Hi Tom, I wasn't very happy releasing the code this way either. Releasing code for only two OSs causes my Java side to twitch. But there's some reasons behind this, and I'll try to explain what I can.
ASDoc has a long history in at Macromedia/Adobe, as you probably know from the number of times we've released API documentation. I'm the lastest person to pick up it's helm, but there's a long line of people who put a lot more effort than I did into it. We had a joke for awhile that anybody working on the compiler team was required to work on ASDoc at least once. All these changes were made over time not for external consumption but for our internal needs. At some point, we got some executable code mixed in there. I can't really share the specifics of this... but let me say it's a big chunk of code that isn't easily switched to Linux. And there's a lot of it. And it contains code that from other products, where we can't quickly make the decision to release this in the open. So now we're stuck in the current situation. Again, as this was always thought to be for internal use, and since ASDoc usually only runs on a Windows build machine, we only ran into this problem when I started to put together things for an external release. So what's being done about this? As a long term plan, we're hoping (and starting to plan) to move the executable code over to Java. As a short term plan, we want to get this working on Linux for the next full release. -Brian > -----Original Message----- > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Chiverton > Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 4:39 AM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] ASDoc is now available for download > > On Tuesday 15 August 2006 09:16, Tom Chiverton wrote: > > Rar ! > > Boo. > > You *knew* what would happen if you released a tool that only > ran on Windows > and OSX didn't you, without the source so the community can > fix whatever you > know is wrong with it ? > > -- > Tom Chiverton, http://www.rachaelandtom.info/node/1359 > > **************************************************** > > This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. > > Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered > in England and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose > registered office address is at St James's Court Brown Street > Manchester M2 2JF. A list of members is available for > inspection at the registered office. Any reference to a > partner in relation to Halliwells LLP means a member of > Halliwells LLP. Regulated by the Law Society. > > CONFIDENTIALITY > > This email is intended only for the use of the addressee > named above and may be confidential or legally privileged. > If you are not the addressee you must not read it and must > not use any information contained in nor copy it nor inform > any person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee of its > existence or contents. If you have received this email in > error please delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT > Department on 0870 365 8008. > > For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.com. > > > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
