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Neil C Smith commented on NETBEANS-5109:
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[~matthiasblaesing] I realise what this is, and how the .external system works,
and also how many release issues and problems in updating it has provided. My
question stands. If we can decouple the release processes of NetBeans and
nb-javac, we have a chance of delivering 12.3 with the current nb-javac version
from master as is, while making it more realistic to allow users to test/update
to the newer version without having to wait until 12.4.
> Remove distribution of nbjavac from apache controlled infrastructure
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> Key: NETBEANS-5109
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-5109
> Project: NetBeans
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: java - Compiler
> Affects Versions: 12.3
> Reporter: Matthias Bläsing
> Assignee: Matthias Bläsing
> Priority: Blocker
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> The ASF has a pretty clear opinion about the handling of the GPLv2-CPE. There
> might be an option to distribute it, but not out of the box. After the
> transition of NetBeans from oracle to the ASF there was a timeframe were use
> of the Oregon State University was ok, as the transition was happening. I
> think we stretched that limit to the max and thus I consider this a blocker
> for the next release. The nbjavac needs to be moved of ASF controlled
> infrastructure.
> There are various options:
> - Oracle could publish nbjavac to maven central
> - Oracle could provide a custom updatecenter distributing the nbjavac
> - Oracle could relicense javac
> - Apache NetBeans could switch to the eclipse java development tools
> Not all of these options are realistic, but publishing to maven central is
> perfectly doable.
> I'll mark this as a blocker for next release, so it is not ignored.
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