[DB2LaTeX-devel] Status of project, and where to next

[Lauri W. <la...@kd...>]

Hi all,

KDE (http://www.kde.org) would like to use the db2latex stylesheets for pdf=
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processing of our documentation repository (http://docs.kde.org)  There are=
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some enormous advantages to this method of pdf generation over any of the=20
others for us, and the list of open issues we have for them is actually=20
pretty small.  =20

What we'd like to know is, what is the status of the project as it is now? =
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don't see any activity in the CVS repository for 8 months (and that was the=
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first for some time), there are several open issues in the tracker, and som=
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useful looking patches in the mailing list.=20

Are the original developers still around? Does the offer of some new blood =
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help at all inspire you to come back to us?  We'd certainly love to see you=
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back in action, and if you are simply burned out or feeling a lack of=20
appreciation, please trust me, you are very appreciated and just tell us wh=
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we can do to help out.   If you've moved on, or the issue is lack of time,=
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would you be willing to add CVS access for some people, to allow some forwa=
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movement, or at least fix up the few bugs that have turned up with xsltproc=
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now being much stricter in it's processing?  Or would you be ok with someon=
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taking over the project entirely in some form (whether here, with another=20
name, or in another location?)

How about other readers out there - I'm fairly certain we are not alone in=
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wanting to see this work bitrotting?  Is there anyone else (especially thos=
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of you already having posted patches) who are interested in helping to keep=
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this project alive?=20

We (KDE) also have developers already with XSLT and TeX skills that can hel=
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out, but we're generally in the business of developing (and documenting)=20
desktop software,  so if someone more qualified wants to step up and run wi=
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this, I have a really nice big repository of test documents to work on.

To summarise: What I'd most like to see, is for the original developers to =
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up and get back to work (because hey, they already know all this code bette=
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than anyone else, and I like what they've done so far).  If that's not=20
possible, I'd really like their blessing to put together a working group of=
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some kind to continue development.

Regards,
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Lauri Watts
KDE Documentation: http://docs.kde.org
KDE on FreeBSD: http://freebsd.kde.org