Re: [docbook-apps] Docbook XSL and FOP 2.0

[Paul DuBois <paul@kitebird.com>]

> On Jun 30, 2015, at 12:43 AM, Radu Coravu <radu_coravu@sync.ro> wrote:
> 
> Hi Dean,
> 
> If it's worth anything, I stumbled upon the same problem when converting DITA to PDF using Apache FOP 2.0 (the bug I posted was marked as a duplicate as yours):
> 
>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FOP-2479
> 
> After I made a patch to guard the NPE I successfully translated our user's manual's 1000+ pages to PDF.
> But that left me with a bitter test of the initial Apache FOP 2.0 encounter.
> 
> I will probably wait for 2.1 before I integrate it into our product (Oxygen XML Editor).

I see that emerge on gentoo wants me to upgrade:

[ebuild  NS    ] dev-java/fop-2.0 [1.1] USE="jai -doc -examples -hyphenation -source {-test}"

Given the concerns expressed here, that might be a little rash.

> 
> Regards,
> Radu
> 
> Radu Coravu
> <oXygen/>  XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Editor/Debugger
> http://www.oxygenxml.com
> 
> On 6/30/2015 2:19 AM, DeanNelson@aol.com wrote:
>> Hello
>> I have tried to update our production documentation system to FOP 2.0
>> but in doing so I discovered a little problem that prevented the use of
>> FOP 2.0. I get an exception and cannot get around it without recompiling
>> with a fix. (See https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FOP-2461 )
>> I am interested in other people's experience in using FOP 2.0. In your
>> experience, is it really ready for prime time? Are you using it
>> successfully?
>> I'm using the 1.78.1 stylesheets with Docbook 4.5.
>> Regards,
>> Dean Nelson