Ji, Would you please initiate a vote on the group to see whether to include (alchemy) as a MyFaces subproject or not. Thanks!
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 3:20 PM, Jihoon Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just for clarification, when mentioning proprietary tool, Simon is > referring to Adobe Flash Player. Flex itself has been open sourced. > > > On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:23 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'd vote -1 on accepting this project into myfaces. > > > > I don't think the idea of a bridge between jsf and flex is a bad one, > > but I don't believe that a wrapper for a proprietory tool belongs here > > at Apache. I would suggest sourceforge instead. Myfaces members who are > > interested in flex (eg Hazem, Grant) can of course equally well work > > with a sourceforge project. > > > > We could certainly add a link from our pages pointing at "related > > projects", such as this one, either on the wiki or on the main site > > itself. And I think it would be quite reasonable for release > > announcements to be posted on the myfaces user list; people subscribed > > to the myfaces list might be interested. > > > > BTW, until javafx is propertly open-source, I would probably also vote > > -1 to a wrapper around that being hosted here. > > > > Regards, > > Simon > > > > Hazem Saleh schrieb: > >> If the idea is accepted, I can give a part of my time to implement the > >> standard converters, validators and other stuff. > >> IMO, alchemy is a very nice name ( I really like :) ). > >> +1 for Gerhard idea. > >> > >> On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 1:20 AM, Jihoon Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > >> > >> Hi thanks for the feedback! > >> > >> Yes, I was intending to support the other jsf artifacts such as > >> converters and validators in the future. In the contribution, I did > >> create the components for Flex's validators and converters. But > since > >> they belong in a swf file, they technically are actual jsf > components > >> [in order to keep to the design]. Yet since all components that take > >> input and updates the model extend from UIInput, I do not think > there > >> will be too many issues in supporting the regular jsf converters and > >> validators. Of course when the contribution does get accepted, I do > >> plan on investing my free time in creating support for standard > >> converters and validators as well as other areas that I wish to > >> improve upon. > >> > >> I think that's a good idea, since in the future I was hoping to > check > >> out javafx and other technology as well. > >> > >> Thanks!!! > >> > >> On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 2:27 PM, Gerhard Petracek > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > >> wrote: > >> > hello, > >> > > >> > i had just a very quick look at it. > >> > > >> > do you plan to support existing jsf artifacts (e.g. converters, > >> > validators,...)? > >> > > >> > @subproject and name: > >> > for each topic you have to start at least a vote. > >> > > >> > what's about the following idea: > >> > let's start a subproject for component libs like alchemy. > >> > in the future it might be nice to have also a component lib for > e.g. > >> > javafx,... > >> > > >> > [new subproject] > >> > |_ [alchemy] > >> > |_[...] > >> > > >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > > >> > > > I would suggest that the best place would be as a new > >> subproject, like > >> > > > "orchestra" or "portlet bridge" are. It would definitely > >> belong in the > >> > > > MyFaces family (rather than anywhere else in Apache) but I > >> don't think > >> > > > it fits as part of Tomahawk. As I noted earlier, people who > use > >> > tomahawk > >> > > > won't always want Flex, and people who want Flex won't > >> always want the > >> > > > other tomahawk components. > >> > > > > >> > > > It could also be a new "myfaces commons" module, but we > >> haven't really > >> > > > figured out how to structure those anyway. And it isn't > >> really a > >> > "common > >> > > > module", but a component library just like tomahawk is. > >> > > > >> > > So is there any documentation in regards to how a code becomes a > >> > > subproject of MyFaces? I would like to possibly look into that > >> area, > >> > > since if that is the path that might be taken; I would like to > >> know of > >> > > the process ahead of time. > >> > > > >> > > I did previously read through the process within the > >> incubator, but > >> > > wasn't sure if that was solely for a standalone project or > >> applies to > >> > > subproject as well. > >> > > > >> > > In the case that the contribution does get accepted and does > >> become a > >> > > subproject, I even have a name that I would like to propose, > >> which is > >> > > alchemy. > >> > > > >> > > Thanks!!! > >> > >> > >> <http://www.jroller.com/page/HazemBlog> > > > > > > > > -- > Sincerely, > > Ji Hoon Kim > -- Hazem Ahmed Saleh Ahmed http://www.jroller.com/page/HazemBlog
