[ docbook-Feature Requests-1069151 ] de-support Passivetex

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Feature Requests item #1069151, was opened at 2004-11-19 10:41
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Category: DocBook XSL
Group: Print/FO/PDF
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Michael Smith (xmldoc)
Assigned to: Michael Smith (xmldoc)
Summary: de-support Passivetex

Initial Comment:
Users have reported that v1.61.3 is that latest version
of the stylesheets distro that works with Passivetex.

I don't think anybody from the team wants to do the job
of figuring out just what's broken or making the changes
needed to workaround the Passivetex deficiencies -- or
going forward, is willing to test and ensure that we
haven't made any changes that will Passivetex output.

And Sebastian seems to have no interest in fixing
Passivetex itself.

Given all that, I'd like to suggest that we de-support
Passivetex by making a code change such that, if a user
sets the passivetex.extensions param, the stylesheets
emit a message such as the following:

  The DocBook XSL stylesheets no longer support
  Passivetex. If you need an open-source XSL-FO engine,
  try FOP. If you need a TeX-based solution, try using
  the DB2LaTeX XSL stylesheets instead.

    http://xml.apache.org/fop/
    http://db2latex.sourceforge.net/


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