On 1/21/13 9:17 PM, "Justin Mclean" <jus...@classsoftware.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> Potentially. When I get back to dealing with the 3.x donation, one strategy
>> is to only donate the few compiler changes
> Lost me there what compiler changes would be in the 3.x branch have that 4.X
> doesn't have?
After we started 4.x, some bugs were fixed in 3.x only and vice versa.
There were enough changes to 4.x compiler that 3.x patches wouldn't apply
easily and vice-versa.
> Could we use the 4.X compiler to compile the 3.X SDK?
Maybe, with compatibility mode on. I've never tried it, but I'd be
surprised if it worked.
>
>> In theory, but this needs legal approval so don't go off doing it now, all
>> the ActionScript changes are under MPL, so any committer can move them.
> If all the AS files are under MPL why do they need legal sign off from Adobe?
Apache has a policy of not taking open source code, even if compatibly
licensed, without consent of the copyright owner.
>
>> If we do it this way, we will lose SVN history at least in terms of
>> chronology of changes, but the code will be there.
> I think most people would be fine with that.
I guess we may need to run a vote at some point.
--
Alex Harui
Flex SDK Team
Adobe Systems, Inc.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
