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Posted to dev@flex.apache.org by Alex Harui <ah...@adobe.com> on 2013/04/08 17:03:13 UTC
{DRAFT] April Board Report
BTW, I think we report quarterly after this report:
Apache Flex is an application framework for easily building Flash-based
applications for mobile devices, the browser and desktop.
RELEASES
Apache Flex 4.9.1 was released on 2/28/13.
Apache Flex Installer 2.0.x was released on 1/9/13. The next version of the
Installer is being voted on as of this writing.
ACTIVITY
Activity in Apache Flex continues to be in two main areas: improvements to
the existing Adobe Flash Platform-dependent code base, including the
releases listed above, and prototyping ways to create a version of Flex that
is independent from the Adobe Flash Platform. There is another group
working on Maven-related tools for the existing code base.
We moved our code base from SVN to Git in mid-March. It has been a much
more difficult transition than expected. Three weeks later, folks are still
confused about how to use Git as it has many options for performing tasks
that can have significant implications. Git¹s database model is not suited
for partial checkouts like SVN, making the management of our "whiteboard" (a
playground for committers) much more difficult as you have to download the
entire whiteboard (currently 245MB) first. There is discussion of managing
the whiteboard on GitHub, but others feel that it doesn't conform to the
Apache way.
The move to Git has slowed contributions from some committers as folks
aren't sure they have the time to learn to use Git and are afraid of using
the wrong options. Hopefully, the net benefit promised by the Git
supporters will eventually be realized.
COMMUNITY
Harbs and Mark Kessler were added as committers.
Frederic Thomas was added to the PMC.
PRESS
Per a request from the Apache Press VP, I was interviewed by a writer from
InfoWorld in early February and the article was finally published in March.
The link is:
http://www.computerworld.com.au/slideshow/455802/pictures_15_high-impact_apa
che_projects/?image=1
Nick Kwaitkowski presented on Apache Flex at the Flex Users Group in
Chicago. Mike Labriola also presented on his Randori framework which uses
compiler source from Apache Flex.
LEGAL
Nothing to report.
TLP MIGRATION
I don't know of any other remaining migration issues.
INFRASTRUCTURE
* Infra attempted to resolve INFRA-4380 but ran into problems. In the last
report I thought we had a solution, but it appears that we are back to
trying to devise a new solution. Tony has been helpful, but his time is
limited. Every month we spend a few minutes discussing solutions.
JIRA's migration tools are definitely insufficient, and Apache's desire
to have one large centralized JIRA DB makes it difficult or impractical
to experiment with custom solutions.
BRANDING
No issues at this time.
--
Alex Harui
Flex SDK Team
Adobe Systems, Inc.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
Re: {DRAFT] April Board Report
Posted by Justin Mclean <ju...@classsoftware.com>.
HI,
Perhaps mention that the gthib mirrors are broken, as is the CI and we're currently unable to build a release as part of the ongoing Git issues/move to git?
The CI box has been generally unstable as well before the move to git.
Justin
Re: {DRAFT] April Board Report
Posted by Frédéric THOMAS <we...@hotmail.com>.
Hi Alex,
Except the typo 'Git¹s database model ' maybe it's good to add that FishEye
is now plugged to our Jira [1], I'm not sure.
Thanks,
-Fred
[1]
https://support.atlassian.com/browse/FSH-11323?focusedCommentId=3441362&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel#comment-3441362
-----Message d'origine-----
From: Alex Harui
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 5:03 PM
To: dev@flex.apache.org
Subject: {DRAFT] April Board Report
BTW, I think we report quarterly after this report:
Apache Flex is an application framework for easily building Flash-based
applications for mobile devices, the browser and desktop.
RELEASES
Apache Flex 4.9.1 was released on 2/28/13.
Apache Flex Installer 2.0.x was released on 1/9/13. The next version of the
Installer is being voted on as of this writing.
ACTIVITY
Activity in Apache Flex continues to be in two main areas: improvements to
the existing Adobe Flash Platform-dependent code base, including the
releases listed above, and prototyping ways to create a version of Flex that
is independent from the Adobe Flash Platform. There is another group
working on Maven-related tools for the existing code base.
We moved our code base from SVN to Git in mid-March. It has been a much
more difficult transition than expected. Three weeks later, folks are still
confused about how to use Git as it has many options for performing tasks
that can have significant implications. Git¹s database model is not suited
for partial checkouts like SVN, making the management of our "whiteboard" (a
playground for committers) much more difficult as you have to download the
entire whiteboard (currently 245MB) first. There is discussion of managing
the whiteboard on GitHub, but others feel that it doesn't conform to the
Apache way.
The move to Git has slowed contributions from some committers as folks
aren't sure they have the time to learn to use Git and are afraid of using
the wrong options. Hopefully, the net benefit promised by the Git
supporters will eventually be realized.
COMMUNITY
Harbs and Mark Kessler were added as committers.
Frederic Thomas was added to the PMC.
PRESS
Per a request from the Apache Press VP, I was interviewed by a writer from
InfoWorld in early February and the article was finally published in March.
The link is:
http://www.computerworld.com.au/slideshow/455802/pictures_15_high-impact_apa
che_projects/?image=1
Nick Kwaitkowski presented on Apache Flex at the Flex Users Group in
Chicago. Mike Labriola also presented on his Randori framework which uses
compiler source from Apache Flex.
LEGAL
Nothing to report.
TLP MIGRATION
I don't know of any other remaining migration issues.
INFRASTRUCTURE
* Infra attempted to resolve INFRA-4380 but ran into problems. In the last
report I thought we had a solution, but it appears that we are back to
trying to devise a new solution. Tony has been helpful, but his time is
limited. Every month we spend a few minutes discussing solutions.
JIRA's migration tools are definitely insufficient, and Apache's desire
to have one large centralized JIRA DB makes it difficult or impractical
to experiment with custom solutions.
BRANDING
No issues at this time.
--
Alex Harui
Flex SDK Team
Adobe Systems, Inc.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
Re: {DRAFT] April Board Report
Posted by Greg Reddin <gr...@gmail.com>.
Alex,
I think I've seen comments from board members that they'd rather you not
include the "nothing to report" sections. If I was producing the report I'd
leave them out. Good report though. Thanks.
Greg
On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Alex Harui <ah...@adobe.com> wrote:
> BTW, I think we report quarterly after this report:
>
> Apache Flex is an application framework for easily building Flash-based
> applications for mobile devices, the browser and desktop.
>
> RELEASES
> Apache Flex 4.9.1 was released on 2/28/13.
> Apache Flex Installer 2.0.x was released on 1/9/13. The next version of
> the
> Installer is being voted on as of this writing.
>
> ACTIVITY
> Activity in Apache Flex continues to be in two main areas: improvements
> to
> the existing Adobe Flash Platform-dependent code base, including the
> releases listed above, and prototyping ways to create a version of Flex
> that
> is independent from the Adobe Flash Platform. There is another group
> working on Maven-related tools for the existing code base.
>
> We moved our code base from SVN to Git in mid-March. It has been a much
> more difficult transition than expected. Three weeks later, folks are
> still
> confused about how to use Git as it has many options for performing tasks
> that can have significant implications. Git¹s database model is not suited
> for partial checkouts like SVN, making the management of our "whiteboard"
> (a
> playground for committers) much more difficult as you have to download the
> entire whiteboard (currently 245MB) first. There is discussion of managing
> the whiteboard on GitHub, but others feel that it doesn't conform to the
> Apache way.
>
> The move to Git has slowed contributions from some committers as folks
> aren't sure they have the time to learn to use Git and are afraid of using
> the wrong options. Hopefully, the net benefit promised by the Git
> supporters will eventually be realized.
>
> COMMUNITY
> Harbs and Mark Kessler were added as committers.
>
> Frederic Thomas was added to the PMC.
>
> PRESS
> Per a request from the Apache Press VP, I was interviewed by a writer from
> InfoWorld in early February and the article was finally published in March.
> The link is:
>
> http://www.computerworld.com.au/slideshow/455802/pictures_15_high-impact_apa
> che_projects/?image=1
>
> Nick Kwaitkowski presented on Apache Flex at the Flex Users Group in
> Chicago. Mike Labriola also presented on his Randori framework which uses
> compiler source from Apache Flex.
>
> LEGAL
> Nothing to report.
>
> TLP MIGRATION
> I don't know of any other remaining migration issues.
>
> INFRASTRUCTURE
> * Infra attempted to resolve INFRA-4380 but ran into problems. In the
> last
> report I thought we had a solution, but it appears that we are back to
> trying to devise a new solution. Tony has been helpful, but his time is
> limited. Every month we spend a few minutes discussing solutions.
> JIRA's migration tools are definitely insufficient, and Apache's desire
> to have one large centralized JIRA DB makes it difficult or impractical
> to experiment with custom solutions.
>
> BRANDING
> No issues at this time.
>
> --
> Alex Harui
> Flex SDK Team
> Adobe Systems, Inc.
> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
>
>