Re: Sven Rudolph: Re: still looking for someone to adopt sgml-tools?
Hi.
I have just notice that Stephane Bortzmeyer now prepares to take
the job from http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/pa/lsgml-tools.html,
and I am glad to see it.
In article <E10yhMh-0000ZI-00@burrito>
Adam Di Carlo <adam@onshore.com> writes:
> I would wish that someone who actually *uses* sgmltools (v1) would
> adopt this package!
>
> Volunteers? Please let me know....
I had used sgml-tools_1.0.9-1 (for slink) in order to make my local
customized sgml-tools-ja_1.0.9.0.1j-1.0.1slink1 (for slink) package
which is distributed from
ftp://ftp.debian.or.jp/debian-jp/project-jp/experimental/
for the convenient of people in JF Project.
JF (http://www.linux.or.jp/JF/) is the project for creating the original
documents and translating the LDP documents into Japanese Language.
# I am a member of that project.
My local package use the patch from JF Web site in order to enable
Japanese support on text conversion tool (sgml2txt -l ja -c nippon),
because current sgmltools 1.0.9 can not handle Japanese Characters
in text conversion, while in html conversion there is no problem.
The patch is distributed from
http://www.linux.or.jp/JF/workshop/archives/sgml-tools-1.0.9j.diff.gz
I see The original & upstream author of sgml-tools say that sgml-tools (v1)
has no support now, and transition to DocBook and sgmltools-2 (v2) is
recommended. But right now the development of v2 may be suspended because
the author wrote it on http://www.sgmltools.org/suspended.html, so I don't
know what should I recommend to use for JF people. JF people have the will
to upgrade to v2 tools, but development of JP patch for 2.0 series does
not progress for several months and now the combination of sgml-tools 1.0.9
and JF patch for it is only usable solution for them.
I myself does not know much about SGML, DSSSL, python, or XML.
I am only a user of the tools, and am interested in writing
documents more than hacking the code of conversion tool, but
if that work is needed, I will take the job.
Now I am happy to know that Stephane will be the new maintainer of
sgml-tools and I hope that he can merge that JF patch into his coming
new package.
# Ah, yes, I must report this patch to BTS first of all,,,
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Taketoshi Sano: <sano@debian.org>,<kgh12351@nifty.ne.jp>
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