Re: FOP upgrade (was Re: Problem with New FoFormRenderer)

Posted by Jacopo Cappellato on
URL: http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/Problem-with-New-FoFormRenderer-tp170568p170574.html

Ok,

now I understand why Chris asked to upgrade.
For me it's ok to go on with the upgrade, too.

Jacopo

Chris Howe wrote:

> +1
> 0.20.5 has particular problems ignoring some styles.
> and i don't think wee have many fo.ftl's that wouldn't
> be conforming to the standard, so i don't think it
> would break any current ones. thanks Christian!
>
> --- Christian Geisert <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>
>> Jacopo Cappellato schrieb:
>>> Chris,
>>>
>>> I think we are using the latest stable release:
>> 0.20.5
>>
>> Umm, yeah 0.20.5 is labled as stable and 0.92 just
>> beta
>> and it will take some month until Apache FOP 1.0 is
>> released but in fact I can't think of any reason to
>> stick with the old 0.20.5.
>>
>> Some of the new features:
>> -PNGs will work without extra jars
>> -page-position="last" is implemented
>> -RTF-Renderer is included
>> -new AFP-Renderer
>> -keep-* properties are working on blocks
>> -PostScript-Extensions (for example tray selection)
>> -AutoTableLayout will be coming soon (GSoC project)
>> and a lot more ..
>>
>> There could be some minor problems with some
>> stylesheets .. erm ..
>> templates .. because 0.92 is more strict (conformant
>> to the spec) than
>> 0.20.5.
>>
>> So if want a FOP upgrade (and I hope you do ;-) I'm
>> happy to make all
>> the necessary changes (including comparing all pdf
>> reports) and send a
>> patch.
>> --
>> Christian
>>