Hi, > *Due to legal reasons, only people who have been elected as committers have > access to update or contribute code directly to the project.*. I can see how that might be misunderstood and I agree the wording needs to be changed. Anyone can contribute code to the project but only committers have write access to SVN/Git. It's by being involved in the project and making contributions that you can become a committer. Non committers still have read access to the SDK and can generate and submit patches and new classes/functionality. We always need more active committers!
If you contribute a patch to JIRA issue and if it works and is good quality it is likely to put put into SVN by a committer. For a larger code donation the people involved need to submit an ICLA (a simple form) and there must be a clear understanding of who owns the code and that it's legally able to be donated. Sometime this is unclear if it was developed while being employed by someone or if there were multiple people involved. For large code donations a software grant is required. While these all seem like barriers to entry they are there so that businesses can use Apache Software without legal risks. > We could have a second branch called Flex Plus! that would have all the > candidates and third party add ons. While that might be possible we not allowed to make an official release that contains software that's not been donated via above processes. > Do you have to be committer to get a whiteboard? In theory I believe it's possible but in practice it simpler if you are (as it's tied to your Apache id). You can however fork the github mirror or create your own whiteboard on github or elsewhere public. You can use a friendly committer whiteboard but that might be a bit cumbersome in practise as they would have to commit the code/apply patches to it. > But for libraries like the JPEG, PNG Encoders and JSON encoders back before > there > were native classes, components, skins, AS3 Commons, FlexUnit, etc. these > are all vital for Flex development. if you have anything you want to donate just put the code up somewhere public and start a discussion about it. If it's small (and obviously has a place in the SSK) and you're the only person that worked on it the process is fairly straight forward and people on the list will help. Thanks, Justin
