Re: Flex 5 in haxe

2012-11-16 Thread Ben Dalton
Another couple pennies worth of input... One of the things that isn't being considered is that even though you can compile the Haxe language back down to many different bytecodes, it's still not a way to directly remove the dependency on Adobe's runtime. So much of the core of Flex is dependent on

Re: Flex 5 in haxe

2012-11-16 Thread Ben Dalton
atform. On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 8:10 AM, Omar Gonzalez wrote: > So I'm not that intimately familiar with how it compiles to JS, can you > elaborate on your concern here? > > Also, why do you say haxe is obscure? It is entirely open source, what's > obscure about that?

Re: Flex 5 in haxe

2012-11-16 Thread Ben Dalton
Not to add fuel to the fire, but is choosing another platform like Haxe as a core dependency of our project really a good idea? I like Haxe as a concept, but I'm not 100% sold on the way they implement the multiple compile targets (especially JS/HTML) AND am certainly concerned that the future of

Re: [POLL] - Must Flex 5 be a complete rewrite or can flex code base be re-architectured?

2012-11-16 Thread Ben Dalton
It depends on the goals of the Flex project. If we are looking to create something that is purpose built for the Flash runtime, then I don't believe so. However, if we are looking at Flex as a toolkit to build rich interfaces and are willing to break from the SWF compile target being our core focu

Re: [MENTORS] Current Branching Strategy Vote Results

2012-08-15 Thread Ben Dalton
I agree with Omar 100%. Git is a bit better of a SCM, but the flexibility the use of GitHub affords really lends itself to a more engaged community. If we want an engaged community, and the challenges we face with Apache's non-support of Git aren't too severe, Git is the only good choice for fu

Re: [VOTE] Branching Strategy and SCM

2012-08-14 Thread Ben Dalton
Whatever branching model/scm we use, we need to provide a step-by-step guide (or tool as Mark suggested) on how to checkout the code, make changes, and submit a patch… While I get the Apache Mentors' viewpoints on sticking with what works for Apache projects, I fear we are missing a huge opport

Re: [VOTE] Branching Strategy and SCM

2012-08-13 Thread Ben Dalton
#9 for sure (if my vote counted) On Monday, August 13, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Alex Harui wrote: > Hi, > > It is time to make a decision on branching and source control vendors. This > vote will end at 2pm PDT Wednesday, August 15. Please vote for one of the > following. > > 1. 3-Tier Branching Model

Re: Website designs

2012-05-28 Thread Ben Dalton
Well, looks like there is a clear winner ;-) On Monday, May 28, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Jesus Macedo wrote: > The first one :) > >

Re: [IDEAS] Flex: New user interface design

2012-02-23 Thread Ben Dalton
I second the idea of putting together a bit of a styleguide for people to use when building applications... maybe a combination of best practices and examples for what you can do with the framework. I also would encourage us to employ some talented developer/designers to create a new default spark