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From: Jonathan Campos <jonbcampos@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 14:27:31 -0600
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I completely agree with Alex. If I made it seem that you had to be part of
Spoon or even care about what we care about I miscommunicated.

On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Alex Harui <aharui@adobe.com> wrote:

> Let's be clear that Spoon's roadmaps and priorities are independent of th=
e
> Flex project in the Apache incubator.  Several committers to Flex are als=
o
> Spoon members and they will coordinate with each other and hopefully make
> major contributions to the Flex project.
>
> But if you are a committer and you want to check something in, you don't
> have to get Spoon involved, just do it.  If folks don't like it, it will
> get
> vetoed.  And as I said in my other post, I would discuss major changes on
> this list before committing it.
>
> If you are not yet a committer, wait until we get JIRA up then submit a
> patch, get folks to vote for your patch then get a committers attention t=
o
> review and accept it.
>
>
> On 1/4/12 12:17 PM, "Fr=E9deric Cox" <frederic@exuvis.com> wrote:
>
> > This makes sense to me if we can also vote on the features of Spoon to
> > influence priority
> >
> > On 04/01/12 21:08, "Jonathan Campos" <jonbcampos@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> That is an exact question that I asked at the Flex Summit specifically
> for
> >> the group.
> >>
> >> Roy Fielding had a great analogy/answer.
> >> The main idea is that this is that we are throwing a party, not runnin=
g
> a
> >> business with free labor. So people need to be energized about what th=
ey
> >> are doing, they aren't there to be given tasks.
> >>
> >> As such there is no roadmap. You may come up with a great idea and sta=
rt
> >> working on it, then when other people see what you are doing they may
> >> join.
> >> Over time your idea snowballs and gets added in, but this doesn't mean
> >> that
> >> there is a formal roadmap for people to sit at and program away agains=
t.
> >>
> >> However this is where Spoon comes in. We do have plans and roadmaps of
> >> features we want to add. Some take time and require people. If you are
> >> interested in our roadmap (our party) you and anyone else is free to
> join.
> >>
> >> Make sense?
> >>
> >> J
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Peter Elst <peter.elst@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Thats a good point I've not been clear on either - is roadmap discuss=
ed
> >>> on
> >>> the mailinglist and voted on so there's a bit of structure to what ty=
pe
> >>> of
> >>> things get worked on rather than a random collection of bug fixes and
> >>> non-related features?
> >>>
> >>> - Peter
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 7:17 PM, Jeffry Houser <jeffry@dot-com-it.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>>  Be sure to watch the "What it Means to be an Apache Project" from t=
he
> >>>> Flex Summit, here:
> >>>>
> >>>> http://tv.adobe.com/show/flex-**community-summit-december-**2011/<
> >>> http://tv.adobe.com/show/flex-community-summit-december-2011/>
> >>>>
> >>>>  My understanding is that we do whatever we want.  I don't know how
> >>> that
> >>>> goes from "chaos" to "release" yet, though.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 1/4/2012 2:12 PM, Michael Schmalle wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Hi All,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I was just curious if there was any Apache Flex specific informatio=
n
> >>>>> floating around about how duties might be divided on each others
> >>> strength
> >>>>> in relation to our understanding of the SDK.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I know there is the official committer information page that Alex
> >>>>> provided but has there been any discussion on how an initial
> >>> committer
> >>> can
> >>>>> prepare for whats to be expected in the Apache Flex project?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Or is this just to soon to ask this question?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>> Mike
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Jeffry Houser
> >>>> Technical Entrepreneur
> >>>> 203-379-0773
> >>>> --
> >>>> http://www.flextras.com?c=3D104
> >>>> UI Flex Components: Tested! Supported! Ready!
> >>>> --
> >>>> http://www.theflexshow.com
> >>>> http://www.jeffryhouser.com
> >>>> http://www.asktheflexpert.com
> >>>> --
> >>>> Part of the DotComIt Brain Trust
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jonathan Campos
> >> Dallas Flex User Group Manager
> >> http://www.d-flex.org/
> >> blog: http://www.unitedmindset.com/jonbcampos
> >> twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jonbcampos
> >
>
> --
> Alex Harui
> Flex SDK Team
> Adobe Systems, Inc.
> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
>
>


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Jonathan Campos
Dallas Flex User Group Manager
http://www.d-flex.org/
blog: http://www.unitedmindset.com/jonbcampos
twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jonbcampos

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