Apache Flex is an application framework for easily building Flash-based
applications for mobile devices, the browser and desktop.

RELEASES
-Apache FlexJS 0.8.0 was released on 6/25/17.

-Apache Flex SDK 4.16.0 was released on 3/10/17.
-Apache Flex BlazeDS 4.7.3 was released on 3/31/17.
-Apache Flex Tour De Flex Component Explorer 1.2 was released on 11/28/14.
-Apache Flex Tool API 1.0.0 was released on 11/20/14
-Apache Flex Squiggly 1.1 was released on 10/26/14
-Apache Flex Installer 3.2.0 was released on 6/23/15.


ACTIVITY
The past three months saw the release of Apache FlexJS 0.8.0.  This
belatedly fulfilled our obligation to remove org.json dependencies from our
releases.

On 7/25, Adobe announced the end-of-life for Flash Player in browsers in 2020.
This eliminates a significant runtime environment for Apache Flex. This news
resulted in a slight increase in interest in FlexJS and some new features were
developed in response to user requests.

The drop in mailing list and commit activity reported in the prior quarter
seems to have been temporary.

The Apache Flex Installer assists users in the downloading and expanding
of the runtime prerequisites such as the Adobe AIR SDK and is having running
out of memory dealing with increasingly large artifacts from Adobe.  As such,
there is a good chance that fewer successful installs are being tracked by the
Apache Flex Installer as more folks may be opting for alternative ways to
install our releases.

COMMUNITY
-Last committer as added on 9/5/16.  A discussion started last quarter about a
new candidate but that candidate has not been very active lately so the
discussion seems to have been suspended.
-Olaf Krüger was added to the PMC on 8/28/17.
-A resolution to make Tom Chiverton the next Apache Flex chair has been
presented to the board.
-A proposal to create a new top-level project called Apache Royale has been
presented to the board.  Apache Royale will take responsibility for
what is now Apache FlexJS and related repos.
-Latest analytics include around 800 hits per day on the Website during the
work week (less on weekends).  It used to be closer to 1000 hits per day but
better than the 500 hits per day reported last quarter.
-There were more than 2700 installs of Apache Flex 4.16.0 since its release in
March 2017.

TRADEMARKS
-A company is promoting a software product called Flex that appears to be
related to themes/styles for website visuals. Despite several attempts to
contact them, they have not responded. The ASF VP Trademarks sent them an
email on 11/3/16.  I did not see a response and their website is still up.
What is the next step?

SECURITY
Nothing to report (finally).
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