Teoti Graphix, LLC

Well the weekend was probably the summation of a very active 2 weeks on the list. The main highlights were the SDK being committed without automation and required modules. Moving ahead in conversation today, various community members are voicing their frustrations at Adobe for legal issues regarding the above missing modules.

I have to admit, it’s hard to get on the road to the future when your still looking for the other shoe which is happening right now. On a positive note, what will be will be and the more time you spend talking about what isn’t the less time you talk about what is and will be.

Enough philosophy, my point is the future of a lot of developers ride on the next two months and what will happen to the Apache Flex project as a whole. I can’t stress enough that a project moving from a commercial entity to opensource like Apache is BOUND to have legal problems in the beginning. It’s up to us right now to fix and create a base structure for the time when these issues become non existent.

Adobe and legal statements

It has been asked on the list that Apache Flex get solid answers from Adobe about the missing modules and a time frame when these things will be resolved. Is this actually possible? Nope, and the more time debating who screwed up or where the answers come from just fragments the community further.

Community patches

Here is another area where patients wins. JIRA is the place for the community to place patches for the SDK. Yup, JIRA has not had the Adobe issues migrated yet. We need to wait, well, just wait.

Apache Flex versioning

The most talked about subject since the logo. What seems to be the consensus? Using years is prone to debacle, sticking with Adobe’s versioning scheme sounds like the consensus, so there you go.

Issues with the build

Yes, more issues but the build was not completely tested. The README.txt was tested and does work, so here again to soon to expect inflated tires.

Conclusion

Have you ever tried moving from one house to another? Major stress, disorganization, missing possessions, staled agreements, etc. This is the same dynamic happening with Apache Flex. If you can see the future and that a larger home will benefit, patients will always be the best remedy for issues that are utterly out of ones control.

Thanks for reading,
Mike