Thanks and this is a smart move, to delay for a few days to get it done right and not rush it too much. This is an important piece to get right.
Gj On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 3:20 PM Neil C Smith <neilcsm...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi All, > > I knew I spoke too soon promising an on-schedule third beta! :-) > > We still need to solve the issue of delivering an updated nb-javac for > NB 11.2 (more below). It isn't now feasible to fix and merge > something today to get a beta build done, and as I'm tied up with work > over the next few days, I'm going to push back beta3 to the beginning > of next week. That gives a bit more time to not rush a fix and ensure > it's working. I'd still prefer beta3 to also end up as the final > release vote candidate. > > In beta2 we had a revised way to provision nb-java in the internal > 3rd-party update centre, similarly to JavaFX. Currently all 11.x > releases share a plugin portal, but we need a separate nb-java for new > Java features in NB 11.2, while still serving the old one to 11.0 and > 11.1. Unfortunately the solution in beta2 has proven not to be > working correctly in practice. There are a couple of potential fixes > for this, or we may need to revert to Plan B and use a separate > specific update centre for nb-javac in NB 11.2, or switch entirely to > the new plugin portal. > > https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/1556 > https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/1560 > > Thoughts are welcome on approach. My personal preference is probably > still PR1556. > > Best wishes, > > Neil > Volunteer Release Manager for Apache NetBeans 11.2 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.apache.org > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > >
