I'm not sure this made the video from the summit, but Roy Fielding gave me the impression that there are no "roadmaps" in Apache. You work on what you want to work on and commit it. If people don't like it, you get voted down and you have to pull it and adjust it until people like it. If I were you, before I embarked on a significant amount of code, I would start a discussion on the mailing list first to make sure there won't be a major unexpected issue when you try to check in, and to see if anyone else wants to join in.
I've been flip-flopping between requesting a "review-then-commit" workflow vs the default "commit-then-review". Past experience has shown that there are lots of things to consider when modifying the Flex framework that many folks don't consider (Marshall Plan, can't assume stage access, for example). Because it looks like we won't get JIRA up any time soon, we might start out with commit-then-review and I'll just have to try to keep up with reviewing all of the commits. And because it looks like it will be a while before we get the test suite running, I would like to discourage commits of anything significant until we have a way to verify your changes are safe. On 1/4/12 11:58 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thats a good point I've not been clear on either - is roadmap discussed on > the mailinglist and voted on so there's a bit of structure to what type of > things get worked on rather than a random collection of bug fixes and > non-related features? > > - Peter > > > On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 7:17 PM, Jeffry Houser <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Be sure to watch the "What it Means to be an Apache Project" from the >> Flex Summit, here: >> >> http://tv.adobe.com/show/flex-**community-summit-december-**2011/<http://tv.a >> dobe.com/show/flex-community-summit-december-2011/> >> >> My understanding is that we do whatever we want. I don't know how that >> goes from "chaos" to "release" yet, though. >> >> >> On 1/4/2012 2:12 PM, Michael Schmalle wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I was just curious if there was any Apache Flex specific information >>> floating around about how duties might be divided on each others strength >>> in relation to our understanding of the SDK. >>> >>> I know there is the official committer information page that Alex >>> provided but has there been any discussion on how an initial committer can >>> prepare for whats to be expected in the Apache Flex project? >>> >>> Or is this just to soon to ask this question? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Mike >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Jeffry Houser >> Technical Entrepreneur >> 203-379-0773 >> -- >> http://www.flextras.com?c=104 >> UI Flex Components: Tested! Supported! Ready! >> -- >> http://www.theflexshow.com >> http://www.jeffryhouser.com >> http://www.asktheflexpert.com >> -- >> Part of the DotComIt Brain Trust >> >> -- Alex Harui Flex SDK Team Adobe Systems, Inc. http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
