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<status>
    <developers>
        <!-- in strict alphabetical order -->
        <person id="AO" name="Andrew C. Oliver" email="acoliver2@users.sourceforge.net"/>
        <person id="GJS" name="Glen Stampoultzis" email="user@poi.apache.org"/>
        <person id="MJ" name="Marc Johnson" email="mjohnson@apache.org"/>
        <person id="NKB" name="Nicola Ken Barozzi" email="barozzi@nicolaken.com"/>
        <person id="NB" name="Nick Burch" email="nick@torchbox.com"/>
        <person id="POI-DEVELOPERS" name="POI Developers" email="dev@poi.apache.org"/>
        <person id="RK" name="Rainer Klute" email="klute@apache.org"/>
        <person id="YK" name="Yegor Kozlov" email="yegor@apache.org"/>
    </developers>

        <!-- Don't forget to update changes.xml too! -->
    <changes>
        <release version="3.0.2-FINAL" date="2008-??-??">
        </release>
        <release version="3.0.2-BETA2" date="2008-01-12">
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Support for tables in HSLF</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">43781 - Fix for extracting text from TextBoxes HSLF in</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">Improve JavaDocs relating to hssf font and fill colourings</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">44095, 44097, 44099 - [PATCH] Support for Mid, Replace and Substitute excel functions</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">44055 - [PATCH] Support for getting the from field from HSMF messages</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">43551 - [PATCH] Support for 1904 date windowing in HSSF (previously only supported 1900 date windowing)</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">41064 - [PATCH] Support for String continue records</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">27511 - [PATCH] Support for data validation, via DVRecord and DVALRecord</action>
        </release>
        <release version="3.0.2-BETA1" date="2007-12-04">
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">43877 - Fix for handling mixed OBJ and CONTINUE records</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">39512 - Fix for handling mixed OBJ and CONTINUE records</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">43837 - [PATCH] Support for unicode NameRecords</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">43807 - Throw an IllegalArgumentException if asked to create a merged region with invalid columns or rows, rather than writing out a corrupt file</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">43837 - [PATCH] Support for unicode NameRecords</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">43721 - [PATCH] Support for Chart Title Format records</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">42794 - [PATCH] Fix for BOF records from things like Access</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">43648 - Fix for IntPtg and short vs int</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">43751 - [PATCH] - Fix for handling rotated text in HSSFSheet.autoSizeColumn</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Include an Excel text extractor, and put all existing text extractors under a common superclass</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Improvements to the LZW compression engine used by HDGF</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">HSSFPicture.resize() - a handy method to reset a picture to its original width and height</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Add a getSheetIndex(HSSFSheet) method to HSSFWorkbook, and allow a HSSFSheet to get at its parent HSSFWorkbook</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Move POIDocument out of Scratchpad, and update HSSFWorkbook to use it</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">43399 - [PATCH] - Fix for Cell References for rows > 32678</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">43410 - [PATCH] - Improved Formula Parser support for numbers and ranges</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">When writing HSLF files out, optionally preserve all OLE2 nodes (default is just the HSLF related nodes)</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">43323 - [PATCH] - Support for adding Pictures to ShapeGroups in HSLF.</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">43222 - [PATCH] - Support for getting OLE object data from HSSFWorkbook.</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">43247 - [PATCH] - Support for getting OLE object data from slideshows.</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">43125 - [PATCH] - Support for reading EMF, WMF and PICT images via HSSFWorkbook.getAllPictures()</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">43088 - [PATCH] - Fix for reading files with long cell comments and text boxes</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">42844 - [PATCH] - Fix for the EventUserModel and records that aren't immediately followed by their ContinueRecords</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">43055 - [PATCH] - Fix for saving Crystal Reports xls files when preserving nodes</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">43116 - [PATCH] - Fix for Escher layer handling of embeded OLE2 documents</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">43108 - [PATCH] - Where permissions deny fetching System Properties, use sensible defaults</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">43093 - [PATCH] - Fix formula evaluator support for Area3D references to other sheets</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">Improvements to HSSFDateUtils.isADateFormat, and have HSSFDateUtil.isCellDateFormatted use this</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">42999 - [PATCH] - Fix for HSSFPatriarch positioning problems</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Support for write-protecting a HSSF workbook</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Support for querying, setting and un-setting protection on sheets in a HSSF workbook</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Initial HSMF (outlook) support</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">Tidy up the javadocs</action>
        </release>

        <release version="3.0.1-FINAL" date="2007-07-05">
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">Administrative updates to the Maven POMs, and the release artificat build process</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">23951 - [PATCH] Fix for HSSF setSheetOrder and tab names</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">42524 - [PATCH] Better HSLF support for problem shape groups</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">42520 - [PATCH] Better HSLF support for corrupt picture records</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Initial support for a "missing record aware" HSSF event model</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Additional HSLF support for Title and Slide Master Sheets</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">42474 - [PATCH] Improved HSLF note to slide matching, and a NPE</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">42481 - [PATCH] Tweak some HSLF exceptions, to make it clearer what you're catching</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">42667 - [PATCH] Fix for HSLF writing of files with tables</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Improved way of detecting HSSF cells that contain dates, isADateFormat</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Initial, read-only support for Visio documents, as HDGF</action>
        </release>

        <release version="3.0-FINAL" date="2007-05-18">
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">39977 - [PATCH] Fix POM for Maven users</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">38976 - [PATCH] Add createPicture to HSSFShapeGroup</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Detect Office 2007 XML documents, and throw a meaningful exception</action>
                        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Additional HSLF support for PowerPoint</action>
                        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Initial support for HWPF image extraction</action>
        </release>

        <release version="3.0-alpha3" date="2006-12-12">
                        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Additional HSLF support for PowerPoint</action>
        </release>

        <release version="3.0-alpha2" date="2006-06-16">
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">HSSF Formula support</action>
                        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Additional HSLF support for PowerPoint</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">39389 - [PATCH] Extended Ascii support for WingDings</action>
        </release>

        <release version="3.0-alpha1" date="2005-06-04">
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">Bugzilla Bug 29976 [PATCH] HSSF hyperlink formula size problem</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add" context="All">Image writing support</action>
            <action dev="NB" type="add" context="All">HSLF - Initial PowerPoint Support. Includes: Support for text extraction across the whole file; Support for getting individual slides, and their notes, and extracting text from those; Initial support for changing (but not adding) text</action>
        </release>
 
        <release version="2.5.1-FINAL" date="2004-02-29">
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add" context="All">Outlining support</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">27574 - [PATCH] HSSFDateUtil.getExcelDate() is one hour off when DST changes</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">26465 - [PATCH] wrong lastrow entry</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">28203 - [PATCH] Unable to open read-write excel file including forms</action>
        </release>
 
        <release version="2.5-FINAL" date="2004-02-29">
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add" context="All">Add support for the Escher file format</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">27005 java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException during Workbook.cloneSheet()</action>
        </release>

        <release version="2.0-FINAL" date="2004-01-26">
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">No changes</action>
        </release>
        
        <release version="2.0-RC2" date="2004-01-11">
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">Bug 25695 - HSSFCell.getStringCellValue() on cell which has string formula will return swap bye unicode characters.</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">Updated website for upcoming release</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">Formula Parser fixes with tests, by Peter M Murray Bug 25457</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">Fixed cloning merge regions</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">The cloned reference for merged cells did not create a new collection, so deletes cascaded to the original.</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">Fix to 24519 call to getCustomPalette() from a newly created workbook now works</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">Fix supplied for bug 24397 where some compilation got ambiguous classes.  Explicitly imports the classes.  Patch supplied by Jean-Pierre Paris.</action>
        </release>

        <release verion="2.0-RC1" date="2003-11-02">
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">12561 (Min)   HSSFWorkbook throws Exceptions</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">12730 (Nor)   values dont get copied to another sheet.</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">13224 (Maj)   Exception thrown when cell has =Names call</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">13796 (Nor)   Error Reading Formula Record (optimized if, external link)</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">13921 (Nor)   Sheet name cannot exceed 31 characters and cannot contain :</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">14330 (Nor)   Error reading FormulaRecord</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">14460 (Nor)   Name in Formula - ArrayOutOfBoundsException</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">15228 (Cri)   [Urgent] ArrayIndexoutofbounds Exception. POI - Version 1.8</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">16488 (Maj)   Unable to open written spreadsheet in Excel, but can in Open</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">16559 (Nor)   testCustomPalette.xls crashes Excel 97</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">16560 (Nor)   testBoolErr.xls crashes Excel '97</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">17374 (Min)   HSSFFont - BOLDWEIGHT_NORMAL</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">18800 (Maj)   The sheet made by HSSFWorkbook#cloneSheet() doesn't work cor</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">18846 (Min)   [PATCH][RFE]Refactor the transformation between byte array a</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">19599 (Min)   java.lang.IllegalArgumentException</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">19961 (Nor)   [PATCH] Sheet.getColumnWidth() returns wrong value</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">21066 (Blo)   Can not modify a blank spreadsheet</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">21444 (Enh)   [PATCH] Macro functions</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">21447 (Nor)   [RFE]String Formula Cells</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">21674 (Enh)   [PATCH] Documentation changes for @(Greater|Less|Not)EqualPt</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">21863 (Enh)   [PATCH] build.xml fixes</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">22195 (Nor)   [RFE] [PATCH] Support for Storage Class ID</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">22742 (Cri)   Failed to create HSSFWorkbook!</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">22922 (Cri)   HSSFSheet.shiftRows() throws java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsExcep</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">22963 (Nor)   org.apache.poi.hpsf.SummaryInformation.getEditTime() should</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">24149 (Maj)   Error passing inputstream to POIFSFileSystem</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">21722 (Nor)   [PATCH] Add a ProtectRecord to Sheets and give control over</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">9576  (Nor)   [PATCH] DBCELL, INDEX EXTSST (was Acess 97 import)</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">13478 (Blo)   [PATCH] [RFE] POIFS, RawDataBlock: Missing workaround for lo</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">14824 (Nor)   Unable to modify empty sheets</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">12843 (Cri)   [PATCH] Make POI handle chinese better</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">15353 (Nor)   [RFE] creating a cell with a hyperlink</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">15375 (Blo)   Post 1.5.1 POI causes spreadsheet to become unopenable.</action>
        </release>

        <release version="2.0-pre3" date="2003-07-29">
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add" context="All">HPSF is now able to read properties which are given in the property set stream but which don't have a value ("variant" type VT_EMPTY). The getXXX() methods of the PropertySet class return null if their return type is a reference (like a string) or 0 if the return type is numeric. Details about the return types and about how to distinguish between a property value of zero and a property value that is not present can be found in the API documentation.</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">Gridlines can now be turned on and off</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">NamePTG refactoring/fixes</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">minor fixes to ExternSheet and formula strings</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">Sheet comparisons now ignore case</action>
        </release>

        <release version="2.0-pre2" date="2003-07-06">
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All" >A nasty concurrency problem has been fixed. Any users working in a multithreaded environment should seriously consider upgrading to this release.</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">The EXTSST record has been implemented. This record is used by excel for optimized reading of strings.</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">When rows are shifted, the merged regions now move with them. If a row contains 2 merged cells, the resulting shifted row should have those cells merged as well.</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">There were some issues when removing merged
                    regions (specifically, removing all of them and then adding some more) and have been resolved.</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">When a sheet contained shared formulas (when a formula is
                    dragged across greater than 6 cells), the clone would fail. We now support cloning of
                    sheets that contain this Excel optimization. </action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add" context="All">Support added for reading formulas with UnaryPlus and UnaryMinus operators.</action>
        </release>
        <release version="2.0-pre1" date="2003-05-17">
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add" context="All">Patch applied for deep cloning of worksheets was provided</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add" context="All">Patch applied to allow sheet reordering</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add" context="All">Added additional print area setting methods using row/column numbers</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">HDF:  Negative Array size fix</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">Added argument pointers to support the IF formula</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">Formulas: Added special character support for string literals, specifically for SUMIF formula support and addresses a bug as well</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">BlockingInputStream committed to help ensure reads</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">Fixed problem with NaN values differing from the investigated value from file reads in FormulaRecords</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">Patch for getColumnWidth in HSSF</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add" context="All">Patch for dealing with mult-level numbered lists in HDF</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">Due to named reference work, several named-ranged bugs were closed</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">Patch applied to prevent sheet corruption after a template modification</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">Shared Formulas now Supported</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">Added GreaterEqual, LessEqual and NotEqual to Formula Parser</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">Added GreaterThan and LessThan functionality to formulas</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">Patches for i10n</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">POI Build System Updated</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">font names can now be null</action>
        </release>
        <release version="1.10-dev" date="2003-02-19">
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add" context="All">Support for zoom level</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add" context="All">Freeze and split pane support</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add" context="All">Row and column headers on printouts</action>
        </release>
        <release version="1.8-dev" date="2002-09-20">
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add" context="All">Custom Data Format Support</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add" context="All">Enhanced Unicode Support for Russian and Japanese</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add" context="All">Enhanced formula support including read-only for
                "optimized if" statements.</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add" context="All">Support for cloning objects</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add" context="All">Fixes for header/footer</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add" context="All">Spanish Documentation translations</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add" context="All">Support for preserving VBA macros</action>
        </release>
        <release version="1.7-dev" date="Release date not recorded">
            <action dev="NKB" type="update" context="All">Removed runtime dependency on commons logging.</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">Formula support</action>
        </release>
        <release version="1.5.1" date="2002-06-16">
            <action dev="GJS" type="update" context="All">Removed depedency on commons logging.  Now define poi.logging system property to enable logging to standard out.</action>
            <action dev="GJS" type="fix" context="All">Fixed SST string handling so that spreadsheets with rich text or extended text will be read correctly.</action>
        </release>
        <release version="1.5" date="2002-05-06">
            <action dev="NKB" type="update" context="All">New project build.</action>
            <action dev="NKB" type="update" context="All">New project documentation system based on Cocoon.</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">Package rename</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix" context="All">Various bug fixes</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add" context="All">Early stages of HSF development (not ready for development)</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add" context="All">Initial low level record support for charting (not complete)</action>
        </release>
        <release version="1.1.0" date="Release date not recorded">
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">Created new event model</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">Optimizations made to HSSF including aggregate records for
                values, rows, etc.</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">predictive sizing, offset based writing (instead of lots of
                array copies)</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">minor re-factoring and bug fixes.</action>
        </release>
        <release version="1.0.0" date="Release date not recorded">
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">Minor documentation updates.</action>
        </release>
        <release version="0.14.0" date="Release date not recorded">
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">Added DataFormat helper class and exposed set and get format
                on HSSFCellStyle</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">Fixed column width apis (unit wise) and various javadoc on
                the subject</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">Fix for Dimensions record (again)... (one of these days I'll
                write a unit test for this ;-p).</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">Some optimization on sheet creation.</action>
        </release>
        <release version="0.13.0" date="Release date not recorded">
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">Changes not recorded.</action>
        </release>
        <release version="0.12.0" date="Release date not recorded">
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">Added MulBlank, Blank, ColInfo</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">Added log4j facility and removed all sys.out type logging</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">Added support for adding font's, styles and corresponding
                high level api for styling cells</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">added support for changing row height, cell width and default
                row height/cell width.</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">Added fixes for internationalization (UTF-16 should work now
                from HSSFCell.setStringValue, etc when the encoding is set)</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">added support for adding/removing and naming sheets.</action>
        </release>
        <release version="0.11.0" date="Release date not recorded">
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">Bugfix release. We were throwing an exception when reading
                RKRecord objects.</action>
        </release>
        <release version="0.10.0" date="Release date not recorded">
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">Got continuation records to work (read/write)</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">Added various pre-support for formulas</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">Massive API reorganization, repackaging.</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">BiffViewer class added for validating HSSF &amp; POI and/or
                HSSF Output.</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">Better API support for modification.</action>
        </release>
        <release version="0.7 (and interim releases)" date="Release date not recorded">
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">Added encoding flag to high and low level api to use utf-16
                when needed (HSSFCell.setEncoding())</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">added read only support for Label records (which are
                reinterpreted as LabelSST when written)</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">Broken continuation record implementation (oops)</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">BiffViewer class added for validating HSSF &amp; POI and/or
                HSSF Output.</action>
        </release>
        <release version="0.6 (release)" date="Release date not recorded">
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">Support for read/write and modify.</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update" context="All">Read only support for MulRK records (converted to Number when
                writing)
            </action>
        </release>

    </changes>


    <todo>
<!--        <title>Things To Do for POI</title>-->

        <actions context="all" priority="high">
            <action context="code" dev="NKB">
                Finish HDF
            </action>
            <action context="code" dev="GS">
                Finish Charts
            </action>
            <action context="code" dev="open">
                Finish Formulas.
            </action>
        </actions>

        <actions context="all" priority="medium">
            <action context="code" dev="open">
                Expose functionality in low level records in higher level API
            </action>
            <action context="code" dev="open">
                Implement more record types.
            </action>
            <action context="code" dev="open">
                Add more dummy checks (for when API user's do things they
                &quot;can't&quot; do).  This will involve exploring the various
                upper limits on the things Excel can handle.
            </action>
            <action context="code" dev="open">
                Add support for embedded graphics and other objects.
            </action>
            <action context="code" dev="open">
                Create new adapter object for handling MulBlank, MulRk, Rk
                records.
            </action>
            <action context="code" dev="open">
                Add a way to copy sheets.
            </action>
        </actions>

    </todo>

</status>