diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-04-2013-06.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-04-2013-06.xml index c53a3a6ef1..cd3bf0ccc6 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-04-2013-06.xml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-04-2013-06.xml @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ <!-- XXX: keep updating the number of entries --> <p>Thanks to all the reporters for the excellent work! This report - contains 8 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p> + contains 9 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p> <!-- XXX: set date for the next set of submissions --> <p>The deadline for submissions covering between July and September 2013 @@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ <description>Ports</description> </category> + <category> + <name>docs</name> + + <description>Documentation</description> + </category> + <project cat='proj'> <title>PC-BSD</title> @@ -404,4 +410,53 @@ <task>Remove the dependency on HAL.</task> </help> </project> + + <project cat='docs'> + <title>Upgrading the Documentation Set to DocBook 5.0</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>Gábor</given> + <common>Kövesdán</common> + </name> + <email>gabor@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <body> + <p>The Documentation Project has been behind with the used + standards until recently when we switched to a real XML toolchain + and DocBook 4.5. However, we still depend on obsoleted + technologies — DSSSL and Jade. Besides, DocBook 5.0 + provides a cleaner markup and some nice new features.</p> + + <p>The objective of this project is to upgrade the documentation + set to DocBook 5.0 and to find a way to properly render our + sources without using DSSSL since the DSSSL stylesheets are + discontinued and cannot render DocBook 5.0. The documentation + sources have already been successfully transformed to DocBook + 5.0 and the development of the rendering process is under + development. The common opinion among &os; developers is that + Java is a heavy dependency that should be avoided. This has + suggested the transformation of DocBook sources to TeX and use + TeX as a rendering backend. There are two ways to do this; the + sources can be transformed either directly or through the XSL FO + output generated by the stylesheets that the DocBook Project + provides. The latter approach has been chosen as a preferred + way since it better fits the existing documentation + infrastructure and provides easier customization.</p> + + <p>This project is generously founded by The &os; Foundation.</p> + </body> + + <help> + <task>Finish the implementation of the rendering process.</task> + + <task>Integrate the rendering solution into the + infrastructure.</task> + + <task>Merge back changes to <tt>head</tt>.</task> + </help> + </project> </report>