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From: jude <flexcapacitor@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 14:29:10 -0800
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Subject: Re: Next version of Flex SDK
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On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Alex Harui <aharui@adobe.com> wrote:

> >That being said -- I wonder what people's opinions are for what
> >(obtainable) goals we could make so we can make a 5.0 release.  I think
> >it's about due, and it would generate press and mindshare coming up with=
 a
> >major release.  I think we have a LOT of changes that we've made since t=
he
> >4.6 release from Adobe, and pushing out a major release would help us
> >break
> >away from the "just maintaining Adobe's software" mentality that I've be=
en
> >seeing out in the industry.
>
> IMO, FlexJS will help us break away from the =E2=80=9Cmaintaining Adobe=
=E2=80=9D mentality
> because it also removes the dependency on the Adobe runtimes.  I don=E2=
=80=99t
> currently envision calling FlexJS "Flex 5".  IMO, one possible definition
> of Flex 5 could be adding enough new Spark components that folks don=E2=
=80=99t
> need to fall back to MX anymore.
>
> -Alex
>
>
+1

A shift to all Spark component set would be a major milestone as well as a
FlexJS release.

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