Thanks Geertjan...I will provide some details of the Java EE 8 support in 11.1 on the wiki page.
Josh Juneau [email protected] http://jj-blogger.blogspot.com https://www.apress.com/us/search?query=Juneau <https://www.apress.com/index.php/author/author/view/id/1866> On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 6:42 AM Geertjan Wielenga <[email protected]> wrote: > Great to hear we're on the same page. > > I confess I do not know exactly what the Java EE 8 work you have done for > 11.1 consists of, exactly. The more details you can provide on this page, > as the basis for the official one to be published on netbeans.apache.org, > even if simply a bulleted list, would help a lot: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Apache+NetBeans+11.1 > > Gj > > On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 1:12 PM Josh Juneau <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks Geertjan and Neil, I agree with your assessment. Let's deliver > 11.1 > > with the Java EE 8 support, as-is, and we'll continue to improve it for > > future releases. It is true that I now understand much more of the Java > EE > > support code in NetBeans...so making these enhancements for future > releases > > should be a bit easier. > > > > Just as a side note, I appreciate the feedback on the initial Java EE 8 > > support, Geertjan. These changes in the upcoming PR will repair the > wizard > > issues. It is all due to the web.xml not being a recognized version at > > 4.0. > > > > I'll +1 this release so we can move onward...thanks again. > > > > On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 5:44 AM Geertjan Wielenga <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Absolutely agree. > > > > > > Gj > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 12:43 PM Neil C Smith <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > On Thu, 11 Jul 2019 at 10:24, Geertjan Wielenga <[email protected] > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > The other thing to bear in mind is that Josh is now really in the > > > groove, > > > > > or whatever the term is, in terms of his Java EE 8 / NetBeans > > > development > > > > > skills -- this is excellent news. It's all good from here, since > > > > everything > > > > > he does will just accumulate from one release to the next. We > should > > > see > > > > > this as the first step in the direction of Java EE 8 and use 11.1 > to > > > kick > > > > > the tires for 11.2 etc so that when we get to 12, we'll have a > really > > > > solid > > > > > product around Java EE 8. I haven't yet managed to get the large > code > > > > > generation wizards, e.g., from database to REST endpoints, etc, to > > work > > > > in > > > > > Java EE 8, and these kinds of things should be the focus next -- as > > > well > > > > as > > > > > getting more people on board to work with Josh, and Gaurav from > > Payara, > > > > on > > > > > these kinds of enhancements. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Agreed! Given particularly these things came in after feature > freeze, > > > > we should expect there might be a few rough edges still. That's not > > > > only fine, IMO, it's also the main reason for having non-LTS. The > key > > > > thing is to tidy up the rough edges by NB 12.0. And obviously > > > > presenting that clearly to end users via the website. > > > > > > > > And we have an AUC. If we can find a better way to use it, we can > > > > cherry pick and push select updates via the release branch if we > > > > really want/need to. > > > > > > > > Neil > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Josh Juneau > > [email protected] > > http://jj-blogger.blogspot.com > > https://www.apress.com/us/search?query=Juneau > > <https://www.apress.com/index.php/author/author/view/id/1866> > > >
