[osflash] Nobody cares was : Should we make donations to revive ASDT and HXDT ?

[Aral Balkan]

I think we need to identify the main issue here: Is it lack of funds  
or lack of expertise or a lack of need?

Lack of funds:

It's possible that this is holding people back and may explain the  
success of FDT (where there is a clear profit motive.) That said, not  
sure how well FDT is doing in terms of generating profit (I hope it's  
doing well.)

Which brings me to:

Lack of expertise:

As I understand it (and correct me if I'm wrong) the FDT folks played  
a very important role knowledge-wise in the dev of ASDT. Advanced  
Java devs who also have intimate Eclipse platform knowledge don't  
really grow on trees (and if they do, send me seeds now baby 'cos I  
wanna plant some!)

But the most important thing is:

How big a need is there for an Eclipse-based solution? Would  
FlashDevelop, for example, be a better solution to support and  
perhaps port to Mono for cross-platform compatibility. (I do use/ 
enjoy Eclipse greatly but I am also aware of its weak points --  
mostly that it is an all-or-nothing behemoth of a solution that may  
be overkill for most users.) That said, if you took my Flex Builder 2  
from me it wouldn't be a pretty sight. So perhaps I am being very  
biased here because I already have a great solution for writing AS3/ 
Flex 2 in an Eclipse-based tool (FB2.)

This message isn't really meant to offer a solution but spark some  
debate.

Thoughts?

Aral

On 30 Aug 2006, at 11:39, Matthias Dittgen wrote:

> I am thinking much the same as iiley in this point. I enjoy using
> open-source projects and I am also giving back to the os community by
> offering my code as open-source when possible, but I can't afford a
> lot of money and I a haven't yet programmed eclipse plugins. I might
> try, if I would have time. It's not a question of time and knowledge,
> but of time, too.
>
> Btw. Where do I find the ASDT sources to take a look at it? I can't
> find at www.asdt.org
>
> Matthias
> <snip>