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Subject:    Re: simple download question
From:       "Andrew C. Oliver" <acoliver () apache ! org>
Date:       2002-09-12 19:53:14
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The production "releases" are more or less stable.  The primary things
you gain from getting a nightly build or development release 
involve:

 1. Support for international character sets (French should be okay but
Japanese or Russian might not)
 2. Formula support
 3. Custom data formats
 4. Early graphing support
 

In a few days we should also have support for modifying sheets with
Macros in a development release.  

However with these cutting edge features comes a certain fluidity.  If
this is a project whose release is 3-4 months out, I'd chose the
development build.  If this is a project which will be completed in the
next few weeks and you do not need any of the above mentioned
in-development features, then use a development or nightly build.  

Thanks,

-Andy


On Thu, 2002-09-12 at 15:50, owenl wrote:
> hi,
> 
> I am interested in using HSSF to handle some .xls file generation for a
> project I am working on. My needs are quite simple and HSSF looks like it
> will work perfectly. In the downloads section there are the folders dev,
> nightly and release. What do these mean? As a user who needs just the basic
> funtionality which files in which folders should I be interested in?
> 
> Thankyou for helping me clear this up
> 	Owen Lopaschuk
> 
> 
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