complex Scripts code could be merged into trunk, the merge was approved. FOP has been supported over the past years by a single company. This company paid for the efforts which brought FOP to where it is now. As a consequence, this company now has a dominant presence in the team of committers.
Simon indicated that he hopes to propose a new chair in the next month's board meeting.
XML Graphics Commons ==================== There has been almost no developer activity. The previous release, version 1.4, was in July 2010. There are no preparations for a new release. Batik ===== Developer activity has been very low. Questions on the user list are mostly getting answers. The latest release, version 1.7, was in January 2008. A fair amount of fixes have been accumulated since then, but there are no preparations for a new release. Fop === Developer activity has been somewhat low. The user list is as active as ever, and questions are answered actively. The Complex Scripts project is progressing well, and submitted its third patch. The previous release, version 1.0, was in July 2010. There are no preparations for a new release.
General Comments ================ There are no issues that require Board attention. XML Graphics Commons ==================== Developer activity has been confined to a few fixes. Batik ===== Developer activity has been low. Questions on the user list are mostly getting answers. Gump build failures have been resolved by adding XGC as a dependency for Batik (and thereby reducing code redundancy between the two subprojects). Fop === Developer activity has been rather high. Nevertheless, the active committers are not able to handle all incoming patches. Peter Hancock has joined as a committer. A number of committers have been listed as inactive, both for Fop and XML Graphics Commons. In March there has been a heated debate between the PMC and a contributor about committership. Regrettably, no agreement could be reached, and a resolution has been deferred to a later date.
General Comments ================ There are no issues that require Board attention. Developer activity has increased for FOP and XGC, and has remained rather low for Batik. XML Graphics Commons ==================== Developer activity has gone up again. The framework for color handling was extended. Batik ===== There have been practically no changes to the codebase in the last three months. Jeremias has been accepted as a committer to the Batik subproject. Questions on the user list are mostly getting answers. Gump builds currently fail because Batik still depends on com.sun classes for JPEG encoding. This is expected to be resolved soon by adding XGC as a dependency tor Batik (and thereby reducing code redundancy between the two subprojects). Fop === Developer activity has gone up again. Nevertheless, the active committers are not able to handle all incoming patches. The quality of the code base is now being checked more consistently using findbugs and checkstyle.
General Comments There are no issues that require Board attention. Developer activity has been rather low for all three subprojects, apart from the FOP work on Complex Scripts. Java 1.5 has been accepted as the base version of the platform. XML Graphics Commons XGC's Gump builds started causing error reports when the build infrastructure was moved from sun to openjdk. This is due to a dependency on com.sun Java classes, especially on the com.sun JPEG codec. Very recently this dependency was removed, so that the project builds are successful again. Batik There have been practically no changes to the codebase in the last three months. User list activity has gone down a bit but questions are mostly getting answers. Gump builds currently fail as well for the same reason as with XGC. Batik still depends on com.sun classes for JPEG encoding. This is expected to be resolved soon by adding XGC as a dependency tor Batik (and thereby reducing code redundancy between the two subprojects). Fop Support for Complex Scripts in FOP is being developed by Glenn Adams, who is sponsored for this work by Basis Technologies. Completion of this work will make FOP truly global, as is required in today's world, but this will take some time. The current phase focuses on Arabic scripts. Because FOP depends on XGC, its Gump builds failed as well. With the help of infrastructure, we have realised nightly builds for FOP. Old Renderer implementations for AFP, PCL, PDF, PS were removed, to reduce redundancy in the code. Glenn Adams introduced a policy of no checkstyle, javadoc and ant warnings. Deployment to Maven repository With help of a fellow ASF committer the artifacts of the XML Graphics Commons 1.4 and FOP 1.0 releases were deployed to the Maven repository, one month after the release of FOP.
General Comments ================ There are no issues that require Board attention. Developer activity has gone up, due to release activities and work on Color. Jeremias is working on color in all three subprojects. Contributed patches are still not processed in a timely manner anymore. XML Graphics Commons ==================== Version 1.4 was released. Batik ===== There have been practically no changes on the codebase in the last three months. User list activity has gone down a bit but questions are mostly getting answers. Fop === Version 1.0 was released. Because we finally decided to bump the version number to 1.0, we gave this release some special attention. In cooperation with the PMC, Sally Khudairi prepared a press release at short notice, which was released at OSCON. In addition to the work on color, Vincent is working on Truetype fonts in PostScript. User list activity has become just a bit lower than last quarter. No big changes there. Deployment to Maven repository ============================== The build processes of XML Graphics Commons and FOP produce Maven bundles, but no member of the teams runs Maven, so that we are not able to deploy the bundles to the Maven repository. A call for help on the members mailing list has so far not resulted in successful deployment.
Approved by general consent.
General Comments ================ There are no issues that require Board attention. Developer activity has gone down which can become a real concern at some point since patches are not processed in a timely manner anymore. No releases were cut in the last three months and none can be expected in the immediate future due to low activity. XML Graphics Commons ==================== No major changes, just a few improvements and fixes in various components, mainly PostScript production. Batik ===== There have been practically no changes on the codebase in the last three months. User list activity has gone down a bit but questions are mostly getting answers. Fop === No major changes, just a few improvements and fixes in various components. User list activity has just a bit lower than last quarter. No big changes there.
General Comments ================ There are no issues that require Board attention. XML Graphics Commons -------------------- No releases, no major changes, just a few improvements and fixes in various components. Batik ----- Helder Magalhães (see http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/contributors.html) was voted in as a new committer. A new release, consolidating bug fixes and small improvements, would be good, but due to lack of committer time, no release was made. Fop --- Pascal Sancho (see http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/team.html#ps) was voted in as a new committer. A new release is overdue, but due to lack of committer time, no release was made.
General Comments There are no issues that require Board attention. XML Graphics Commons No releases, no major changes, just a few improvements and fixes in various components. Batik One of the three committers has taken a break from Batik development for a few months to finish university studies. This leaves one committer and one active contributor to answer queries on the mailing list. A new release, consolidating bug fixes and small improvements, would be good, but due to lack of committer time, no release was made. FOP A new release is overdue, but due to lack of committer time, no release was made. Vincent finished his temporary solution to enable changing page widths in a page sequence. Vincent also finished work to add accessibility to the PDF files created by FOP. This work was started by Jost Klopfstein, and earlier worked on by Jeremias. Two developers expressed serious interest in participating in FOP's development. One of them was explicitly backed by his company's management, which is a good thing in itself. In the ensuing discussion that company turned out to have expertise in non-Western scripts, which could enhance FOP's coverage of such scripts. We would be very happy if this would give us two new committers.
General Comments The XML Graphics subprojects are not fashionable but rather good old software, which a large user base just expects to be there without giving it much thought. This makes them less attractive to new contributors. Batik and FOP have been around since 1999 (note the 10-year anniversary later this year). So far in 2009, 3 committers have been active on the Batik codebase, 7 on the FOP codebase. In the case of Batik these 3 have been the same since 2005. No additions, but so far luckily no drop-offs. We have to get better at turning regular contributors into committers. We're a little concerned (but not alarmed, yet) that a slightly growing number of patches don't get processed in reasonable time. Other than these reflections on the longer-term developments, there are no project-level issues. Business as usual. XML Graphics Commons No releases, no major changes, just a few improvements and fixes in various components. Batik Same as last time: Not much going on. A little bugfixing and code cleanup. Activity on the users and dev mailing list was somewhat less than in the preceding quarter. The lists and bug reports enjoy the active participation of one contributor, besides the committers. FOP No releases this quarter. A provisional solution for changing IPD (page width) has been developed in a branch. This solution works only for simple cases and is more a hack than anything else. But it should make a majority of users happy until a more complete solution is developed. Besides that we've seen the usual bugfixing and a few smaller improvements. No release has been made nor discussed. We are pleased to see that Jeremias has resumed working on FOP. In his absence, mainly Vincent and Andreas kept the lists responsive. Activity on the users and dev mailing lists seems stable.
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors heretofore appointed Jeremias Maerki to the office of Vice President, Apache XML Graphics, and WHEREAS, the Board of Directors is in receipt of the resignation of Jeremias Maerki from the office of Vice President, Apache XML Graphics, and WHEREAS, the Project Management Committee of the Apache XML Graphics project has chosen by vote to recommend Simon Pepping as the successor to the post; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Jeremias Maerki is relieved and discharged from the duties and responsibilities of the office of Vice President, Apache XML Graphics, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Simon Pepping be and hereby is appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache XML Graphics, to serve in accordance with and subject to the direction of the Board of Directors and the Bylaws of the Foundation until death, resignation, retirement, removal or disqualification, or until a successor is appointed. Special Order 7C, PMC chair change for XML Graphics, was approved by Unanimous Vote of the directors present.
General Comments A serious conflict broke out between two major developers of FOP. The focus of the conflict was code quality. One developer insists on more effort to extract common behaviour and to add abstraction. He feels that this will make the code easier to maintain, that these features are currently lacking in FOP's code, and that this makes it hard for new contributors to enter. The other developer feels that this will require more time and effort than he can put into the code, and that the requirements are too theoretical and not compatible with his way of thinking about the implementation of new functionality. Examples of discussions can be found in the archives of the fop-dev email list in February and March. Initially the conflict was resolved by mediation of another FOP developer. Unfortunately, the emotional damage was not restored, and Jeremias Maerki decided to step down as chairman of the XML Graphics PMC and take a timeout from FOP. This is certainly a great loss for the project. Simon Pepping was elected by the PMC to be the successor. A resolution for the change has been submitted to the board (see mail to board@). XML Graphics Commons No releases, no major changes, just a few improvements and fixes in various components. Batik Same as last time: Not much going on. A little bugfixing and code cleanup. Activity on the users mailing list seems stable. One contributor is working through past issues in Bugzilla to make the uncommitted patches in there more visible and to get another pair of eyes on them. FOP The 1.0 beta release we discussed during the previous quarter hasn't happened, yet. Research for an improved approach at page breaking is making progress. We've received a major patch from a contributor that adds Tagged PDF support to Apache FOP. This has been processed and the code is available in a development branch. After that support for PDF/A-1a has been added based on this new functionality. The branch is largely ready to be merged back but this hasn't happened, yet. Besides that we've seen a steady stream of bugfixes and minor new features, a small number of patches, too. The user mailing lists activity seems steady.
Bertrand will monitor.
General Comments There are no project-level issues. Business as usual. XML Graphics Commons No releases, no major changes, just a few improvements and fixes in various components. Most changes happened in the PostScript and image loading parts. A release will be made prior to the next FOP release (see below). Batik Same as last time: Not much going on. A little bugfixing and code cleanup. Activity on the users mailing list seems stable. FOP No releases this quarter. The AFP GOCA branch has been folded into trunk and various improvements were done since then. The branch with the new intermediate format is about to be finished within a matter of days. Research for an improved approach at page breaking continues. Besides that we've seen the usual bugfixing and a few smaller improvements. Activity on the users mailing list seems stable. The dev list may have been a tad less busy. We've discussed the version number for the next release to be done within the next reporting period. We finally seem to dare make the jump to 1.0. The previous ideas for the 1.0 release simply proved unrealistic. We will likely try to involve the PRC to help avoid false expectations on the user side due to a 1.0 release after almost 10 years of development. And we'll probably start with a beta phase first, like for the previous release. Terminology: "AFP" (Advanced Function Presentation) is an IBM document and printing format. "GOCA" is AFP's graphical/vector content specification. The "Intermediate Format" is a proprietary XML representation of the formatted pages produced by FOP's layout engine.
General Comments There are no project-level issues. Business as usual, not much activity on the development side. XML Graphics Commons (components for Batik & FOP) No releases, no major changes, just a few improvements and fixes in various components. Batik (SVG implementation) Same as last time: Not much going on. A little bugfixing and code cleanup. Activity on the users mailing list seems stable. FOP (XSL-FO implementation) No releases this quarter. Various improvements and fixes in the Trunk but not many new features. The development on the branches for the new intermediate format and AFP GOCA support continues and is expected to be folded back into Trunk soon. Research for an improved approach at page breaking continues. Activity on the users mailing list seems stable.
General Comments There are no project-level issues. Adrian Cumiskey joined the PMC. XML Graphics Commons We've released XML Graphics Commons 1.3.1, a bugfix release for 1.3. Otherwise, there were no major changes here. With the arrival of PDFBox/JempBox in the incubator, discussions about a unified XMP implementation (RDF-based metadata) have restarted on the PDFBox dev list. Batik Not much going on. A little bugfixing and code cleanup. Support for Java 1.3 has been removed in Trunk. Activity on users mailing list seems stable. FOP We've released FOP 0.95. Besides the 0.95 release there's the usual bugfixing and occasional new feature in Trunk. Furthermore, there are three development branches where larger tasks are being worked on: Improved page breaking, a new intermediate format and enhancements for AFP output. In April there was a little dispute about programming style and about the question if any committer can tell another what to do. This was resolved with the help of other committers in the project who stated their views. We're back to normal.
The board is pleased to see that this project is "back to normal"
General Comments There are no project-level issues. XML Graphics Commons We've released XML Graphics Commons 1.3 (with the new image loading framework). Since then a number of bugfixes and minor enhancements happened which results in version 1.3.1 to be released shortly. Batik Very little development activity since the last release. There was some discussion about turning Batik into an SVG plug-in for browsers but so far it's just a good idea. FOP We've release FOP 0.95beta. Since then we've fixed a number of bugs. 0.95 final is not far away. In the Trunk, normal development continues while 0.95 is stabilized. The most notable changes are additional font functionality and integer values for keeps.
General Comments There are no project-level issues. The project continues to live off a relatively small set of active committers. The PMC chair is a little concerned about the number of active committers in the Batik area. The 1.7 release was basically performed by a single committer. However, oversight is still guaranteed. User activity is steady and support is working. The whole project has now dropped support for Java 1.3 and requires Java 1.4 after the release of Batik 1.7. We're looking towards other projects to find long-term, joint solutions for PDF generation, font and metadata handling (most notably PDFBox and Tika). XML Graphics Commons A redesign of the image loading code in FOP resulted in a new image loading framework in Commons. It is highly extensible and supports loading all sorts of images (bitmap, vector) and converting them to a format supported by the consumer. Besides that, smaller bugfixes happened, as well as a few improvements for the XMP metadata handling code. Batik Version 1.7 was released. An XML editor component with syntax highlighting was donated and integrated. But the release preparations (bugfixing, documentation etc.) dominated the whole last reporting period. Besides that the development front is relatively quiet especially since the release. FOP The most notable changes in the last three months were: improvements and bugfixes for tables, the integration of a new image loading framework, various small improvement with font handling. Besides that the usual bugfix or feature here and there. Things currently underway are improved page layout, GOCA support (Java2D paintings) for AFP output and a processing feedback mechanism. The next release (0.95) is targeted for the end of February or beginning of March.
Sam to follow up with Jeremias re: crypto.
Approved by General Consent.
7. Special Orders
General Comments Jeremias initiated a survey for users of XML Graphics Commons, Batik and FOP to determine the level of desire to change the minimum required Java version from 1.3. From the results of that, and discussions between the developers, it was decided that subsequent project releases from XML Graphics will require Java 1.4. (Batik's 1.7 release will be the final one to require Java 1.3.) XML Graphics Commons No big changes in the last 3 months. Some work to complete the XMP metadata functionality is expected for the next reporting period. Batik Batik's two Google Summer of Code students finished their projects successfully, although they did not have as much interaction with the developer community (such as it is) as much as I would've liked. Ivan has recently finished ironing out the bugs in his DOM Viewer window enhancements and will be committed to the repository soon. Jasleen's project needs a bit more work before it can be committed. A bunch of bugs were fixed recently, and after fixing a couple more, committing Ivan's code, and running through the regression test suite again we'll be ready for the final 1.7 release. FOP FOP sees the usual bugfixing. We've been able to process some of the open patches, but there's still some more to be done in this area. A few new features have also been added: some improvements on general XSL-FO compliance, preparations for PDF-in-PDF support, SVGZ support, improved SVG text painting for PDF output, improvements for PCL and AFP etc. A number of exciting things are in the works: improved layouting which should bring down memory consumption, Java2D support for AFP output, improvements in font handling and tables, a new image package... We have two new committers: Adrian Cumiskey and Max Berger.
Approved by General Consent.
7. Special Orders
General Comments: No project-level issues at the moment. XML Graphics Commons: XML Graphics Commons 1.2 has been released in July. Traffic on the mailing list is still low but there have been a few bug reports/patches. Batik: No releases this quarter. Not much development lately, the committers have been busy. We've had two Google Summer of Code students working on Batik, though: Ivan Andjelkovic, who worked on improving the DOM Viewer window, and Jasleen Singh, who worked on an error console window and an animation timeline viewer window. The coding period for GSoC has now finished, and the two students are working on fixing some remaining bugs and cleaning the code up so that it can be committed to the repository. FOP: FOP 0.94 has been released on August 24, 2007. Business as usual including the preparation for the release. There was some discussion to bring in a wanted feature (auto table layout) via a "bounty system" which has generated some interest but no action has been taken yet.
General Comments No project-level issues at the moment. XML Graphics Commons Not much activity here during the last three months. Only a new component in the PostScript area was added. Batik Batik has released version 1.7beta1 after a longer period with no releases. http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/xmlgraphics-batik-users/200703.mbox/%3c20070330045338.GE5371@arc.mcc.id.au%3e Otherwise, bugs are being fixed. Especially the newly added animation part is improved. Cameron McCormack will be mentoring two Google Summer of Code students. FOP No releases this quarter. We've had quite a few patches from new contributors. Not all have been processed, yet, as everyone is quite busy. Otherwise, we see the usual improvements/bugfixes happening. The most important additions this quarter were support for exact positioning of link destinations and for the collapsing border model. Three team members, Vincent, Simon and Jeremias, met at ApacheCon Europe.
Approved by General Consent.
No project-level issues at the moment. XML Graphics Commons Version 1.1 has been released in preparation of the FOP 0.93 release: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/200612.mbox/%3c458D835E.5010501@apache.org%3e Batik is now preparing to switch over to use Commons right after the next Batik release. This will finally allow to finish resolving the circular dependencies between FOP and Batik. A PostScript DSC parser/processor is going through IP clearance after a vote to accept it as a new addition to Commons. Batik Batik is in the middle of release preparations. It'll be released as soon as the remaining issues are resolved. It's good to see so much progress with only 3 active committers. The Rhino project (JavaScript implementation) has been relicensed under the MPL 1.1 which allows us to continue to bundle Rhino with Batik. Great news. FOP FOP has released its first production-grade version (0.93): http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/200701.mbox/%3c20070108210217.GA46429@minotaur.apache.org%3e Traffic on user and dev mailing lists has increased after the release. We're a little behind processing patches. Our available resources still don't match FOP's user base. But over all, we keep making progress in various areas. One new committer: Jay Bryant (in acknowledgement of his helping out so many people on the lists for some years now, awaiting his CLA)
Approved by General Consent.
Not much going on on the project level. XML Graphics Commons A version 1.1 is soon to be released in preparation of the next FOP release. Batik Most work was on bugfixing. Planning for a new release has started. The Rhino project has been asked to relicense under the MPL 1.1 which should solve the problem with the license policy. They said, they'll look into it (Nov 3). FOP There were improvements in the font area, for page-number-citation and the bitmap renderers. It was also encouraging to receive patches from new contributors, including a patch for CMYK support. One new committer: Vincent Hennebert (he was one of the GSoC students) The 0.93 release is still to be done.
Approved by General Consent.
General Comments Keiron Liddle has left the PMC due to his lack of time to attend to XMLGraphics matters. He has a standing invitation to rejoin at any time should he become active again. No new committers. No new PMC-level issues. The project continues to suffer from the "no longer a hype" problem, i.e. user interest is high, contributor interest rather low. XML Graphics Commons Addition of a small XMP framework (Adobe's eXtensible Metadata Platform) used primarily by FOP to support the PDF/A and PDF/X standards, but possibly useful stand-alone once it is extended a little. Batik The big news is the addition of an animation engine for Batik. Besides that there's the usual bugfixing and the occasional feature to be added. No releases since the last report but a new release is coming in sight with animated SVG available. Batik still has a few administrative tasks to resolve until the next release (new license policy etc.). FOP A lot of bugfixing has happened further stabilizing the new code. New features added include support for PDF/A-1b and PDF/X-3:2003 PDF profiles and page-number-citation-last (the latter from XSL 1.1). No code was released during the past three months, but a stable release is on the radar. However, it won't be version 1.0. For that a few features have been identified to be missing. Our two GSoC students are implementing "float" support and support for auto table layout.Code implementing before-float support has been committed into a branch; the side-float case is being investigated on a Wiki page. Both projects will make an important addition to FOP's feature set.
Approved by General Consent
General Comments ---------------- One new committer (Dieter von Holten) with write access to Batik. We hope this brings new energy into Batik. Cameron McCormack (cam) joined the XML Graphics PMC. XML Graphics Commons -------------------- Our new subproject XML Graphics Commons has finally started and has been populated with the first classes from Batik and FOP. Version 1.0 has been released 2006-04-17. We will continue to migrate components as time allows to work towards a clear dependency tree inside the XML Graphics project. Batik ----- Steady activity rate with bugfixes and improvements. No releases. The Batik website is about to be converted to use Apache Forrest. Batik will be affected by the new license policy (Rhino, NPL). The move of the W3C licensed DOM API classes to XML Commons Externals is still not completed which is a precondition for the next release. FOP --- Lots of bugfixing and some new features, too. One release: 0.92 beta (2006-04-18). This is the last beta release before finally going for 1.0. It's also the first release to use XML Graphics Commons. The API is now finalized and we're quickly approaching production grade for most use cases. We've been able to complete the rather long IP clearance process for the AFP renderer (took us more than 4 months) and we've been able to resurrect the PCL renderer, so FOP now has two new output formats. We've got two students for the GSoC wanting to implement long-missing features: auto-table layout and floats. We hope the applications get through and we can get over another milestone for FOP.
Approved by General Consent.
General Comments None. Batik Steady activity rate with bugfixes and improvements. No releases. The move of W3C licensed classes to XML Commons Externals has started. The classes are now available in a branch at XML Commons Externals. Batik only has to review the setup and remove its own copies now. People from Debian documentation and Wikipedia have a big interest in compiling Batik to platform-specific binaries using Gnu/GCJ. A patch that will allow for that is available but has not been applied yet. FOP FOP is back in business! Two releases: 0.90 alpha 1 (2005-11-23) and 0.91 beta (2005-12-24). Since the first release a lot of bugs have been fixed and some new features added. The quality is quickly approaching the level of the old 0.20.5 release. We've started the IP clearance process for an AFP renderer (output format implementation) that was developed at SourceForge.
Approved by General Consent.
General Comments Nothing special this time. Work on XML Graphics Commons hasn't started due to the heavy activity in FOP. This is likely to change after the first release. Batik Steady activity rate with bugfixes and improvements. No special events. The move of W3C licensed classes to XML Commons Externals is still open. FOP Lots of activity. Patches are coming in from new contributors and a good number of bugs have already been fixed due to feedback from people who are trying out the new code. We are in the final preparations for the first alpha/preview release. A little later than planned, though. One new committer: Manuel Mall
Approved by General Consent.
General Comments All of XML Graphics is now on Subversion. Current PMC watch items: * MPL/NPL issues (Mozilla's Rhino in Batik) * Better documentation of the sources and licenses of external dependencies in Batik. Everything is in order but not very well documented. W3C-licensed code in Batik is about to be moved into XML Commons Externals just like the other W3C-licensed packages (DOM-related) used by Xerces/Xalan. XML Commons is now also migrated to SVN and the move will happen very soon. WIP. * Creation of a XML Graphics Commons (shared code between Batik and FOP) is imminent. Batik No releases. Mostly bugfixing against Batik 1.6 and some tweaking. The SVG 1.2 branch became the new trunk. Fixes for JDK 1.5 compatibility. DOM Level 3 support in the trunk. FOP No releases. We are finally planning a first preview release of the redesigned FOP (not feature-complete) which should be available within about one or two months. Progress is good, the community has started to review the new code and we've managed to attract a few new contributors. We're on the right track now.
Approved by General Consent.
General Comments ------------------ The project has voted to migrate to SVN after the Batik 1.6 release. We'll do this quite soon now. This will finally let us create the space for commonly used components between FOP and Batik. We've been talking to the Cocoon PMC about Mozilla's Rhino package (which Batik uses and distributes). There's some confusion concerning the licence(s). So far, this is still a pending issue. Batik ------- Batik released version 1.6. The main improvements, as indicated in the last report, are SVG 1.2 support and massive speed improvements on MacOSX. Besides that there were lots of bugfixes and improvements. FOP ----- No releases. We've rewritten the whole page-breaking mechanism which allows us to finally implement the long-missing keep properties among other things. It's a very difficult matter (especially around tables) but there's pretty good progress.
Apache XML Graphics Project report approved as submitted by general consent.
General Comments: We have created and voted for a charter for the project. Please find it here: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/xmlgraphics/site/src/documentation/content/xdocs/charter.xml (Results: 9 +1) Most infrastructure for the project is now set up. We're now going forward with separating common components (between Batik and FOP) and making parts of FOP available to the Batik team so they can help maintain it (PDF/PS Transcoders). Issues needing attention: The Xerces people have a project charter draft which contains special sections about handling contributions. We mostly copied from their charter draft but removed these sections. We think this is something which has to be defined and communicated at ASF-level. Batik: No new releases, however the number of bug fixes is reaching critical mass so a bug fix release (1.5.2) is likely in the near future. Initial support for SVG 1.2 has been added to Batik (only activated for documents that indicate 'version="1.2"'). Several Memory leaks have been fixed. Significant (10x!) performance increase for Mac OS X, really makes Batik useful on Macintosh for the first time. FOP: No releases. However, we will likely be able to start releasing again this year with the current rate of progress. The new layout engine is constantly growing and improving: - Creation of a regression test framework and tests. - Improvements in line and block layout. - Full support for Block Containers has been implemented. - Markers have been fully implemented. - Text-decoration has been fully implemented. - Background images has been implemented. - List labels and indenting has been implemented. - The XSL 1.1 working draft is also being looked at and the new bookmark feature has already been implemented replacing a FOP custom extension.
Apache XML Graphics Project report approved as submitted by general consent.
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it to be in the best interests of the Foundation and consistent with the Foundation's purpose to establish a Project Management Committee charged with the creation and maintenance of open-source software related to the conversion of XML formats to graphical output, for distribution at no charge to the public. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache XML Graphics PMC", be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Apache XML Graphics PMC be and hereby is responsible for the creation and maintenance of software for managing the conversion of XML formats to graphical output, and for related software components, based on software licensed to the Foundation; and be it further RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache XML Graphics" be and hereby is created, the person holding such office to serve at the direction of the Board of Directors as the chair of the Apache XML Graphics PMC, and to have primary responsibility for management of the projects within the scope of responsibility of the Apache XML Graphics PMC; and be it further RESOLVED, that the persons listed immediately below be and hereby are appointed to serve as the initial members of the Apache XML Graphics PMC: Chris Bowditch (cbowditch@apache.org) Thomas DeWeese (deweese@apache.org) Christian Geisert (chrisg@apache.org) Clay Leeds (clay@apache.org) Keiron Liddle (keiron@apache.org) Jeremias Maerki (jeremias@apache.org) Glen Mazza (gmazza@apache.org) Simon Pepping (spepping@apache.org) Joerg Pietschmann (pietsch@apache.org) NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Jeremias Maerki be and hereby is appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache XML Graphics, to serve in accordance with and subject to the direction of the Board of Directors and the Bylaws of the Foundation until death, resignation, retirement, removal or disqualification, or until a successor is appointed; and be it further RESOLVED, that the initial Apache XML Graphics PMC be and hereby is tasked with the creation of a set of bylaws intended to encourage open development and increased participation in the Apache XML Graphics Project; and be it further RESOLVED, that all responsibility pertaining to the Batik and FOP sub-projects and encumbered upon the Apache XML PMC are hereafter discharged. RESOLUTION 5A, Establish the Apache XML Graphics Project, was APPROVED by Unanimous Vote. Both Dirk and Stefano agreed to join the PMC and Dev list to monitor progress.
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it to be in the best interests of the Foundation and consistent with the Foundation's purpose to establish a Project Management Committee charged with the creation and maintenance of open-source software related to the conversion of XML formats to graphical output, for distribution at no charge to the public. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache XML Graphics PMC", be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Apache XML Graphics PMC be and hereby is responsible for the creation and maintenance of software for managing the conversion of XML formats to graphical output, and for related software components, based on software licensed to the Foundation; and be it further RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache XML Graphics" be and hereby is created, the person holding such office to serve at the direction of the Board of Directors as the chair of the Apache XML Graphics PMC, and to have primary responsibility for management of the projects within the scope of responsibility of the Apache XML Graphics PMC; and be it further RESOLVED, that the persons listed immediately below be and hereby are appointed to serve as the initial members of the Apache XML Graphics PMC: Chris Bowditch (cbowditch@apache.org) Thomas DeWeese (deweese@apache.org) Christian Geisert (chrisg@apache.org) Clay Leeds (clay@apache.org) Jeremias Maerki (jeremias@apache.org) Glen Mazza (gmazza@apache.org) Simon Pepping (spepping@apache.org) Joerg Pietschmann (pietsch@apache.org) NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Jeremias Maerki be and hereby is appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache XML Graphics, to serve in accordance with and subject to the direction of the Board of Directors and the Bylaws of the Foundation until death, resignation, retirement, removal or disqualification, or until a successor is appointed; and be it further RESOLVED, that the initial Apache XML Graphics PMC be and hereby is tasked with the creation of a set of bylaws intended to encourage open development and increased participation in the Apache XML Graphics Project; and be it further RESOLVED, that all responsibility pertaining to the Batik and FOP sub-projects and encumbered upon the Apache XML PMC are hereafter discharged. Special Order 5 C, A Resolution to Establish the Apache XML Graphics Project, was tabled due to time constraints.
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it to be in the best interests of the Foundation and consistent with the Foundation's purpose to establish a Project Management Committee charged with the creation and maintenance of open-source software related to the conversion of XML formats to graphical output, for distribution at no charge to the public. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache XML Graphics PMC", be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Apache XML Graphics PMC be and hereby is responsible for the creation and maintenance of software for managing the conversion of XML formats to graphical output, and for related software components, based on software licensed to the Foundation; and be it further RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache XML Graphics" be and hereby is created, the person holding such office to serve at the direction of the Board of Directors as the chair of the Apache XML Graphics PMC, and to have primary responsibility for management of the projects within the scope of responsibility of the Apache XML Graphics PMC; and be it further RESOLVED, that the persons listed immediately below be and hereby are appointed to serve as the initial members of the Apache XML Graphics PMC: Chris Bowditch Thomas DeWeese Christian Geisert Clay Leeds Jeremias Maerki Glen Mazza Simon Pepping Joerg Pietschmann NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Mr. Jeremias Maerki be and hereby is appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache XML Graphics, to serve in accordance with and subject to the direction of the Board of Directors and the Bylaws of the Foundation until death, resignation, retirement, removal or disqualification, or until a successor is appointed; and be it further RESOLVED, that the initial Apache XML Graphics PMC be and hereby is tasked with the creation of a set of bylaws intended to encourage open development and increased participation in the Apache XML Graphics Project; and be it further RESOLVED, that all responsibility pertaining to the Batik and FOP sub-projects and encumbered upon the Apache XML PMC are hereafter discharged. Board discussed Special Order C, establishment of XML graphics project. There are concerns that the PMC is 'fresh', not ASF members included, and unknown in general by the board. Dirk volunteered to help get some understanding of the group and report back. By unanimous consent, Special Order C was tabled. At this point, Ken noted for the record : [15:14] <RoUS> let the record show that the board voted unanimously that geir has the authority to perform all actions regarding the J2EE TCK negociation, including returning the tck at any time without requiring recourse to board discussion.