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Posted to commits@flex.apache.org by go...@apache.org on 2012/09/14 00:31:22 UTC
svn commit: r1384575 -
/incubator/flex/site/trunk/content/flex/timeline.mdtext
Author: gordonsmith
Date: Thu Sep 13 22:31:21 2012
New Revision: 1384575
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1384575&view=rev
Log:
Updated the Timeline with the dates when Falcon was legally donated and committed into the repository.
Modified:
incubator/flex/site/trunk/content/flex/timeline.mdtext
Modified: incubator/flex/site/trunk/content/flex/timeline.mdtext
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/flex/site/trunk/content/flex/timeline.mdtext?rev=1384575&r1=1384574&r2=1384575&view=diff
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--- incubator/flex/site/trunk/content/flex/timeline.mdtext (original)
+++ incubator/flex/site/trunk/content/flex/timeline.mdtext Thu Sep 13 22:31:21 2012
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@ an Apache incubation.
See [http://incubator.apache.org](http://incubator.apache.org) for the official Incubator documentation, and
in particular the [incubation process description](http://incubator.apache.org/incubation/Process_Description.html) page.
-##2011: Adobe decides to contribute Flex to the ASF
+## 2011: Adobe decides to contribute Flex to the ASF
The decision is made within Adobe to incubate Flex at the ASF. Work starts on the incubation proposal, on explaining
internally what this means, on the legal/IP clearance steps required to donate the code and on recruiting
initial committers who will help get the project started.
-##December 12th, 2011: Flex Summit
+## December 12, 2011: Flex Summit
The [Flex Summit](http://tv.adobe.com/show/flex-community-summit-december-2011) is organized to make
the Flex community aware of the upcoming changes, and to allow initial Flex committers to sign up and network.
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ and for the upcoming Apache Flex project
- [Flex given to the Apache Software Foundation â round-up and opportunities](http://www.flex-tutorial.fr/2011/12/17/flex-given-to-the-apache-software-foundation-round-up-and-opportunities)
- [Huge Adobe Partnership to Open Source Flex with Apache Software Foundation â¦](http://www.adamflater.net/2011/12/14/apache-flex-beginning/)
-##December 20th: incubation proposal submitted
+## December 20, 2011: Incubation proposal submitted
The [Incubation proposal](http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/FlexProposal) is submitted
and [discussed](http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/201112.mbox/%3CCB14DCA2.3885F%25aharui%40adobe.com%3E) on the incubator-general mailing list, followed after a few days (once the
@@ -59,20 +59,21 @@ when submitting the proposal.
A few initial committers are also added during the discussion phase.
-##December 22nd, vote for Anne and Dave as incubator PMC members
+## December 22, 2011: Vote for Anne and Dave as incubator PMC members
+
Project mentors need to be members of the Incubator PMC, ASF members just need to ask to get this membership.
Committers who are not (yet) Apache members need to be voted in by the Incubator PMC, which is done
around December 22 for Anne and Dave.
-##December 27th, [VOTE] Flex to join the Apache Incubator
+## December 27, 2011: [VOTE] Flex to join the Apache Incubator
The [Incubator PMC vote](http://markmail.org/message/puo2rtrvby65lb3m)
lasts at least 72 hours, after which whoever started it
[tallies it](http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/201112.mbox/%3CCAEWfVJmMq390Hinafg%2Bjik8VqboYG1ixe_gnz5O2bV5q5mtKPw%40mail.gmail.com%3E).
the vote for Flex passes on December 30th.
-## Late December 2011, basic infrastructure is created
+## Late December 2011: Basic infrastructure is created
See for example the
[INFRA-4260](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-4260) (create mailing lists)
@@ -91,7 +92,8 @@ Those lists are added to [flex.markmail.
Discussions and consensus building start, including clarifications about the role of the PPMC, committers
and community, whether to create roadmaps or just let things evolve organically, etc.
-##Late 2011 and early 2012: user accounts
+## Late 2011 and early 2012: User accounts
+
Mentors request creation of Apache accounts for the initial committers listed in the
[incubation proposal](http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/FlexProposal), after asking people which Apache ID
they would like, avoiding collisions with [existing IDs](http://people.apache.org/committer-index.html).
@@ -103,20 +105,32 @@ made aware of the [Apache guide for new
Flex committers are granted write access to the [subversion repository](http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/flex/)
and [JIRA issue tracker](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLEX) and can start actual coding work.
-##January 17th, 2012: software grant received
+## January 17, 2012: Software grant received
Adobe's [software grant](http://www.apache.org/licenses/software-grant.txt) is received by the ASF's
secretary, the Flex code can now be imported into Apache Flex's code repository.
-##February 22nd: first committer voted in
+## February 22, 2012: First committer voted in
+
Justin Mclean is the first Flex committer (besides the initial committers listed in the incubation proposal) to
be voted in, after a short discussion and a vote on the Flex private
mailing list, as per the [incubator's instructions](http://incubator.apache.org/guides/ppmc.html).
-##March 27th: MXMLC donation announced
+## March 27, 2012: MXMLC donation announced
+
The legal/IP clearance work for that module is done on the Adobe side, that code is ready to be donated.
-##TODO
+## August 30, 2012: Falcon legalities complete
+
+Apache recorded Adobe's donation documents for the source code to the next-generaton Falcon compiler.
+
+## September 10, 2012: Falcon code committed
+
+The source code for the Falcon compiler was committed to Apache's Subversion repository.
+
+Updated the "How do I edit this website?" section of the Developer FAQs page to give the URLs for staging and publishing.
+
+## TODO
- pointers to svn and JIRA import, JIRA issues
- logo contest
- whiteboard in svn, explain the idea