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titleThis list is probably incomplete

Although having a summary might be interesting, the actual list of decisions can be found by looking for email threads which have [VOTE] in their subject lines, on the Apache Flex dev list archive at http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-flex-dev/

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This page contains out of date information and has not been updated for some time.

List of decisions by topic

  • Discussions: Discussions happen on the list. "if  
    • The Apache Flex Contributors believe in a mantra to help ensure we as a community have a consensus about changes and additions to the Framework: "If it didn't happen on the list, it didn't happen." Subscribing to a to the Apache Flex Mailing List (http://flex.apache.org/mailing-lists.html) will allow you to follow and contribute to the discussions.
    • Sending messages do Mailing List: Follow the Subject Tagging rules at Getting Started
  • Code Refactoring: org.apache.flexflex [1]
  • Infrastructure
  • Initial concerns
    • First commits: There is First Commits occur through a "patches" branch for this.
    • Thoughts and Ideas: Commiters will work their own whiteboard on svnCommitters are granted access to a whiteboard where they can share thoughts and code for discussion through a Whiteboard.
    • First issues on Jira: Avoid reporting issues to JIRA that already exist in Adobe JIRA, cause the we will importing the Adobe JIRAJIRA: Please avoid adding duplicate tickets to JIRA. We are currently waiting for Adobe to commit their existing JIRA tickets.
  • Tools
  • Versioning (thanks to Omar Gonzalez) [2]
    • 4.6.x - Reserved for Adobe to patch bug bugs and implement security fixes. [3]
    • 4.7.x - Reserved for AdobeAdobe [3]
    • 4.8.0 - First Apache Flex version. This version should be pretty much identical to what Adobe donated with 4.6.0.
    • 4.9.x - Versions to apply bug fixes and improvements that do not introduce API breakages, do not add significant new features, components,
       or Spark architecture changes.
    • 5.0.x - First Apache Flex big release. First big changes will start arriving for this version.

[1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLEX-7

[2] This was decided on the ML, but there is already an Issue on JIRA https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLEX-10

[3] These versioning numbers have NOT been discussed directly with Adobe. It is being taken as a "just in case" measure.

Pending decisions

  • Coding Style: Possibly in the same format of existing code to avoid having to format all the code base. Find more details at http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Coding+Conventions
  • TLF (Text Layout Framework) version: Waiting for Carol Frampton to commit the integration made between TFL 3.0 and Flex 5 code branch
  • Localization Plan:  How we use US English for most documents and how we optionally provide translated versions. See Localization Plan