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From: Alex Harui <aharui@adobe.com>
To: "flex-dev@incubator.apache.org" <flex-dev@incubator.apache.org>
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:04:34 -0700
Subject: Here Comes MXMLC!
Thread-Topic: Here Comes MXMLC!
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Today we finally got the last blocking legal issue resolved and are now hun=
ting down executives to sign the appropriate documents to submit the source=
 code for MXMLC to Apache.  The final signature has to come from a VP who i=
s on vacation this week, but we are going to try to get him to sign from wh=
ere ever he is.  Yes, there is still some chance of a glitch in the approva=
ls, but it is low probability.

Then, of course, we have to get Apache Infra to do an SVN load of the code =
with history.  But Carol will probably check in code w/o history into her w=
hiteboard.

There are some things related to this donation that you should be aware of:

1) We were unable to get clearance for any compiler tests.  They were too i=
nfested with stuff with incompatible licenses.  So, those interested might =
want to plan out how to verify compiler changes going forward.

2) CFF Font Embedding is not being donated.  The source code is not under c=
ontrol of the Flex team at Adobe.  This means that you won=92t be able to c=
ompile
    @font-face(=93somefile.ttf=94); embedAsCFF:true
For now, you can use the JAR files from a full Adobe Flex release.  You can=
 also use the fontswf utility or Adobe CS products to make a SWF with a CFF=
 font in it and embed from there.  We will try to figure out a better solut=
ion later.  We decided not to delay the compiler donation for this issue.

3) We are also watching a discussion on the general@i.a.o list about binary=
 dependencies that will affect the MXMLC =96services option.  We will event=
ually have the code for that when BlazeDS gets donated, but for now, we wer=
e going to check in the jar file.  We may need to write the equivalent code=
 for this capability as well until BlazeDS gets in.

Once the code is loaded into SVN, Carol will try to execute the steps of ma=
king an Apache release.  I expect it will take several attempts.  And we wo=
uld like someone else to also try to be a =93release manager=94 as Carol wi=
ll be unavailable during the week leading up to 360Flex.  But once we think=
 we have it figured out, I think we can open all of the donated source for =
changes, especially for the compiler if there are folks writing tests for i=
t.  Meanwhile I will be working on getting Mustella donated.  I am trying t=
o find a clever way to get a minimum amount of it donated by 360Flex.  No p=
romises though.

So, please try to reserve some time to participate in the release process, =
and if interested, in creating a compiler test suite.

Thanks for your patience.

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Alex Harui
Flex SDK Team
Adobe Systems, Inc.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui

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