diff --git a/src/org/apache/xalan/templates/StylesheetRoot.java b/src/org/apache/xalan/templates/StylesheetRoot.java
index 53eda5c..5b258a8 100644
--- a/src/org/apache/xalan/templates/StylesheetRoot.java
+++ b/src/org/apache/xalan/templates/StylesheetRoot.java
@@ -299,6 +299,21 @@
     for (int i = recomposableElements.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--)
       ((ElemTemplateElement) recomposableElements.elementAt(i)).recompose(this);
     
+/*
+ * Backing out REE again, as it seems to cause some new failures
+ * which need to be investigated. -is
+ */      
+    // This has to be done before the initialization of the compose state, because 
+    // eleminateRedundentGlobals will add variables to the m_variables vector, which 
+    // it then copied in the ComposeState constructor.
+    
+//    if(true && org.apache.xalan.processor.TransformerFactoryImpl.m_optimize)
+//    {
+//          RedundentExprEliminator ree = new RedundentExprEliminator();
+//          callVisitors(ree);
+//          ree.eleminateRedundentGlobals(this);
+//    }
+          
     initComposeState();
 
     // Need final composition of TemplateList.  This adds the wild cards onto the chains.
diff --git a/src/trax/trax.properties b/src/trax/trax.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index e593c39..0000000
--- a/src/trax/trax.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# $Revision$ $Date$
-#
-# Note: This properties file is provided for illustrative purposes
-#       only and is not part of the interface definition.
-#       This properties file is located in the implementation JAR
-#       and different implementations will specify different
-#       implementation classes and output methods.
-#
-
-# The TRaX Stylesheet processor
-trax.processor.xslt=org.apache.xalan.processor.StylesheetProcessor
diff --git a/xdocs/sources/xalan/history.xml b/xdocs/sources/xalan/history.xml
index 1b5a321..3ba0127 100644
--- a/xdocs/sources/xalan/history.xml
+++ b/xdocs/sources/xalan/history.xml
@@ -209,6 +209,31 @@
 Patch from Christine Li (jycli@ca.ibm.com) for bugzilla #18926.
 
 Variables weren't being cleared from stack between calls to func:function.
+<br/><br/></li>
+<li><ref>Committed by </ref>mkwan@apache.org<ref> on </ref>2003/05/28<br/><ref>Modified: </ref> xml-xalan/java/src/org/apache/xalan/res XSLTErrorResources_ca.java XSLTErrorResources_cs.java XSLTErrorResources_de.java XSLTErrorResources_es.java XSLTErrorResources_fr.java XSLTErrorResources_hu.java XSLTErrorResources_it.java XSLTErrorResources_ja.java XSLTErrorResources_ko.java XSLTErrorResources_pl.java XSLTErrorResources_pt_BR.java XSLTErrorResources_ru.java XSLTErrorResources_sk.java XSLTErrorResources_tr.java XSLTErrorResources_zh_CN.java XSLTErrorResources_zh_TW.java xml-xalan/java/src/org/apache/xalan/xslt Process.java xml-xalan/java/src/org/apache/xalan/xsltc/compiler/util ErrorMessages_ca.java ErrorMessages_cs.java ErrorMessages_de.java ErrorMessages_es.java ErrorMessages_fr.java ErrorMessages_hu.java ErrorMessages_it.java ErrorMessages_ja.java ErrorMessages_ko.java ErrorMessages_pl.java ErrorMessages_pt_BR.java ErrorMessages_ru.java ErrorMessages_sk.java ErrorMessages_tr.java ErrorMessages_zh_CN.java ErrorMessages_zh_TW.java xml-xalan/java/src/org/apache/xalan/xsltc/runtime ErrorMessages_ca.java ErrorMessages_cs.java ErrorMessages_de.java ErrorMessages_es.java ErrorMessages_fr.java ErrorMessages_hu.java ErrorMessages_it.java ErrorMessages_ja.java ErrorMessages_ko.java ErrorMessages_pl.java ErrorMessages_pt_BR.java ErrorMessages_ru.java ErrorMessages_sk.java ErrorMessages_tr.java ErrorMessages_zh_CN.java ErrorMessages_zh_TW.java xml-xalan/java/src/org/apache/xml/res XMLErrorResources_ca.java XMLErrorResources_cs.java XMLErrorResources_de.java XMLErrorResources_es.java XMLErrorResources_fr.java XMLErrorResources_hu.java XMLErrorResources_it.java XMLErrorResources_ja.java XMLErrorResources_ko.java XMLErrorResources_pl.java XMLErrorResources_pt_BR.java XMLErrorResources_ru.java XMLErrorResources_sk.java XMLErrorResources_tr.java XMLErrorResources_zh_CN.java XMLErrorResources_zh_TW.java xml-xalan/java/src/org/apache/xpath/res XPATHErrorResources_ca.java XPATHErrorResources_cs.java XPATHErrorResources_de.java XPATHErrorResources_es.java XPATHErrorResources_fr.java XPATHErrorResources_hu.java XPATHErrorResources_it.java XPATHErrorResources_ja.java XPATHErrorResources_ko.java XPATHErrorResources_pl.java XPATHErrorResources_pt_BR.java XPATHErrorResources_ru.java XPATHErrorResources_sk.java XPATHErrorResources_tr.java XPATHErrorResources_zh_CN.java XPATHErrorResources_zh_TW.java<br/><ref>Committer's log entry: </ref>
+Checked in localized messages for Xalan and XSLTC contributed by IBM.
+New Locale support includes ca, cs, hu, pl, pt_BR, ru, sk and tr.
+The old messages are also updated with translations for newly added
+English messages.
+<br/><br/></li><li><ref>Committed by </ref>minchau@apache.org<ref> on </ref>2003/05/28<br/><ref>Modified: </ref> xml-xalan/java/src/org/apache/xml/utils BoolStack.java<br/><ref>Committer's log entry: </ref>
+Added a clear() method to clear a BoolStack, so that such a 
+stack can be re-used without the need to create a new one
+(for performance).
+Submitted by: Brian Minchau
+<br/><br/></li><li><ref>Committed by </ref>minchau@apache.org<ref> on </ref>2003/05/28<br/><ref>Modified: </ref> xml-xalan/java/src/org/apache/xml/serializer NamespaceMappings.java SerializerBase.java ToHTMLStream.java ToSAXHandler.java ToStream.java ToXMLSAXHandler.java ToXMLStream.java<br/><ref>Committer's log entry: </ref>
+Support for reset() for the stream serializers and for ToXMLSAXHandler.
+These serializers can now be reset and re-used rather than creating a new one.
+A reset() takes about 1/2 the time of creating a new one.
+
+Submitted by: Brian Minchau
+<br/><br/></li><li><ref>Committed by </ref>minchau@apache.org<ref> on </ref>2003/05/28<br/><ref>Modified: </ref> xml-xalan/java/src/org/apache/xml/serializer ToHTMLSAXHandler.java<br/><ref>Committer's log entry: </ref>
+Support for a ToHTMLSAXHandler serializer to be reset() and re-used.
+Submitted by: Brian Minchau
+<br/><br/></li>
+<li><ref>Committed by </ref>grchiu@apache.org<ref> on </ref>2003/05/28<br/><ref>Modified: </ref> xml-xalan/java/xdocs/sources/xalan faq.xml<br/><ref>Committer's log entry: </ref>
+Contributed by Christine Li (jycli@ca.ibm.com).
+Modified FAQ entry regarding bootclasspath; the class path separator is not
+colon for all systems.
 <br/><br/></li></ul>
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