+1 from me. On 8/31/17, 11:28 PM, "Alex Harui" <aha...@adobe.com.INVALID> wrote:
>Hi folks, > >Here is the vote thread. Please vote on whether to submit the proposal >below to the board. Please use +1 for yes, -1 for no, and if you want, >any number in-between per [1]. Only PMC member votes will be used to >determine the results, but we are more than happy to hear from non-PMC >members as well. > >[1] >https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.apach >e.org%2Ffoundation%2Fvoting.html%23expressing-votes-1-0-1-and-fr&data=02%7 >C01%7C%7C5a9a9e3e6a99464b30ab08d4f102a66a%7Cfa7b1b5a7b34438794aed2c178dece >e1%7C0%7C0%7C636398441064819782&sdata=NIXiUWgnEkLRP%2BQSbG1dLC1YjEvRKOGxdE >er%2BSE1QPA%3D&reserved=0 >actions > >Thanks, >-Alex > >-------- Proposal ----------- > >Apache FlexJS for Apache Top-Level Project > >Abstract > >Apache FlexJS is a new implementation of the principles of Apache Flex but >designed for JavaScript runtimes instead of Adobe Flash/AIR runtimes. >Apache FlexJS was created and released as part of the Apache Flex project >and the UI framework is a full rewrite and does not leverage the code >bases donated by Adobe. Only the FlexJS compiler source was donated by >Adobe. > >Over time, the set of Apache Flex committers who are working on Apache >Flex releases have become distinct from those working on FlexJS. Add to >that the Adobe announcement of the end-of-life for Flash in the browser, >it makes sense to separate FlexJS from Flex so that followers of one side >or the other don't have to filter out emails, bugs, web pages, etc, that >they don't need. > >The proposal is to form an Apache FlexJS top-level project instead of >creating a new Incubator Podling. That is because all but one of the >folks being proposed to the new Apache FlexJS PMC below have been on the >Apache Flex PMC for months, if not years, and understand how to >participate productively in an Apache project. Plus, Apache FlexJS has >already been released by the top-level Apache Flex project. > >Overview of FlexJS > >Apache FlexJS is designed to improve developer productivity in creating >applications for wherever Javascript runs, including browsers as well as >Apache Cordova applications, Node, etc. FlexJS already has an ecosystem >of folks creating IDEs for FlexJS, and some folks are at various points in >the process of migrating existing Flex applications to FlexJS. > >Current Status > >Meritocracy > >Within Apache Flex, the FlexJS development has been conducted as a >meritocracy. No existing FlexJS developers came with the compiler code >base donated by Adobe nor were they on the initial committers list for >Apache Flex other than Alex Harui. Everyone else has earned their way in >by contributing and earning merit. > >Community > >Many FlexJS users are trying to migrate an existing Apache Flex app off of >Adobe Flash. As their migration progresses they will become less and less >interested in Apache Flex releases and activity. However, the Apache Flex >JIRA project contains some 30,000 Flex issues migrated from Adobe's bug >base, and the team page for Flex makes it hard to determine which >committers are active on FlexJS, and it is frequently hard to determine if >a user's question is about regular Flex or FlexJS. We are seeing an >increase in user interest with the Flash end-of-life announcement and >having separate mailing lists, web pages, and JIRA projects will help save >everyone time and energy. > >Alignment > >Apache FlexJS is already being released by Apache. > >Known Risks > >Code Extraction > >The flex-asjs, flex-tours, flex-typedefs, and flex-falcon Git repos would >be migrated to GitBox. Other Apache Flex repos would be treated as >external dependencies. This includes flex-utilities and the Apache Flex >Installer. > >Orphaned Projects > >Most FlexJS PMC members are planning to remain on the Apache Flex PMC to >help out just-in-case, but are already mostly inactive on the Flex code >bases. However, there are at least 3 Apache Flex PMC members who have not >contributed at all to FlexJS and participate in regular Flex releases, so >the expectation is that Apache Flex will remain a viable project for some >time to come. > >Inexperience with Open Source > >All of the initial team has been contributing to Apache Flex for months if >not years. > >Homogenous Developers > >No company employs more than two of the members of the initial team. > >Reliance on Salaried Developers > >Until about a year ago, only 2 of the proposed PMC members were paid to >work on FlexJS. The rest contributed in their spare time. Two more are >now paid to migrate an existing application and thus contribute to add >missing features and fix bugs. By creating a separate project, we hope to >attract more folks who may not want to be involved with the legacy Apache >Flex code. > >Relationship with Existing Apache Projects > >Apache FlexJS might use some releases from Apache Flex for some features >or for an Installer app. FlexJS can be used to create Apache Cordova >applications and we hope to find time to make the Cordova community aware >of this capability. The Apache FlexJS Compiler has dependencies on Apache >Commons, and we use Apache Ant and Apache Maven for building the various >release artifacts. > >Cryptography > >Apache FlexJS does not currently does not distribute cryptography code >other than an MD5 hash algorithm. > >Required Resources > >Mailing Lists > >-private@ >-dev@ >-commits@ >-users@ >-issues@ > >Version Control > >We would like to use GitBox if it is practical to convert the current git >repos listed above. We want to explore using GitHub's wiki and >documentation tools. > >Issue Tracking > >If GitBox allows us to use GitHub issues, we will use that, otherwise, we >will request a new JIRA project from Infra. > >Other Resources > >We would like to try using Git for our website version control and >whatever the publishing process is. We will probably continue to run jobs >on builds.a.o. > >Initial PMC > >Harbs >Yishay Weiss >Alex Harui >Peter Ent >Josh Tynjala >Piotr Zarzycki >Carlos Rovira >Erik De Bruin >Omprakash Muppirala >Frédéric Thomas >Olaf Krueger >Michael Schmalle >Dave Fisher > > >Initial Committers > >Christofer Dutz >Greg Dove >Andy Dufilie >Darrell Loverin > > > >We propose Harbs as initial PMC Chair and VP Apache FlexJS. > >Affiliations > >Alex Harui and Peter Ent are currently employees of Adobe Systems Inc. >Nobody else works for a large corporation. > >----------- End Proposal ----------- >
