BTW, I think we report quarterly after this report: Apache Flex is an application framework for easily building Flash-based applications for mobile devices, the browser and desktop.
RELEASES Apache Flex 4.9.1 was released on 2/28/13. Apache Flex Installer 2.0.x was released on 1/9/13. The next version of the Installer is being voted on as of this writing. ACTIVITY Activity in Apache Flex continues to be in two main areas: improvements to the existing Adobe Flash Platform-dependent code base, including the releases listed above, and prototyping ways to create a version of Flex that is independent from the Adobe Flash Platform. There is another group working on Maven-related tools for the existing code base. We moved our code base from SVN to Git in mid-March. It has been a much more difficult transition than expected. Three weeks later, folks are still confused about how to use Git as it has many options for performing tasks that can have significant implications. Git¹s database model is not suited for partial checkouts like SVN, making the management of our "whiteboard" (a playground for committers) much more difficult as you have to download the entire whiteboard (currently 245MB) first. There is discussion of managing the whiteboard on GitHub, but others feel that it doesn't conform to the Apache way. The move to Git has slowed contributions from some committers as folks aren't sure they have the time to learn to use Git and are afraid of using the wrong options. Hopefully, the net benefit promised by the Git supporters will eventually be realized. COMMUNITY Harbs and Mark Kessler were added as committers. Frederic Thomas was added to the PMC. PRESS Per a request from the Apache Press VP, I was interviewed by a writer from InfoWorld in early February and the article was finally published in March. The link is: http://www.computerworld.com.au/slideshow/455802/pictures_15_high-impact_apa che_projects/?image=1 Nick Kwaitkowski presented on Apache Flex at the Flex Users Group in Chicago. Mike Labriola also presented on his Randori framework which uses compiler source from Apache Flex. LEGAL Nothing to report. TLP MIGRATION I don't know of any other remaining migration issues. INFRASTRUCTURE * Infra attempted to resolve INFRA-4380 but ran into problems. In the last report I thought we had a solution, but it appears that we are back to trying to devise a new solution. Tony has been helpful, but his time is limited. Every month we spend a few minutes discussing solutions. JIRA's migration tools are definitely insufficient, and Apache's desire to have one large centralized JIRA DB makes it difficult or impractical to experiment with custom solutions. BRANDING No issues at this time. -- Alex Harui Flex SDK Team Adobe Systems, Inc. http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
