That approach makes sense. We could put it in a “legacy” folder and bring in pieces as they seem needed or folks have time to sanitize the code — possibly with a different package structure.
On Jul 6, 2016, at 3:44 PM, Christofer Dutz <christofer.d...@c-ware.de> wrote: > Hi Harbs, > > > I remember a lot of these projects being built by flexmojos. While this is > definitely a valid approach, I disliked it because of Flexmojos GPL license. > But as I saw how easy it was to build Flexunit with the new Maven plugin I > built for FlexJS, it might be a good idea to bring this in and build it with > that. This would also add a lot of test-cases that I could use to have the > plugin mature and grow its feature set. > > > But I wouldn't vote for creating a parity release. Logging for example was > used by almost every other AS3Commons module, but that had dependencies to an > insane amount of logging frameworks. Most of them died and non of them with > releases in Maven-Central or anywhere I could find them. > > > I would vote for adopting AS3Commons, stripping it down to the bare > necessities and adding stuff as soon as it it required or asked by our users. > In that case I would vote +1 ... if we should continue to maintain a huge > pile of legacy functionality, I would vote -1. > > > Chris > > ________________________________ > Von: Harbs <harbs.li...@gmail.com> > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 6. Juli 2016 14:24:29 > An: dev@flex.apache.org > Betreff: Re: [DISCUSS] Adopting AS3Commons > > I’d like to resurrect this discussion. It kind of fizzled out without a > resolution. > > What’s bringing this back up, is I need to implement compression and > decompression of BinaryData. I believe that FZip has the code necessary for > that. (I may be wrong about that, though.) > > On Feb 11, 2016, at 1:08 PM, Christophe Herreman > <christophe.herre...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> What I meant was that the logging integrations, not the logging library >> itself, can be ignored IMO. Except for the Flex logger then. >> >> - Christophe >> >> 2016-02-11 11:29 GMT+01:00 Christofer Dutz <christofer.d...@c-ware.de>: >> >>> Yeah ... would have liked to, but as you use your own dogfood, the loggin >>> is used in the other modules, so actually it's quite essential to get the >>> logging runing before we can even think to get the rest running. >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> ________________________________________ >>> Von: Christophe Herreman <christophe.herre...@gmail.com> >>> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 11. Februar 2016 11:09 >>> An: dev@flex.apache.org >>> Betreff: Re: AW: Re: AW: [DISCUSS] Adopting AS3Commons >>> >>> I wouldn't care too much about all the logging framework integrations. We >>> have no data about usage but I suspect they are not used that much, if at >>> all. I assume you'll get feedback from users when an integration is missing >>> in which case it can still be added. >>> >>> - Christophe >>> >>> 2016-02-11 7:58 GMT+01:00 Christofer Dutz <christofer.d...@c-ware.de>: >>> >>>> But if we don't have the libs, a can't compile the optional code. We >>>> wouldn't require users to have them, but in order to build the lib, we >>>> would need them ... That's the problem. >>>> >>>> Chris >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Von meinem Samsung Galaxy Smartphone gesendet. >>>> >>>> >>>> -------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- >>>> Von: Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> >>>> Datum: 10.02.2016 19:05 (GMT+01:00) >>>> An: dev@flex.apache.org >>>> Betreff: Re: AW: Re: AW: [DISCUSS] Adopting AS3Commons >>>> >>>> I haven't looked at the code in detail, but if it is possible to have all >>>> the logging libraries as external dependencies, it should be ok to accept >>>> the AS3Commons Logging project, if at least a few of them have compatible >>>> licenses. >>>> >>>> Let's see where the revival of this discussion takes us. Maybe we'll >>>> start a vote next week. >>>> >>>> -Alex >>>> >>>> On 2/10/16, 3:54 AM, "Christofer Dutz" <christofer.d...@c-ware.de> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Christophe, >>>>> >>>>> I already had a detailed look at as3commons and what I found out is that >>>>> quite some of the dependencies (especially in the logging part) come >>> from >>>>> projects that seem to have been given up. At least I couldn't find a >>>>> single source for those libraries. I also bet that we wouldn't need to >>>>> keep support for all of them. I think the logging module was one that I >>>>> was having most trouble with. >>>>> >>>>> If we were to continue as3commons, I think we should strip out code like >>>>> that. I wouldn't throw it away, but sort of save it somewhere until >>>>> someone asks for it and reactivate the code by providing optional >>> modules >>>>> for each of these frameworks. >>>>> >>>>> I would be glad to help with this after all I was happy to see that most >>>>> is built with Flexmojos and I only gave up on non-maven stuff ;-) >>>>> >>>>> Chris >>>>> >>>>> ________________________________________ >>>>> Von: Christophe Herreman <christophe.herre...@gmail.com> >>>>> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 10. Februar 2016 10:56 >>>>> An: dev@flex.apache.org >>>>> Betreff: Re: Re: AW: [DISCUSS] Adopting AS3Commons >>>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> sorry to jump in late here. I'm the original founder and one of the main >>>>> authors of AS3Commons and wanted to give some feedback on the things I >>>>> read >>>>> here: >>>>> >>>>> - renaming: I don't have an issue with this but not sure what the gain >>> is >>>>> here, apart from a more consistent and integrated feel with the SDK >>> (which >>>>> could be the most important argument). Keep in mind that most of the >>>>> libraries are not Flex libraries, but rather ActionScript 3 libraries, >>>>> hence the name of the project. Flex related code is in separate libs >>>>> (Async >>>>> and Async-Flex) for instance. >>>>> >>>>> - FZip was indeed donated by Claus Wahlers to AS3Commons. >>>>> >>>>> - The Logging library has support for many other logging libraries and >>>>> targets, hence the many (optional) dependencies. >>>>> >>>>> - AS3Commons grew out of Spring ActionScript (SAS). This means that SAS >>>>> has >>>>> a lot of dependencies on AS3Commons. Perhaps that is something to take >>>>> into >>>>> account if you are thinking about renaming or refactoring the packages. >>>>> >>>>> - the domain name as3commons.org (and springactionscript.org) is about >>> to >>>>> expire and I'll extend it. There is currently nothing behind these >>>>> domains. >>>>> I don't have the time to put up nor maintain a site here. Any >>> suggestions >>>>> what we could do here? >>>>> >>>>> regards, >>>>> Christophe >>>>> >>>>> 2015-12-09 13:40 GMT+01:00 Dev LFM <developer...@gmail.com>: >>>>> >>>>>> Personally I've never used as3commons, but its ok for me.. >>>>>> >>>>>> I would also like to see all the experimental stuff that Ted Patrick >>>>>> donated that is already in the sdk but not official.. >>>>>> >>>>>> 2015-12-08 10:58 GMT+00:00 Kessler CTR Mark J >>>>>> <mark.kessler....@usmc.mil>: >>>>>> >>>>>>> We are talking about adopting the source. It makes sense to bring >>>>>> over >>>>>>> ActionScript utilities that people still actively use. Even when >>> they >>>>>> stop >>>>>>> being supported in their current site. It helps keep the echo >>> system >>>>>> a >>>>>>> little stronger. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -Mark >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>> From: lizhi [mailto:s...@qq.com] >>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2015 2:15 AM >>>>>>> To: dev@flex.apache.org >>>>>>> Subject: Re: AW: [DISCUSS] Adopting AS3Commons >>>>>>> >>>>>>> i thinks it is just a lib.it in the github is good.why put it to >>>> flex? >>>>>>> the flex should clear. >>>>>>> if the flex can not use the lib from github,should fixed,it is a >>> bug. >>>>>>> why put some lib in flex? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> View this message in context: >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>> http://apache-flex-development.2333347.n4.nabble.com/DISCUSS-Adopting-AS3 >>>>>> Commons-tp50473p50546.html >>>>>>> Sent from the Apache Flex Development mailing list archive at >>>>>> Nabble.com. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Christophe Herreman >>>>> http://www.herrodius.com >>>>> http://www.springactionscript.org >>>>> http://www.as3commons.org >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Christophe Herreman >>> http://www.herrodius.com >>> http://www.springactionscript.org >>> http://www.as3commons.org >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Christophe Herreman >> http://www.herrodius.com >> http://www.springactionscript.org >> http://www.as3commons.org >
