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Re: [jakartaee-platform-dev] Spec doc conversion: heads-up

I am currently working on JPA spec and facing the same issues. It’s not difficult, but time consuming because there is no other way than doing it manually section by section.

- Dmitry

> On 22 Jan 2020, at 12:42, arjan tijms <arjan.tijms@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I just started with the JASPIC to Jakarta Authentication spec document conversion, and just a heads-up for anyone who hasn't started yet: it's quite labour intensive.
> 
> Tables are completely missing, image captions are mistaken for headings meaning section numbering and hierarchies are all wrong, even chapter numbering can become all wrong, footnotes are missing, etc etc.
> 
> This is far more than just a semi-automated search & replace for terms as with the Javadocs adjustments for Jakarta EE 8.
> 
> Basically it boils down to reading the entire document, adjusting errors wherever you see them, compiling the PDF, checking it's correct now and repeat that.
> 
> Absolutely doable of course, but just taking a fair amount of time.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Arjan
> 
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