I don't mean to throw a wrench in the process, but don't we need to have a vote somewhere in the list of steps mentioned?
Maurice, thanks for the generous offer. This is awesome! Regards, Om On Sep 24, 2013 8:49 AM, "Frédéric THOMAS" <webdoubl...@hotmail.com> wrote: > The first thing to do IMO, is to open a JIRA ticket for your donation, link > a zip with or a github link to the lib and the sample project, like that > everyone can test it and browse the code. > > -Fred > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : Frédéric THOMAS [mailto:webdoubl...@hotmail.com] > Envoyé : mardi 24 septembre 2013 17:40 > À : dev@flex.apache.org > Objet : RE: Flex Mobile DataGrid donation submission > > > should I send the source project and sample apps in Flash Builder > > format, > or IntelliJ will be ok ? > > Give what you have, indeed, if you can make it FB compatible, it can make > life easier to those who will try it. > > > should I put a "copyright" header on each file ? > > It can be done later but if you do it now, a bit like the first answer, it > will be easier to integrate. > > -Fred > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : Maurice Amsellem [mailto:maurice.amsel...@systar.com] > Envoyé : mardi 24 septembre 2013 17:35 > À : dev@flex.apache.org > Objet : RE: Flex Mobile DataGrid donation submission > > Hi Fred, > > Yes, it's probably your internet connection, as the video has been watched > a > few times already. Maybe you can try later. > > Thank you for the guidance, I will follow the steps described below. > > I have a few questions: > - should I send the source project and sample apps in Flash Builder format, > or IntelliJ will be ok ? > - should I put a "copyright" header on each file ? > > Regards, > > Maurice > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : Frédéric THOMAS [mailto:webdoubl...@hotmail.com] Envoyé : mardi 24 > septembre 2013 17:18 À : dev@flex.apache.org Objet : RE: Flex Mobile > DataGrid donation submission > > Yes, I well remember the demo you did, very good fluidity, unfortunately I > haven't been able to watch it thru the youtube link, probably my bad > internet connection, I hope the others will have more luck. > > For the license, it depends: > > The ASF has a policy to not take software regardless of the license unless > the copyright holder grants it. > By signing the ICLA you have indicated that you have permission from the > copyright holder to make any contributions that you make. > > I think steps are to file ICLAs [1], and a CCLA [2] if there is a corporate > entity (SYStar) involved. Then fill out the software grant [3]. > > 3- The donation process: > > 1. You fill out and sign all legal documents 2. Some of us will review the > code (it can be given via a zip associated to a JIRA ticket or on github). > 3. We discuss where this code should land, the package names. > 4. Once the software grant is recorded, someone can check the code into > GIT. > 5. Once it is in, it gets another review. This means making sure there are > no binaries, that the headers are correct, that your copyrights (but not > any > third-party copyrights) are moved to the NOTICES file (which must be done > by > you or with your explicit permission). > > -Fred > > [1] http://www.apache.org/licenses/icla.txt > [2] http://www.apache.org/licenses/cla-corporate.txt > [3] http://www.apache.org/licenses/software-grant.txt > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : Maurice Amsellem [mailto:maurice.amsel...@systar.com] > Envoyé : mardi 24 septembre 2013 16:04 > À : dev@flex.apache.org > Objet : Flex Mobile DataGrid donation submission > > Hi Community, > > I have developed for my company (SYSTAR) a custom Flex Mobile DataGrid > component (MDG for short) , for one of our projects (Business Activity > Monitoring framework, running on mobile devices ). > > You can see a quick video of the MDG in action here: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm9yGfcwwBo > > (make sure to select 720p, for best viewing quality). > > More details on the component at end of this email. > > I would like, on behalf and with the formal agreement of my company, to > donate this component's source code to Apache Flex. > We would be honored if the donation is accepted. > I will be happy to make *reasonable* changes to this component to meet > Apache Flex requirements and add missing features. > > What is the "procedure" to submit a donation to Apache Flex ? > > ------------------------------------------------ > Mobile DataGrid component details: > > The goal was to provide essential datagrid functions adapted to mobile > devices, with good performance on mobile. > > Features: > - Displays information in tabbed columns (like any datagrid) > - Sorting columns by clicking on the header > - Touch enabled scrolling. > - Selection > - Default renderers for stylable text and embedded bitmaps. > - Custom renderers (preferably in AS) are possible. > - Multi DPI aware ( both scaling and no scaling, media css, > multi-DPI artwork). > > *Note on performance* > > Good performance was key for this component, so it derives from List, and > not from DataGrid. > To ensure good performance, all the columns for each row are rendered using > one single "TabbedRowItemRenderer" which inherits from the base mobile list > renderer. > This renderer will delegate the rendering of each column in the row to > lightweight sub-renderers, and will manage the tabbed layout of > sub-renderers. > There are two predefined sub-renderers: > - The sub-renderer for Text inherits from StylableTextField > - The sub-renderer for bitmaps inherits from BitmapAsset. > > Custom sub-renderers must implement a given interface and be written in > AS3. > > Performance tests: > Sample Mobile dataGrid displaying: 300 lines by 6 columns: > . 4 of small text, > . 1 with icon > . 1 with multiline very long text in small font. > > iPad 2 ipad 3 retina (gpu) iPhone4s > scrolling (fps) 24 24 18-24 > sort on short col instant instant 0.3s > sort on long text <2s < 2s < 2s > > Regards, > > > Maurice Amsellem > SYSTAR R&D - BusinessBridgeFX > > > PS: I have demoed the MDG to Frederic Thomas some time ago, while he was > sub-contracting for Systar, so maybe he remembers of that. > > > >
