I don't know anything about Debian packaging, but I'm not clear how this helps the Apache Flex community, so I'm not thinking this would be a priority. However the source is open and you are welcome to run your own build script to generate whatever it is you need. And we'll try to answer questions.
I believe we take some version of Batik and Velocity and inject some changes to it. There isn't an official document, but the changes or modified files are in our repository. Examine the build scripts to see what is being done. Better yet, if you have the time and motivation to propose changes to Batik and Velocity so we can have our changes applied to the latest versions or, more likely, change Batik and Velocity so our needs can be more of a plug-in/add-on, that would benefit Apache Flex and we would be more inclined to switch to more recent versions of those libraries. It just isn't a priority for us at this time. Regarding not using player global, it might be worth verifying that the Flash/AIR runtime licenses don't place restrictions on how you build your SWFs. -Alex On 4/15/14 9:16 AM, "Bastien ROUCARIES" <roucaries.bast...@gmail.com> wrote: >Le 15 avr. 2014 17:42, "Tom Chiverton" <t...@extravision.com> a écrit : >> >> On 15/04/14 16:36, Bastien ROUCARIES wrote: >>> >>> Some part of LaTex use flash in order to include video in pdf >presentation. >> >> OK, and this component is already being distributed, but can't advertise >it's dependency on Flex because Apache Flex isn't in Debian ? > >No we should remove it because de do not build against source. It ils our >social contract. >> So I don't see why you need to make a Debian-ised Apache Flex made up of >lots of other dependencies ? I don't expect Apache Flex will work well >with >updated third party libraries, which is why we have the installer script. >> >> So an Debian wrapper around the existing Ant-based install scripts is >probably the way forward. > >No it is against our social contract and constitution. We do ont want to >remove about 20 packages si the only alternative is to get flex or a part >on it under debian. > >Bastien >> >> Tom
