Hi Piotr,

Makes perfect sense to me. guess I can start with the Royale-unit surefire 
support first. I can also start cleaning up the maven plugin without any of the 
big steps. It doesn't have to be all or nothing.

So I would also suggest doing small steps, to keep all on board.

The only reason I brought up this discussion was to describe the final goal for 
me.


Chris
________________________________
Von: Piotr Zarzycki <piotrzarzyck...@gmail.com>
Gesendet: Montag, 1. Juni 2020 09:43
An: Apache Royale Development <dev@royale.apache.org>
Betreff: Re: [PROPOSAL] How to continue to simplify things?

Carlos,

Like I stated I wanted to understand what Chris did, so I will be the next
RM after Harbs. I'm going to use Chris's improvements and see what exactly
they means.

I didn't check his video but I hope I have there complementary
instructions. I'm familiar with Maven - I expect that all of that will take
max 1 day and I will have RC1. If not we need to improve before any Big
steps described here.

I do have couple of some sort of requirements towards those steps if they
are really going to happen - before I talk about them I'm going to be RM.

I hope it makes sense to you.

Piotr

On Mon, Jun 1, 2020, 9:36 AM Carlos Rovira <carlosrov...@apache.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> just to add to this proposal thread expressing my opinion. I think this
> change will have a huge positive impact in the project:
>
> 1.- Reduce repos from 3 to just 1, so reducing all actions and overhead all
> that implies.
> 2.- Builds will be much more easy since all is contained in one repo
> instead of gathering from three. Right now builds in one repo must count
> with the build produced by other(s) in the chain of execution.
> 3.- Remove duplicated config that could be just in one place reducing
> complexity. Right now many configs are duplicated in each repo due to the
> actual 3 repo layout.
> 4.- Releases will turn just to 3 commands on a terminal what will be a big
> point for all RMs and the project allowing us to release much more easy.
> 5.- Less commands means less errors and more automation
> 6.- Times to release will cut under the current 1h 30'' (as you can defer
> from the sum of the times of each video posted by Chris).
> 7.- The process will continue improving towards a maven compliant build and
> release process with all the benefits that following a standard process
> means and how all of that means to the actual Apache build and release
> process.
> 8.- Improving over time will be more easy too.
>
> For me this is one of the key points for reaching 1.0, since will mean we
> are really prepared to do monthly (or bi-monthly if we want) releases of
> Royale.
>
> About others as RMs. I think is needed to understand the actual process and
> know what will mean to improve this way. So I think is good Harbs do the
> next release in the actual state to gain that knowledge. In exchange I
> think Piotr already knows very close since he did 0.9.6, so don't think is
> needed.
>
> I think the optimal time frame to work on this could be:
>
> 1.- Harbs work this June on release. Here we could improve on version
> numbers [1], since we are adding lots of stuff in each release and the bug
> fixing is implied. Maybe as we settle third version numbers will be more
> important, since will be less new stuff and maybe more fixing, or we could
> do minor releases and bug fixing releases...
> 2.- Start working on this "one repo feature".
>
> Thanks
>
> Carlos
>
> [1] https://semver.org/
>
>
> El dom., 31 may. 2020 a las 13:15, Christofer Dutz (<
> christofer.d...@c-ware.de>) escribió:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > so thankfully Carlos watched the full 1,5 hours of my release video and
> > told me it was ok ... so I'll share them with you:
> >
> > https://drive.google.com/open?id=1BDKG-zPW3CoWLI0KQJDO5PGyEJQtKRb4
> >
> > In video 1 (27 Minutes) I am releasing the "compiler "
> > In video 2 (10 Minutes) I am releasing the "typedefs"
> > In video 3 (50 Minutes) I am releasing the "asjs/framework"
> >
> > Most additional steps are just related to the separation of the 3 repos
> > ...
> > If we were to merge them and I would do my refactoring to the
> > royale-maven-plugin, it would just be the steps of video 1.
> >
> > I also added some background infos on what's happening in which step and
> > why I'm doing things the way I am ... pehaps it makes the 1,5h a little
> > more educational as if I just typed in the commands ... will prepare a
> > text-document with all the steps ASAP.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Am 31.05.20, 09:29 schrieb "Yishay Weiss" <yishayj...@hotmail.com>:
> >
> >     Alex might want to confirm, but I’m pretty sure DST issue was fixed.
> >
> >     From: Greg Dove<mailto:greg.d...@gmail.com>
> >     Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2020 1:40 AM
> >     To: Apache Royale Development<mailto:dev@royale.apache.org>
> >     Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] How to continue to simplify things?
> >
> >     Chris, Harbs & others,
> >
> >     Sorry I didn't reply earlier on this thread, I have been very focused
> > on
> >     some intense work tasks, consuming extra hours in each day for some
> > time
> >     now.
> >
> >     Unless I misunderstood something, I think we already had consensus on
> >     top-level things like:
> >
> >     a) we need the royale sdk (as3 language support + application
> > framework +
> >     compiler + typedefs) to continue to be usable via ant, maven, npm and
> >     possibly other future build tools
> >     b) we need the distribution/artifacts to be validated for each of the
> >     end-user supported build tools
> >     c) we need the release process to be as simple and streamlined as
> > possible,
> >     while still keeping quality checks in place.
> >
> >     This is just my limited interpretation/synthesis of discussions to
> > date, so
> >     I hope it it makes sense. There were some expressions that certain
> > things
> >     had to be done a certain way at (c) in order to achieve (b).
> >     If my expression above (representing my understanding) is correct,
> > then I
> >     really don't care what tech we use to achieve (c), so long as (a) and
> > (b)
> >     are achieved. I guess the only other thing I would add is that
> > whatever we
> >     use for (c) should be easy to understand and maintain, but perhaps
> > that is
> >     inherent in the 'simple and streamlined' part of what I expressed.
> >
> >     Chris,
> >     Thanks for investing your time in this, and for your proposal. If my
> >     understanding above is correct then I think your proposal covers that
> > along
> >     with the general improvements in maven configurations and support.
> >     I'll try to find time to watch the video in the coming week.
> >
> >     One specific comment about: ' perhaps even help the automated testing
> > in
> >     the ASJS repo.'
> >     At the moment there is a RoyaleUnit ant task that Josh created. If
> >     RoyaleUnit could somehow be supported via maven that would be
> awesome.
> > I
> >     know you have other approaches as well for automated UI testing, but
> >     RoyaleUnit permits re-use of legacy FlexUnit tests, so supporting
> that
> > via
> >     maven would be a major plus, I think.
> >
> >     Harbs,
> >     Thanks for the suggestion that I participate as RM. I only understand
> > the
> >     current process in a very abstract sense, apart from the time I
> watched
> >     Chris and Carlos going through the first 7 steps.
> >     I agree that, in general, it's better to understand a process before
> >     decisions relating to improvements are considered for that process,
> > and I
> >     know I do not really understand it well. But I don't think that needs
> > to
> >     include me, and would prefer not to be RM in the near term. I will be
> > happy
> >     to do this at some point, but I envisage my time being quite
> > pre-occupied
> >     with asjs (particularly emulation) work over the next couple of
> > months, and
> >     prefer to keep my limited neurons focused on that for now. Basically,
> > I am
> >     happy to defer to others here.
> >
> >     As an aside, one of the issues identified in recent weeks was the DST
> >     alignment issue which seemed to require DST alignment between RM's
> > local
> >     machine and the CI server. Perhaps that is fixed now, I am not sure.
> > If it
> >     is not then, based on the original description of the cause of that
> >     problem, it might preclude me being RM until it is fixed in any case,
> >     because that misalignment would hold true most of the year for me (I
> > would
> >     consider it important to fix, but not urgent to fix because we have,
> I
> >     believe, no others currently from the southern hemisphere who could
> be
> > RM
> >     right now anyway).
> >
> >
> >     Greg
> >
> >     On Sat, May 30, 2020 at 4:02 AM Christofer Dutz <
> > christofer.d...@c-ware.de>
> >     wrote:
> >
> >     > Hi all,
> >     >
> >     > Today I just prepared my forks of royale again and did a full
> > release of
> >     > all 3 repos and did a video recording of that.
> >     > I did find some minor quirks which I'll whip up a PR for (no
> profile
> > name
> >     > or directory changes).
> >     >
> >     > As soon as I am finished cutting the video and removed lots minutes
> > of
> >     > jewl-theme-compilation stuff I'll publish the link to the videos
> > here.
> >     >
> >     > Chris
> >     >
> >     > Am 28.05.20, 18:03 schrieb "Andrew Wetmore" <cottag...@gmail.com>:
> >     >
> >     >     Seems like the simplest way.
> >     >
> >     >     On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 12:55 PM Christofer Dutz <
> >     > christofer.d...@c-ware.de>
> >     >     wrote:
> >     >
> >     >     > Hi all,
> >     >     >
> >     >     > Infra says there's nothing in-between all or nothing with
> > github :-(
> >     >     >
> >     >     > So I'll probably go down the google doc route and have the
> text
> >     > imported
> >     >     > by one of you folks.
> >     >     >
> >     >     > Chris
> >     >     >
> >     >     >
> >     >     > Am 28.05.20, 17:38 schrieb "Harbs" <harbs.li...@gmail.com>:
> >     >     >
> >     >     >     I’m going offline for two days so I’ll be quiet for a
> > while, but
> >     > it
> >     >     > might be a good idea to ask infra whether they have a
> solution
> > to
> >     > this
> >     >     > problem.
> >     >     >
> >     >     >     Harbs
> >     >     >
> >     >     >     > On May 28, 2020, at 5:36 PM, Christofer Dutz <
> >     >     > christofer.d...@c-ware.de> wrote:
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     > Hi all,
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     > well perhaps searching for some experiences with this
> ...
> >     >     >     > my gut-feeling would make me expect to have the wiki
> > content
> >     >     > replaced by Viagra ads ;-)
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     > But it would be in git, so easily undoable ....
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     > I did find this however:
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >
> >     >
> >
> https://www.growingwiththeweb.com/2016/07/enabling-pull-requests-on-github-wikis.html
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     > It's less convenient way, but probably safer.
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     > Chris
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     > Am 28.05.20, 16:25 schrieb "Harbs" <
> > harbs.li...@gmail.com>:
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     >    Hmm. That’s a problem I was not aware of...
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     >    What do folks think about enabling public editing of
> >     > wikis?[1]
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     >    Harbs
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     >    [1]
> >     >     >
> >     >
> >
> https://help.github.com/en/github/building-a-strong-community/changing-access-permissions-for-wikis
> >     >     > <
> >     >     >
> >     >
> >
> https://help.github.com/en/github/building-a-strong-community/changing-access-permissions-for-wikis
> >     >     > >
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     >> On May 28, 2020, at 5:00 PM, Christofer Dutz <
> >     >     > christofer.d...@c-ware.de> wrote:
> >     >     >     >>
> >     >     >     >> Hi all,
> >     >     >     >>
> >     >     >     >> so I just had a look ... it seems as if the "fork"
> > feature on
> >     >     > github doesn't fork the wiki too ...
> >     >     >     >> So I could create my own pages, but not create PRs for
> >     >     > documentation ... or I just didn't find the docs on how to do
> > it.
> >     >     >     >> Do you have any pointers for me?
> >     >     >     >>
> >     >     >     >> Chris
> >     >     >     >>
> >     >     >     >>
> >     >     >     >> Am 28.05.20, 13:55 schrieb "Piotr Zarzycki" <
> >     >     > piotrzarzyck...@gmail.com>:
> >     >     >     >>
> >     >     >     >>   Chris,
> >     >     >     >>
> >     >     >     >>   We are not using confluence at all. We are using
> Wiki
> > [1],
> >     > but
> >     >     > you can
> >     >     >     >>   write document in whatever place you wanted to if
> you
> > are
> >     > not
> >     >     > comfortable
> >     >     >     >>   with wiki.
> >     >     >     >>
> >     >     >     >>   Andrew,
> >     >     >     >>
> >     >     >     >>   Will you be willing to translate that document into
> > our Wiki
> >     >     > manner ?
> >     >     >     >>
> >     >     >     >>   [1] https://github.com/apache/royale-asjs/wiki
> >     >     >     >>
> >     >     >     >>   Thanks,
> >     >     >     >>   Piotr
> >     >     >     >>
> >     >     >     >>   czw., 28 maj 2020 o 13:43 Christofer Dutz <
> >     >     > christofer.d...@c-ware.de>
> >     >     >     >>   napisał(a):
> >     >     >     >>
> >     >     >     >>> Hi Piotr,
> >     >     >     >>>
> >     >     >     >>> I think the Royale project could grant my user write
> >     > permissions to
> >     >     >     >>> confluence.
> >     >     >     >>> Then I could write such a document there.
> >     >     >     >>>
> >     >     >     >>> But I could also do a google doc outside, if this is
> > more
> >     >     > convenient.
> >     >     >     >>>
> >     >     >     >>> Chris
> >     >     >     >>>
> >     >     >     >>>
> >     >     >     >>>
> >     >     >     >>> Am 28.05.20, 13:39 schrieb "Piotr Zarzycki" <
> >     >     > piotrzarzyck...@gmail.com>:
> >     >     >     >>>
> >     >     >     >>>   Chris,
> >     >     >     >>>
> >     >     >     >>>   I think I would like to be after Harbs and
> eventually
> >     > Greg. Yes
> >     >     > you can
> >     >     >     >>>   send me a link, write a document with absolutely
> > EVERY step
> >     >     > which I
> >     >     >     >>> have to
> >     >     >     >>>   do in order to get release done. Even if you think
> > that I
> >     > know
> >     >     > some
> >     >     >     >>> steps
> >     >     >     >>>   like signing - you can in such places point into
> some
> >     > existing
> >     >     >     >>> document.
> >     >     >     >>>
> >     >     >     >>>   I would like to be able to comment on every step to
> >     > confront if I
> >     >     >     >>> really
> >     >     >     >>>   for example had to copy/paste some command or just
> >     > opposite I
> >     >     > had to do
> >     >     >     >>>   much more than only copy/paste.
> >     >     >     >>>
> >     >     >     >>>   Thanks,
> >     >     >     >>>   Piotr
> >     >     >     >>>
> >     >     >     >>>   czw., 28 maj 2020 o 13:27 Christofer Dutz <
> >     >     > christofer.d...@c-ware.de>
> >     >     >     >>>   napisał(a):
> >     >     >     >>>
> >     >     >     >>>> Hi Piotr,
> >     >     >     >>>>
> >     >     >     >>>> we could change the configuration to use the jgit
> > plugin on
> >     > the CI
> >     >     >     >>> machine
> >     >     >     >>>> and to use the default on local machines.
> >     >     >     >>>> In that case you could do it on any machine you want
> > (also
> >     >     > windows)
> >     >     >     >>>>
> >     >     >     >>>> Who does releases in which order using which tooling
> > ... I
> >     > don't
> >     >     >     >>> really
> >     >     >     >>>> care ...
> >     >     >     >>>>
> >     >     >     >>>> I'm just happy that there's a line building up of
> > people
> >     > wanting
> >     >     > to
> >     >     >     >>> do so
> >     >     >     >>>> and I get to use fresh releases :-)
> >     >     >     >>>>
> >     >     >     >>>> If there is anything I can help with ... just ping
> me
> > and
> >     > I'll be
> >     >     >     >>> happy to
> >     >     >     >>>> help.
> >     >     >     >>>>
> >     >     >     >>>> Chris
> >     >     >     >>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>
> >     >     >     >>>> Am 28.05.20, 13:18 schrieb "Piotr Zarzycki" <
> >     >     >     >>> piotrzarzyck...@gmail.com>:
> >     >     >     >>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>   Hi Harbs,
> >     >     >     >>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>   I would like to be a release manager as well, but
> > using
> >     > Chri's
> >     >     >     >>>>   implementation which as far as I know is in
> place. I
> >     > would like
> >     >     >     >>> to use
> >     >     >     >>>> his
> >     >     >     >>>>   mentioned 3 steps and see how much things I will
> > have to
> >     > do on
> >     >     >     >>> my own
> >     >     >     >>>> to
> >     >     >     >>>>   make release happen. I know that I will have to do
> > that
> >     > on Mac,
> >     >     >     >>> cause
> >     >     >     >>>> there
> >     >     >     >>>>   some Maven/Git/Jenkins related plugin which allows
> > use
> >     > Jenkins,
> >     >     >     >>> but it
> >     >     >     >>>>   prevents me from pushing artifacts from windows.
> >     >     >     >>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>   I have some thoughts about above proposition, but
> I
> > will
> >     > wait
> >     >     >     >>> till we
> >     >     >     >>>> all
> >     >     >     >>>>   pass trough the release process.
> >     >     >     >>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>   Thanks,
> >     >     >     >>>>   Piotr
> >     >     >     >>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>   czw., 28 maj 2020 o 11:06 Christofer Dutz <
> >     >     >     >>> christofer.d...@c-ware.de>
> >     >     >     >>>>   napisał(a):
> >     >     >     >>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>> Hi Harbs,
> >     >     >     >>>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>> makes sense.
> >     >     >     >>>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>> Chris
> >     >     >     >>>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>> Am 28.05.20, 10:48 schrieb "Harbs" <
> > harbs.li...@gmail.com
> >     > >:
> >     >     >     >>>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>>   Hi Chris,
> >     >     >     >>>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>>   Thanks for you work helping with the 0.9.7
> release
> > as
> >     > well.
> >     >     >     >>>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>>   I’m definitely open to improving the structure
> and
> > the
> >     >     >     >>> process.
> >     >     >     >>>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>>   My biggest hesitation is that I don’t understand
> > the
> >     >     >     >>> current
> >     >     >     >>>> release
> >     >     >     >>>>> process well enough. Until recently Alex was the
> > only one
> >     > who
> >     >     >     >>> really
> >     >     >     >>>>> understood it. Yishay just went through the process
> > so he
> >     > has
> >     >     >     >>> a good
> >     >     >     >>>>> understanding now. I plan on doing another release
> > the week
> >     >     >     >>>> following next
> >     >     >     >>>>> (i.e. starting June 7 or so). My hope is that I
> will
> >     >     >     >>> understand it
> >     >     >     >>>> better
> >     >     >     >>>>> at that point. I don’t know whether Greg Dove is
> > willing
> >     > to do
> >     >     >     >>> a
> >     >     >     >>>> release,
> >     >     >     >>>>> but I think it would be very valuable to get his
> > input as
> >     > well.
> >     >     >     >>>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>>   So my proposal is that we get some more of us
> > familiar
> >     >     >     >>> with the
> >     >     >     >>>> what
> >     >     >     >>>>> and the why of the current process. I want to
> > understand
> >     > what
> >     >     >     >>> was
> >     >     >     >>>> done and
> >     >     >     >>>>> why it was done. I don’t feel comfortable having an
> >     > opinion on
> >     >     >     >>>> changing
> >     >     >     >>>>> things until I can weigh the pros and cons. I’d
> like
> > more
> >     > of
> >     >     >     >>> us to
> >     >     >     >>>> be in
> >     >     >     >>>>> the same position so we will be in the position of
> > building
> >     >     >     >>>> consensus on
> >     >     >     >>>>> changes. The reason I hope that Greg Dove
> > specifically
> >     > does a
> >     >     >     >>>> release is
> >     >     >     >>>>> because I feel he’s pretty neutral on technology
> and
> > I
> >     > think
> >     >     >     >>> he’ll
> >     >     >     >>>> have
> >     >     >     >>>>> good valuable input.
> >     >     >     >>>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>>   So here’s my proposal:
> >     >     >     >>>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>>   1. Let’s work on doing another 2-3 releases in
> > rapid
> >     >     >     >>> succession
> >     >     >     >>>>> without making too many changes.
> >     >     >     >>>>>   2. Let’s try and get as many of us familiar with
> > that
> >     >     >     >>> process as
> >     >     >     >>>>> possible.
> >     >     >     >>>>>   3. Once that’s done, let’s discuss the pain
> points
> > and
> >     >     >     >>> what can
> >     >     >     >>>> be
> >     >     >     >>>>> done to improve the structure and/or the process
> > with pros
> >     > and
> >     >     >     >>> cons.
> >     >     >     >>>> Maybe
> >     >     >     >>>>> your suggestion is the way to go? Maybe something
> > else?
> >     >     >     >>> Similar?
> >     >     >     >>>> Don’t
> >     >     >     >>>>> know, but I’d like to get to the point where we can
> > have an
> >     >     >     >>>> intelligent
> >     >     >     >>>>> discussion on the topic with different points of
> > view. I
> >     > don’t
> >     >     >     >>> think
> >     >     >     >>>> we’re
> >     >     >     >>>>> quite there yet.
> >     >     >     >>>>>   4. Carefully start implementing changes. Making
> big
> >     >     >     >>> changes is
> >     >     >     >>>> often
> >     >     >     >>>>> disruptive and is often the cause of conflict. This
> > is
> >     > nothing
> >     >     >     >>>> specific to
> >     >     >     >>>>> us, and there’s even accepted advice on the topic.
> I
> >     > suggest
> >     >     >     >>> we all
> >     >     >     >>>> read
> >     >     >     >>>>> and follow James Duncan Davidson's “rules for
> >     >     >     >>> revolutionaries”[1].
> >     >     >     >>>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>>   I appreciate having your proposed changes to
> > ponder the
> >     >     >     >>> next
> >     >     >     >>>> couple of
> >     >     >     >>>>> weeks.
> >     >     >     >>>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>>   In the meantime, please by all means, dive into
> > Royale
> >     > and
> >     >     >     >>> create
> >     >     >     >>>>> issues, pull requests, let us know difficulties,
> > etc. I’ll
> >     >     >     >>> make my
> >     >     >     >>>> best
> >     >     >     >>>>> effort to be as responsive as possible and help
> > where I
> >     > can. If
> >     >     >     >>>> you’re
> >     >     >     >>>>> feeling frustration, please reach out to me on
> Slack.
> >     >     >     >>>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>>   Does this make sense?
> >     >     >     >>>>>   Harbs
> >     >     >     >>>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>>   [1]http://s.apache.org/rules_for_revolutionaries
> <
> >     >     >     >>>>> http://s.apache.org/rules_for_revolutionaries>
> >     >     >     >>>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>>> On May 28, 2020, at 10:56 AM, Christofer Dutz <
> >     >     >     >>>>> christofer.d...@c-ware.de> wrote:
> >     >     >     >>>>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>>> Hi all,
> >     >     >     >>>>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>>> congrats to the successful release of 0.9.7 … it
> > greatly
> >     >     >     >>>> simplified
> >     >     >     >>>>> the last PLC4X release to have the artifacts out
> > there in
> >     > the
> >     >     >     >>> wild.
> >     >     >     >>>>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>>> I would really like to see Royale as the tool in
> my
> >     >     >     >>> toolbox for
> >     >     >     >>>>> building industrial UI applications as I sort of am
> > not
> >     > that
> >     >     >     >>> happy
> >     >     >     >>>> with the
> >     >     >     >>>>> other existing alternatives.
> >     >     >     >>>>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>>> In order to do this I know that I have some areas
> of
> >     >     >     >>> expertise
> >     >     >     >>>> I can
> >     >     >     >>>>> offer to the project … Writing ActionScript and
> MXML
> > code
> >     > is
> >     >     >     >>>> definitely not
> >     >     >     >>>>> where I can help best.
> >     >     >     >>>>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>>> However I’m really good at Java, Maven and Apache
> >     >     >     >>>> Infrastructure. I
> >     >     >     >>>>> know that development is most active in the ASJS
> > repo but I
> >     >     >     >>> would be
> >     >     >     >>>> happy
> >     >     >     >>>>> to help on the other sides ... perhaps even help
> the
> >     > automated
> >     >     >     >>>> testing in
> >     >     >     >>>>> the ASJS repo.
> >     >     >     >>>>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>>> I would have one proposal on how to really
> simplify
> >     >     >     >>> things,
> >     >     >     >>>> but I
> >     >     >     >>>>> would be hesitant to start working on this before
> we
> > have
> >     >     >     >>> consensus
> >     >     >     >>>> on this
> >     >     >     >>>>> here.
> >     >     >     >>>>>> It would probably involve multiple weeks of full
> > time
> >     >     >     >>> work in
> >     >     >     >>>> total
> >     >     >     >>>>> to do it for me, but I would be happy to do it, if
> > the
> >     > project
> >     >     >     >>> would
> >     >     >     >>>> accept
> >     >     >     >>>>> it in the end and you folks would be willing to
> help
> > with
> >     > the
> >     >     >     >>> parts
> >     >     >     >>>> I’m not
> >     >     >     >>>>> too deep into (Ant-, NPM build adjustments). So
> > that’s why
> >     > I’m
> >     >     >     >>>> bringing
> >     >     >     >>>>> this up here first. I know it might question some
> > unwritten
> >     >     >     >>> project
> >     >     >     >>>> rules,
> >     >     >     >>>>> but I would kindly ask you to not just block the
> >     > discussion and
> >     >     >     >>>> perhaps
> >     >     >     >>>>> help re-evaluating why they became “project rules”
> > and if
> >     > the
> >     >     >     >>>> assumptions
> >     >     >     >>>>> were correct or still apply.
> >     >     >     >>>>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>>> The benefit would be:
> >     >     >     >>>>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>>> *   Less problems in getting set-up (just clone
> one
> >     >     >     >>> repo)
> >     >     >     >>>>>> *   Simpler release (Only need to release one
> >     >     >     >>> repository … no
> >     >     >     >>>>> updating of version information in-between)
> >     >     >     >>>>>> *   Less things that can go wrong (I remember when
> >     >     >     >>> compiler
> >     >     >     >>>> was
> >     >     >     >>>>> already in 0.9.8-SNAPSHOT but the rest wasn’t yet …
> > there
> >     > were
> >     >     >     >>> issues
> >     >     >     >>>>> discussed on the list)
> >     >     >     >>>>>> *   I would use the opportunity to clean up some
> > things
> >     >     >     >>> in the
> >     >     >     >>>>> maven build, because despite the probably common
> >     > assumption …
> >     >     >     >>> I’m not
> >     >     >     >>>>> really happy with the usability of the maven build
> > from a
> >     >     >     >>> user’s
> >     >     >     >>>>> perspective … I think there’s great room for
> > improvement
> >     >     >     >>>>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>>> In general I would propose to merge all 3
> > repositories
> >     >     >     >>> into
> >     >     >     >>>> one.
> >     >     >     >>>>> Right now the Maven build would probably work with
> >     > different
> >     >     >     >>>> releases of
> >     >     >     >>>>> the compiler or typedefs but from what I can see …
> > the Ant
> >     >     >     >>> release
> >     >     >     >>>> would
> >     >     >     >>>>> probably not work without modification. So the
> whole
> > idea
> >     > of
> >     >     >     >>>> releasing
> >     >     >     >>>>> separately seems to be more a theoretical one. I
> > think in
> >     > the
> >     >     >     >>>> history of
> >     >     >     >>>>> FlexJS and Royale it hasn’t been done once (please
> > correct
> >     > me
> >     >     >     >>> if I’m
> >     >     >     >>>>> wrong). If there are external entities only
> > interested in
> >     >     >     >>> consuming
> >     >     >     >>>> parts
> >     >     >     >>>>> of the project, we could build source distribution
> > for
> >     > these
> >     >     >     >>> that
> >     >     >     >>>> only
> >     >     >     >>>>> contain the parts they are interest in.
> >     >     >     >>>>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>>> *   I propose to move the artifacts needed for the
> >     >     >     >>> build but
> >     >     >     >>>> not
> >     >     >     >>>>> being part of the build (build-tools, jburg-types)
> > into a
> >     >     >     >>> separate
> >     >     >     >>>>> repository where they can be released independently
> > and
> >     > don’t
> >     >     >     >>> cause
> >     >     >     >>>>> confusion like they are doing right now.
> >     >     >     >>>>>> *   Then I would like to create a new repository
> > (Let’s
> >     >     >     >>> call
> >     >     >     >>>> it
> >     >     >     >>>>> “royale”) which contains 3 directories: compiler,
> > typedefs
> >     > and
> >     >     >     >>> asjs
> >     >     >     >>>> (or
> >     >     >     >>>>> even with the current “royale-“ prefix, I don’t
> > really
> >     >     >     >>> care/mind).
> >     >     >     >>>>>> *   Now comes the biggest block … I would need to
> >     >     >     >>> completely
> >     >     >     >>>>> rewrite the royale-maven-plugin … the core of it
> > would be
> >     > also
> >     >     >     >>> moved
> >     >     >     >>>> to the
> >     >     >     >>>>> new build-tools repository. This plugin would sort
> > of be an
> >     >     >     >>> empty
> >     >     >     >>>> skeleton
> >     >     >     >>>>> to load compiler plugins. This is needed as Maven
> > can’t
> >     > build a
> >     >     >     >>>> project
> >     >     >     >>>>> where a plugin used in the project is also part of
> > the
> >     > build
> >     >     >     >>> itself.
> >     >     >     >>>> So we
> >     >     >     >>>>> couldn’t build all-in-one go without this change.
> >     >     >     >>>>>> *   Next step would be to add a new royale-parent
> > pom
> >     >     >     >>> in the
> >     >     >     >>>> new
> >     >     >     >>>>> root of the project, the 3 old parents would be
> > updated to
> >     > use
> >     >     >     >>> the
> >     >     >     >>>> new
> >     >     >     >>>>> parent and a lot of duplicated configuration could
> > be moved
> >     >     >     >>> there,
> >     >     >     >>>> hereby
> >     >     >     >>>>> greatly simplifying the 3 old root poms.
> >     >     >     >>>>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>>> A migration plan, could be to :
> >     >     >     >>>>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>>> *   create a feature-branch in all 3 repositories
> >     >     >     >>>>>> *   create two new repos “royale” and
> >     >     >     >>> “royale-build-tools” (or
> >     >     >     >>>>> whatever you want to name them)
> >     >     >     >>>>>> *   Start with using git submodules to import the
> 3
> >     >     >     >>> branches
> >     >     >     >>>> into
> >     >     >     >>>>> the new (I know submodules really suck, but they
> > would
> >     > only be
> >     >     >     >>>> needed until
> >     >     >     >>>>> everything is finished)
> >     >     >     >>>>>> *   I would move/copy the build tools to the new
> > repo
> >     >     >     >>> and
> >     >     >     >>>> start
> >     >     >     >>>>> working on the new maven plugin
> >     >     >     >>>>>> *   Then I would need to update the old compiler
> > repo to
> >     >     >     >>>> produce
> >     >     >     >>>>> something I can use as royale-maven-plugin plugins
> >     >     >     >>>>>> *   After that’s done I would update the typedefs
> to
> >     >     >     >>> use the
> >     >     >     >>>> new
> >     >     >     >>>>> plugin
> >     >     >     >>>>>> *   After that’s done I would update the asjs repo
> > to
> >     >     >     >>> use the
> >     >     >     >>>> new
> >     >     >     >>>>> plugin
> >     >     >     >>>>>> *   Then I would add the new royale-parent pom
> >     >     >     >>>>>> *   After that’s done I would simplify and
> > deduplicate
> >     >     >     >>> the
> >     >     >     >>>>> configuration
> >     >     >     >>>>>> *   Now I would definitely need some help with
> >     >     >     >>> adjusting the
> >     >     >     >>>> Ant
> >     >     >     >>>>> and possibly NPM build to these changes (Most of
> them
> >     > should be
> >     >     >     >>>>> profile-names and maybe directory names or paths)
> >     >     >     >>>>>> *   The last thing that would be required to be
> > done now
> >     >     >     >>>> would be
> >     >     >     >>>>> to remove the submodules in the “royale” repository
> > and to
> >     >     >     >>> import
> >     >     >     >>>> the real
> >     >     >     >>>>> repos
> >     >     >     >>>>>> *   After this the 3 old repos could be archived
> >     >     >     >>>>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>>> I am really looking forward to some open
> discussion
> > on
> >     >     >     >>> this.
> >     >     >     >>>>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>>> Chris
> >     >     >     >>>>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>   --
> >     >     >     >>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>   Piotr Zarzycki
> >     >     >     >>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>   Patreon: *https://www.patreon.com/piotrzarzycki
> >     >     >     >>>>   <https://www.patreon.com/piotrzarzycki>*
> >     >     >     >>>>
> >     >     >     >>>>
> >     >     >     >>>
> >     >     >     >>>   --
> >     >     >     >>>
> >     >     >     >>>   Piotr Zarzycki
> >     >     >     >>>
> >     >     >     >>>   Patreon: *https://www.patreon.com/piotrzarzycki
> >     >     >     >>>   <https://www.patreon.com/piotrzarzycki>*
> >     >     >     >>>
> >     >     >     >>>
> >     >     >     >>
> >     >     >     >>   --
> >     >     >     >>
> >     >     >     >>   Piotr Zarzycki
> >     >     >     >>
> >     >     >     >>   Patreon: *https://www.patreon.com/piotrzarzycki
> >     >     >     >>   <https://www.patreon.com/piotrzarzycki>*
> >     >     >     >>
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >
> >     >     >
> >     >     >
> >     >
> >     >     --
> >     >     Andrew Wetmore
> >     >
> >     >     http://cottage14.blogspot.com/
> >     >
> >     >
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> Carlos Rovira
> http://about.me/carlosrovira
>

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