Hi, I think some of the concerns mentioned could be mitigated by Adobe by making their bug/feature enhancement process a little more transparent to the community. The real reason I asked the question is because I used Adobes bug/FE page to enter the request and was unsatisfied with its black-hole nature. For a framework like Flex to be successful I think its important that the community can have some visibility into bugs and enhancement requests made by others and add value by providing peer review etc. I personally dont mind Adobe keeping the reigns on Flex but adopting some of the practices used in open source projects would be a big help. I personally like how Sun manages the Java bug database, any other good examples out there people would care to suggest?
Also I dont think anyone has answered my original question about whether its OK to post modified versions of the framework code to this list (assuming all copyright notices etc are maintained). -Louis --- In [email protected], "Renaun Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Anatole I see your point about Adobe and open source. I would prefer > it closed with the ability to modified more than making it fully open > source. There are good and bad reasons for both ways. > > In the components I have created quite often I learn and take bits of > pieces from the source of the Flex framework and have had great > success (even with private variable quirks). > > I think what we have now is a big step to what we had before and will > get more and more open as time goes on. > > Renaun > > --- In [email protected], "Anatole Tartakovsky" > anatole.tartakovsky@ wrote: > > > > Renaun, > > > > I don't think Louis changes can be placed in extension layer as they > would > > involve access to private methods and variables. I think his > question is if > > Adobe foresee making Flex framework open source project administered by > > Adobe and is looking for repository/approval process. > > I also believe ( from reading the license in the past - can be wrong > - did > > not talk to lawyers) that working in mx. packages is not allowed - > so in > > the past any changes of that sort required us to recreate > significant part > > of Flex stack. > > > > Addressing this issue via open source project would greatly simplify > life of > > the people doing routine changes to framework and needing those > changes to > > be present. > > > > The only other alternative I can see is to replicating Flex objects > in open > > source project and making sure they are synchronized with the > releases of > > Flex. However, it might lead to significant market fragmentation as > well as > > break of existing libraries that are working within mx packages like > > Mercury. > > > > I would really like to hear Adobe position on Louis offer. > > > > Thank you, > > Anatole Tartakovsky > > http://www.faratasystems.com > > > > > > > > > > On 9/16/06, Renaun Erickson renaun@ wrote: > > > > > > You can always extend the class, make your own component and > post it > > > on Flex Exchange on Adobe.com <http://adobe.com/>. > > > > > > Renaun > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, > "Louis > > > Ryan" <louiscryan@> wrote: > > > > > > > > I have modified the DataGrid class to allow columns to be locked on > > > > the right. I posted this as an enhancement request to Adobe but its > > > > not so easy to include alot of text in their suggestion area so I > > > > didnt include the sample code I had for this. > > > > > > > > Is it OK to post modified versions of the Flex framework code > here? If > > > > not is there a better way to send suggested code/patches to > Adobe for > > > > review? > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > Louis Ryan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
