Excellent, great job, especially Neil and Eric. I've started picking out the highlights from the list of closed issues, please feel free to disagree or add others, either here in the thread or by directly editing the page:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Apache+NetBeans+11.2 Gj On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 4:14 PM Gilberto <[email protected]> wrote: > Great build, Neil. > I've just done screencast on how easy it is to work with netbeans[1]. > Disregard the chronometer, my hardware is very old and I will compare this > time with the one I will do when the new hardware comes. > > Thanks everyone who make this project so meaningful. > > [1] > https://www.dropbox.com/s/gfe8uicvv25iy8h/netbeans-11-2019-09-25_10.13.07.2-beta?dl=0 > > On 2019/09/25 10:16:55, Neil C Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Community, > > > > I'd like to announce that the first beta build for Apache NetBeans > > 11.2 from the release112 branch is available for download. Apologies > > for the delay. Further betas will be released on Oct 2nd and 9th as > > required. Release is aimed for Oct ~15th. > > > > As per the release schedule, NB 11.2 is a non-LTS release, and will > > not have a full NetCAT process. However, feedback and testing from > > those on the dev@ and netcat@ lists would still be appreciated, > > particularly around new features. Please file issues in JIRA as > > necessary, with the affects and fix versions set to 11.2. Please take > > note of the Bug Priority Guidelines (link below), in particular so > > that we can address critical and blocking issues if they arise. > > > > **If making PRs to fix issues, please add the 11.2 milestone and add > > me as one of the reviewers** > > > > See the artefacts here: > > > https://builds.apache.org/view/M-R/view/NetBeans/job/netbeans-TLP/job/netbeans/job/release112/14/artifact/dist/ > > > > The binary you most likely need is: > > > https://builds.apache.org/view/M-R/view/NetBeans/job/netbeans-TLP/job/netbeans/job/release112/14/artifact/dist/netbeans-11.2-bin.zip > > > > The SHA512 sums if you would like to check them are provided there as > > well as here: > > > fc6a67d675048cf6631785b6dd604eb4ca904609c58832b6573194b8a4ecaf95c73bdc079a1db2ffe082d2ce1f49fd413ff0a8e8c711d50c3b667447df0700ae > > ./netbeans-11.2-bin.zip > > > 50430ccc87abd406979136b497e64830f34e31b8c778b38e7908d1297bb62e0b57fa33361f0ee2d80a62da3a622022e42b41a5e2d309e01bc39419f44c101a4b > > ./netbeans-11.2-source.zip > > > > > > New build infrastructure - known issues / changes: > > As you may notice from the links, this is the first release using the > > new build templates and Jenkins task (thanks Eric!). One thing this > > does is switch from hardcoded versions across the code base to filling > > this in from a central configuration file based on git branch and > > hash. > > > > * Local building from the source bundle is not correctly picking up > > the git info file in the source bundle. Run `cp > > nbbuild/gitinfo.properties nbbuild/build/` before running Ant (or > > otherwise manually create the nbbuild/build folder and copy > > gitinfo.properties into it). Will be fixed before full release as it's > > a blocking issue. > > * A git checkout of the release branch will also not correctly pick up > > the required git info - this will be looked at before release too. > > * File names are not currently marked with the beta1 suffix. On the > > other hand, the splash and window are. Win some, lose some! > > * The userdir will now be named differently for each beta and the final > release. > > * Implementation versions across builds of the same sources still > > differ. It is planned to fix this prior to release (separate thread to > > follow). > > > > > > Release schedule : > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Release+Schedule > > Bug Priority Guidelines : > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Bug+Priority+Guidelines > > NB 11.2 major changes : > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Apache+NetBeans+11.2 > > ( although that's not yet updated, so see also > > https://github.com/apache/netbeans/milestone/3?closed=1 ) > > > > > > Thanks and best wishes, > > > > Neil > > Volunteer Release Manager for Apache NetBeans 11.2 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > > >
