Great news by the end of week. For sure many of us at community was waiting some updates on Falcon.
Thanks for update us. ---------------------------- Igor Costa www.igorcosta.com www.igorcosta.org On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 7:04 PM, Carlos Rovira < carlos.rov...@codeoscopic.com> wrote: > Hi Gordon! > > Very good news and very glad to hear such news from you. > > Hope all your plans evolve gracefully since Falcon is really promising. > > Apache Flex seems to be getting cruise speed! :) > > Go Apache Flex! Go! :) > > C. > > > 2012/7/13 Glenn Williams <i...@tinylion.co.uk> > > > Thanks and hello > > > > Im amazed and really pleased to hear that so much mxml work has already > > been > > done > > > > I was thinking we'd be starting from scratch > > > > Great news! > > > > g > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gordon Smith [mailto:gosm...@adobe.com] > > Sent: 13 July 2012 21:53 > > To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org > > Cc: Peter Farland > > Subject: Falcon update > > > > Greetings, Apache Flex community! > > > > Some of you already know me from my previous work on the Flex SDK > > (beginning > > with Flex 1.0), and my occasional comments on this list regarding the > > architecture of the Falcon compiler that Adobe has been developing for > the > > last two years. > > > > I've been watching as you put the finishing touches on the 4.8.0 parity > > release. Congratulations on being close! > > > > I've also been working hard for the last several months to get Falcon > ready > > to donate to Apache. The ActionScript functionality is complete except > for > > integrating last-minute bugfixes that we continue to make in our > mainline. > > I'd estimate the MXML functionality as being 85% complete. As you know, > > after Adobe's refocused its priorities last fall, we froze the MXML work > to > > concentrate on completing ActionScript to shipping quality, but the MXML > > support hasn't regressed. As an example, Falcon can compile the SDK's > > non-trivial CheckinApp test, except for the Repeater tag. > > > > The main things left before donation are revising the build script to > meet > > Apache standards and satisfying Adobe's Legal department. I can't make > any > > predictions on a donation date, but things seem to be moving along > nicely. > > We'll donate various test suites later; they require more legal scrutiny > > than the code does. > > > > After donation, I'll be working on Apache Falcon one day a week as an > Adobe > > employee. My goal will be to get Falcon to the point where it can compile > > the Flex SWCs and then compile Mustella tests that link against those > SWCs, > > run, and pass. I'll also be happy to work on high-priority bugs that the > > community identifies, such as when you try Falcon out on your own apps > and > > find compilation problems. But I will helping to reach parity with the > old > > compiler, not with evolving Falcon in entirely new directions. Of course, > > you are free to do that! (I'd suggest doing it on a branch until we reach > > parity.) > > > > The areas of Falcon that need the most work are > > > > * states (mostly implemented) > > * databinding (partly implemented) > > * reporting MXML semantic problems (partly implemented) > > * Repeater (not implemented) > > * ASDoc (not implemented) > > > > I'll be concentrating primarily on the first two in order to reach the > goal > > I mentioned. I hope that some of you will be interested in working on > > Falcon > > so that it reaches its potential. > > > > I ask for your understanding as I come up to speed on Apache procedures > and > > standards. > > > > Gordon Smith, Adobe compiler team > > > > > > > > > -- > Carlos Rovira > Director de Tecnología > M: +34 607 22 60 05 > F: +34 912 35 57 77 > <http://www.codeoscopic.com> > CODEOSCOPIC S.A. <http://www.codeoscopic.com> > Avd. del General Perón, 32 > Planta 10, Puertas P-Q > 28020 Madrid >
