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 <aha...@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 > >
