Board Report 2017 11
Apache Royale is a new implementation of the principles of Apache Flex but designed for JavaScript runtimes instead of Adobe Flash/AIR runtimes. Apache Royale is designed to improve developer productivity in creating applications for wherever Javascript runs, including browsers as well as Apache Cordova applications, Node, etc.
Apache Royale was approved as a new TLP in the September meeting. Royale took over responsibility for the code related to what was known as Apache FlexJS from the Apache Flex community. This is our second report.
There are no issues requiring board attention at this time.
- Apache FlexJS 0.8.0 was released on 6/25/17.
- The effort to set up new builds and rename code assets from FlexJS to Royale was/is significant and that effort is still in progress, but nearing completion.
- Some new names have appeared on the mailing lists investigating whether Royale is a suitable solution for migrating existing Flex applications off of Flash.
- One PMC member has proposed an initial web site for Royale. There were some logistical issues in being allowed to use it as he created it on WordPress with a commercial theme. Those issues are mostly resolved at this time.
- Some work is being done on a new default look-and-feel for Royale.
- There has been some progress and discussion on improving the testing architecture to make it easier to improve the automated test coverage.
The community is still working through the transition from Apache Flex to Apache Royale. There is much documentation remaining to be transitioned from the Apache Flex wiki to some place in Apache Royale.
Currently, users@royale has 38 subscribers (up from 29) and dev@royale has 47 (up from 42) subscribers. We are not sure why more folks from the Flex mailing lists haven't subscribed to Royale, but it's likely that once we get our website and documentation moved over we will ask again on the Flex lists to see if folks want to come over.
We have not added any new committers or PMC members yet.
Several PMC members wanted to allow another PMC member to use royalesdk.io and/or royalesdk.org to externally host some content to promote Apache Royale. Trademarks denied use of that domain name. We might revisit the topic if and when there is a concrete reason to do so.
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