This may be more of a "project management" type artifact used in many business realms...but are we talking about a "project charter" [1] of some type?
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_charter Eric Bresie ebre...@gmail.com On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 11:18 PM Geertjan Wielenga <geert...@apache.org> wrote: > Thank you for starting this discussion. :-) > > Right now we don't have such a manifesto and, in days gone by, there was > always a discussion around the need to have one -- but I believe the time > may be right to think of putting one together. > > There isn't a feature roadmap, though there is a time-based roadmap (which > is a big step forward) at this point: > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Apache+NetBeans+Release+Roadmap > > Thoughts welcome and onward to a NetBeans manifesto. > > Gj > > On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 2:29 AM Jake Ochs <gimlete...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > I’m not sure if this is the proper forum for this question or not, but is > > there a manifesto for what Netbeans is tasked with accomplishing? Is > there > > more to it than just keeping a (beloved) IDE project & framework alive? > Is > > it to be (for example) the best of breed or reference implementation for > > <insert, say, Java, feature here>? What would compel me as, say, a > > developer, to want to continue to invest my time in using Netbeans vs. > > transitioning to a different IDE or application platform? What is the > > future roadmap for features? Enhancements? Kindly note these are not > > cynical questions AT ALL and I am merely looking to discover a source for > > this type of information or foment a discussion on this topic. > > > > Forgive me if this question has been asked and answered already here or > > somewhere else obvious. If that is the case, please point this out with > > appropriate reference. > > > > Thanks, > > Jake > > > > > > >