Hi Mike, Let me add some more details.
We have no plans keeping ASC 2.0 (and above) in sync with Falcon, as I said previously, today the compilers are different projects and targeting two different audiences. But for some key/showstopper bugs fixed in ASC 2.0 Gordon will integrate them back. Thibault Imbert | sr. product manager gaming (Graphics, Language, VM, Compiler) | Monocle | adobe systems gaming.adobe.com <http://gaming.adobe.com/> | bytearray.org <http://bytearray.org/> | @thibault_imbert On 10/18/12 3:20 AM, "Michael Schmalle" <m...@teotigraphix.com> wrote: >This is interesting, > >Gordon replied that sometime he might be bringing some of the changes >back to the Falcon compiler in an email a couple days ago but Thibault >now says no plans, hmm. > >I had a look at the things that have been fixed in the change log of >ASC 2, there is no way I am going to spend my time trying to duplicate >the amount of bugs that have been fixed by Adobe on their compiler. > >It's great that Aodbe forked us a compiler, but then again what is the >use other than some free code and no "opensource" contribution. > >My tone may sound a bit well, I don't really know but I coming from >the fact that I have not seen hardly ANY interest in others on this >dev list or around the "social" circles to have anything to do with >the compiler. If there were developers in this project that knew how >to push the gifted compiler code forward other than Gordon that is an >employee of Adobe, I would have a lot more encouragement here. > >I don't think people understand that this new compiler framework is >the life or death of this project and if it doesn't get supported, >Apache Flex is a still born after 4.x in my opinion. > >Mike > > > > >Quoting Jesus Barquin <yuka...@gmail.com>: > >> So... is there anybody at apache flex that can follow the flash runtime >> evolution??? I mean improving future apache flex compiler, because the >> runtime seems to be every day more and more far away from the apache >>flex >> way and I feel a little bit scared. >> >> 2012/10/18 Thibault Imbert <timb...@adobe.com> >> >>> Hi Clint, >>> >>> No, we have no plans. >>> >>> Thibault Imbert | sr. product manager gaming (Graphics, Language, VM, >>> Compiler) | Monocle | adobe systems >>> gaming.adobe.com <http://gaming.adobe.com/> | bytearray.org >>> <http://bytearray.org/> | @thibault_imbert >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 10/17/12 11:04 PM, "Clint Modien" <cl...@vectorscape.com> wrote: >>> >>> >This obviously begs the questionŠ does Adobe plan on donating any >>>changes >>> >to ASC 2.0 back to Apache Flex? >>> > >>> >On Oct 15, 2012, at 5:28 PM, Thibault Imbert <timb...@adobe.com> >>>wrote: >>> > >>> >> Hi Mike, >>> >> >>> >> Yes, we wanted to give you access to the compiler as soon as >>>possible so >>> >> we decided to donate the final version of the compiler (aka Falcon) >>>with >>> >> Flex (MXML) support that you guys could contribute to it and shape >>> >>Falcon >>> >> the way Flex developers decide to. >>> >> >>> >> ASC 2.0 purpose was gaming focused, hence why we decided to pursue >>>the >>> >> development on our side. Given that its audience today is different >>>we >>> >> don't want to have gaming requirements for the compiler get in the >>>way >>> >>of >>> >> requirements from Flex developers. >>> >> >>> >> Thibault Imbert | sr. product manager gaming (Graphics, Language, >>>VM, >>> >> Compiler) | Monocle | adobe systems >>> >> gaming.adobe.com <http://gaming.adobe.com/> | bytearray.org >>> >> <http://bytearray.org/> | @thibault_imbert >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> On 10/15/12 3:20 PM, "labri...@digitalprimates.net" >>> >> <labri...@digitalprimates.net> wrote: >>> >> >>> >>>> Yes, ASC 2.0 is essentially a fork of Falcon. (More accurately, >>>Falcon >>> >>>> was branched off back in the summer and the packages were renamed >>>from >>> >>>> com.adobe.flash to org.apache.flex.) As far >as I know, I'll be >>> >>>> integrating these bugfixes into Falcon at some point. >>> >>> >>> >>> So, essentially, adobe donated a snap shot in time of falcon and is >>> >>> continuing development in a closed source manner. Is this accurate? >>> >>> >>> >>> Mike >>> >>> >>> >> >>> > >>> >>> >> > > >
