Re: [Adobe-source-devel] ASL 1.0.42 Released

[Foster B. <fbr...@ad...>]

On 21/05/09 2:52 PM, "Robert Dailey" <rcd...@gm...> wrote:

> On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Sean Parent <sea...@ma...> wrote:
>> ASL 1.0.42 is now released. The windows built distributions have not
>> been posted yet but Mat or I will get to them soon. There is a
>> critical bug fix in this release for property model initializers. So
>> if you are using property models and input cells, make sure you grab
>> this release.
>> 
>> This will be my last ASL release as an Adobe employee. The Adobe
>> Software Technology Lab is now a virtual organization. I will likely
>> still keep a hand in guiding the progress of ASL and I'm certain it
>> will continue to grow and improve. STLab was able to accomplish some
>> amazing things. ASL being one externally visible artifact and the book
>> <http://www.elementsofprogramming.com/book.html> being another. I want
>> to thank the members of STLab, Foster Brereton, Mat Marcus, Paul
>> McJones, and Alex Stepanov along with everyone who supported the lab
>> over the years. We had a great run.
>> 
>> My personal e-mail is sean_parent <at> mac <dot> com. Messages to the
>> forums and mailing lists will continue to reach me.
> 
> Wait... is ASL dying or something? If you leave, what does that mean for the
> libraries? I'm a bit confused as to what is happening. What do you mean by "it
> is now a virtual organization"? 

ASL is not dying. Sean was the primary owner of ASL within Adobe, and now
that he's leaving those roles and responsibilities are shifting somewhat. It
is still an open source project and there will still be contributions to it
from inside and outside Adobe (including yours). There's a lot that's up in
the air at this point, but rest assured when things settle down ASL will
have as much of a pulse as it's ever had.

Blessings,
Foster

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Foster T. Brereton                <ἰχθύς><                Ro 3:21-26
  Computer Scientist 2 --- Photoshop Engineering --- Adobe Systems
"What 99 percent of programmers need to know is not how to build
components but how to use them." -- Alexander Stepanov