+1 EdB
On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 8:28 AM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com.invalid> wrote: > Hi folks, > > Here is the vote thread. Please vote on whether to submit the proposal > below to the board. Please use +1 for yes, -1 for no, and if you want, > any number in-between per [1]. Only PMC member votes will be used to > determine the results, but we are more than happy to hear from non-PMC > members as well. > > [1] > https://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html# > expressing-votes-1-0-1-and-fr > actions > > Thanks, > -Alex > > -------- Proposal ----------- > > Apache FlexJS for Apache Top-Level Project > > Abstract > > Apache FlexJS is a new implementation of the principles of Apache Flex but > designed for JavaScript runtimes instead of Adobe Flash/AIR runtimes. > Apache FlexJS was created and released as part of the Apache Flex project > and the UI framework is a full rewrite and does not leverage the code > bases donated by Adobe. Only the FlexJS compiler source was donated by > Adobe. > > Over time, the set of Apache Flex committers who are working on Apache > Flex releases have become distinct from those working on FlexJS. Add to > that the Adobe announcement of the end-of-life for Flash in the browser, > it makes sense to separate FlexJS from Flex so that followers of one side > or the other don't have to filter out emails, bugs, web pages, etc, that > they don't need. > > The proposal is to form an Apache FlexJS top-level project instead of > creating a new Incubator Podling. That is because all but one of the > folks being proposed to the new Apache FlexJS PMC below have been on the > Apache Flex PMC for months, if not years, and understand how to > participate productively in an Apache project. Plus, Apache FlexJS has > already been released by the top-level Apache Flex project. > > Overview of FlexJS > > Apache FlexJS is designed to improve developer productivity in creating > applications for wherever Javascript runs, including browsers as well as > Apache Cordova applications, Node, etc. FlexJS already has an ecosystem > of folks creating IDEs for FlexJS, and some folks are at various points in > the process of migrating existing Flex applications to FlexJS. > > Current Status > > Meritocracy > > Within Apache Flex, the FlexJS development has been conducted as a > meritocracy. No existing FlexJS developers came with the compiler code > base donated by Adobe nor were they on the initial committers list for > Apache Flex other than Alex Harui. Everyone else has earned their way in > by contributing and earning merit. > > Community > > Many FlexJS users are trying to migrate an existing Apache Flex app off of > Adobe Flash. As their migration progresses they will become less and less > interested in Apache Flex releases and activity. However, the Apache Flex > JIRA project contains some 30,000 Flex issues migrated from Adobe's bug > base, and the team page for Flex makes it hard to determine which > committers are active on FlexJS, and it is frequently hard to determine if > a user's question is about regular Flex or FlexJS. We are seeing an > increase in user interest with the Flash end-of-life announcement and > having separate mailing lists, web pages, and JIRA projects will help save > everyone time and energy. > > Alignment > > Apache FlexJS is already being released by Apache. > > Known Risks > > Code Extraction > > The flex-asjs, flex-tours, flex-typedefs, and flex-falcon Git repos would > be migrated to GitBox. Other Apache Flex repos would be treated as > external dependencies. This includes flex-utilities and the Apache Flex > Installer. > > Orphaned Projects > > Most FlexJS PMC members are planning to remain on the Apache Flex PMC to > help out just-in-case, but are already mostly inactive on the Flex code > bases. However, there are at least 3 Apache Flex PMC members who have not > contributed at all to FlexJS and participate in regular Flex releases, so > the expectation is that Apache Flex will remain a viable project for some > time to come. > > Inexperience with Open Source > > All of the initial team has been contributing to Apache Flex for months if > not years. > > Homogenous Developers > > No company employs more than two of the members of the initial team. > > Reliance on Salaried Developers > > Until about a year ago, only 2 of the proposed PMC members were paid to > work on FlexJS. The rest contributed in their spare time. Two more are > now paid to migrate an existing application and thus contribute to add > missing features and fix bugs. By creating a separate project, we hope to > attract more folks who may not want to be involved with the legacy Apache > Flex code. > > Relationship with Existing Apache Projects > > Apache FlexJS might use some releases from Apache Flex for some features > or for an Installer app. FlexJS can be used to create Apache Cordova > applications and we hope to find time to make the Cordova community aware > of this capability. The Apache FlexJS Compiler has dependencies on Apache > Commons, and we use Apache Ant and Apache Maven for building the various > release artifacts. > > Cryptography > > Apache FlexJS does not currently does not distribute cryptography code > other than an MD5 hash algorithm. > > Required Resources > > Mailing Lists > > -private@ > -dev@ > -commits@ > -users@ > -issues@ > > Version Control > > We would like to use GitBox if it is practical to convert the current git > repos listed above. We want to explore using GitHub's wiki and > documentation tools. > > Issue Tracking > > If GitBox allows us to use GitHub issues, we will use that, otherwise, we > will request a new JIRA project from Infra. > > Other Resources > > We would like to try using Git for our website version control and > whatever the publishing process is. We will probably continue to run jobs > on builds.a.o. > > Initial PMC > > Harbs > Yishay Weiss > Alex Harui > Peter Ent > Josh Tynjala > Piotr Zarzycki > Carlos Rovira > Erik De Bruin > Omprakash Muppirala > Frédéric Thomas > Olaf Krueger > Michael Schmalle > Dave Fisher > > > Initial Committers > > Christofer Dutz > Greg Dove > Andy Dufilie > Darrell Loverin > > > > We propose Harbs as initial PMC Chair and VP Apache FlexJS. > > Affiliations > > Alex Harui and Peter Ent are currently employees of Adobe Systems Inc. > Nobody else works for a large corporation. > > ----------- End Proposal ----------- > > -- Ix Multimedia Software Jan Luykenstraat 27 3521 VB Utrecht T. 06-51952295 I. www.ixsoftware.nl
