Re: [docbook-apps] DSSSL stylesheet maintenance

[Michael Smith <smith at xml-doc dot org>]

Raghavendra,

See reply I sent to Peter. If your willingness to help extends to
agreeing to test CVS sandbox builds, then I can volunteer commit patches
and hand off CVS sandbox builds for you to test.

Since I don't use the DSSSL sheets myself, I'm not terrifically
enthusiastic about doing that, let me tell you. I think most people
would be better off if they quit using the DSSSL sheets and moved XSL,
but oh well. Anyway, I know what a frustration it can be if somebody
from a free software project won't even take time to commit easy fixes
for known issues and push out official releases with those fixes.

And same thing I said in my reply to Peter: If your willingness to help
extends to evaluating and committing patches yourself, and especially
doing sandbox builds and testing them and maybe fielding bug reports and
future enhancement requests), then I can add you to the project, with
commit privileges. Then _you_ get to be the guy who takes the heat for
not getting fixes made and not getting releases done. ;)

  --Mike

"N. Raghavendra" <raghu@mri.ernet.in> writes:

> At 2004-06-29T22:27:21+02:00, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> 
> > Is anyone still maintaining the DSSSL stylesheets?  There are some
> > bugs that should be fixed and that are quite easy to fix, but
> > apparently no one is paying attention.  What can be done so someone
> > at least commits submitted patches?
> 
> Hi Peter, and list,
> 
> I too have been wondering about this.  In addition to small bug fixes,
> as Peter has mentioned, there are some elements that are not processed
> at all by the DSSSL stylesheets, e.g., `biblioid'.
> 
> The docbook DSSSL stylesheets form a magnificent piece of work, and I
> do hope that they will be maintained and extended.  I am willing to
> help in any way I can.
> 
> Regarding extending the stylesheets, I have sporadically tried adding
> customization layers for them to output HTML conforming to various
> DTDs, such as HTML 4.01, and ISO/IEC 15445:2000.  I truly would like
> to have the output be valid under the latter DTD.  As I said, I am
> willing to help in the work.  Any ideas on how to proceed?
> 
> Cheers,
> Raghavendra.
>

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