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Subject: Re: Apache PDFBox January 2014 board report due
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From: Maruan Sahyoun <sahyoun@fileaffairs.de>
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Thx - but no need to mention my name! It's a joint effort.

BR
Maruan Sahyoun

> Am 07.01.2014 um 19:53 schrieb Andreas Lehmkuehler <andreas@lehmi.de>:
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> Hi,
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> Am 06.01.2014 09:38, schrieb Maruan Sahyoun:
>> Hi,
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>> nothing special. But as people start adding to the docs I think that=E2=80=
=99s an overall theme we could mention, as well as enhanced test coverage.
> OK, I'll add the following:
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> After the transition to the Apache CMS we are now ready to improve our
> documentation. Maruan started with an overview of the PDF specification
> coverage of PDFBox.
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> Furthermore we are going to overhaul the existing test cases. There is an
> ongoing discussion on how to enhance the test coverage.
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> BR
> Andreas Lehmk=C3=BChler
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>> BR
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>> Maruan Sahyoun
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>>> Am 05.01.2014 um 17:02 schrieb Andreas Lehmkuehler <andreas@lehmi.de>:
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>>> Hi,
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>>> Am 05.01.2014 11:57, schrieb Maruan Sahyoun:
>>>> +1 from my perspective. Maybe mention the effort to enhance the documen=
tation to attract more people to the project.
>>> I guess your talking about your effort to add the pdf spec coverage?
>>> What exactly do you have in mind?
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>>> BR
>>> Andreas Lehmk=C3=BChler
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>>>> Maruan Sahyoun
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>>>>> Am 03.01.2014 um 19:37 schrieb Andreas Lehmkuehler <andreas@lehmi.de>:=

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>>>>> Hi,
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>>>>> find attached a quick draft of the board report we're expected to subm=
it this
>>>>> month.
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>>>>> Any comments, objections or additions?
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>>>>>=20
>>>>> <draft>
>>>>>=20
>>>>> The Apache PDFBox library is an open source Java tool for working with=
 PDF
>>>>> documents.
>>>>>=20
>>>>>=20
>>>>> General Comments
>>>>> ----------------
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>>>>> There are no issues that require Board attention.
>>>>>=20
>>>>>=20
>>>>> Community
>>>>> ---------
>>>>>=20
>>>>> There is a steady stream of contributions and bug reports from the com=
munity.
>>>>>=20
>>>>> After adding Maruan Sahyoun and Thomas Chojecki to our ranks in March 2=
013
>>>>> there weren't any changes so far.
>>>>>=20
>>>>> 429 (404 last report) subscribers on the user@ list
>>>>> 164 (160 last report) subscribers on the dev@ list
>>>>>=20
>>>>> Releases
>>>>> --------
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>>>>> Version 1.8.3 was released on 29th of November 2013
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>>>>> 1.8.3 is an incremental bugfix release based on PDFBox 1.8.x.
>>>>>=20
>>>>>=20
>>>>> Development:
>>>>> ------------
>>>>>=20
>>>>> Most likely the next bugfix version 1.8.4 will be released this quarte=
r.
>>>>>=20
>>>>> The work on our next major release is an ongoing effort. The main topi=
cs are:
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>>>>> - switch to java 1.6
>>>>> - modularization
>>>>> - replace/enhance the parser
>>>>> - refactor the underlying COS model
>>>>> - code cleanup
>>>>> - enhance rendering
>>>>>=20
>>>>> </draft>
>>>>>=20
>>>>> BR
>>>>> Andreas Lehmk=C3=BChler
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