On 8/30/12 8:45 AM, "olegsivo...@gmail.com" <olegsivo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for responses, Alex,
>
> OK, let's say we (which is probably me...) will find a way to reduce
> the Linux SDK to the compiler and the necessary utilities, and then,
> perhaps try to port some / what will appear to be more feasible so it
> works on Linux.
> There are other things like the player versions (Linux version is
> already 2 minor versions behind the official release and by the time
> of the next Flex release, Flex will not support any player that works
> on Linux, or the other way around, depending on how you look at it).
>
> I was looking at LightSpark, http://lightspark.github.com/ which seems
> to be actively worked on, but the project is still raw. I have
> successfully installed it on FC 17 amd64 and will soon try it on Linux
> Mint 13 amd64. I don't know yet how much it is different from Adobe
> player, but, if Linux is considered, then, perhaps, it would make more
> sense to align with this player.
>
> All of which in the end means a whole lot of changes to the existing
> building procedure...
> I'm not suggesting anything, just thinking aloud.
>
Justin put in some changes to make Apache Flex compile all the way back to
10.2, IIRC. If future changes are written in ways to continue to make that
possible, I would think you would be able to keep Apache Flex running on the
latest Linux player from Adobe.
--
Alex Harui
Flex SDK Team
Adobe Systems, Inc.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
