> Aside from that, for 12.0, should we downplay the usage of nb-javac as much > as possible and not make it so prominently available -- we should be > encouraging the usage of the latest LTS, which is 11 and not 8.
I'm concerned that "downplaying" nb-javac will discourage us from maintaining it. I understand that the JDK-based javac is the way to go in the long term. But http://wiki.netbeans.org/JavacDiff lists a lot of good reasons why nb-javac had to exist, and until all of these requirements are met by the new approach, it seems dangerous to abandon nb-javac. In the short-term, the most high-quality solution would seem to be to stick with nb-javac, updating and fixing bugs in the latter while waiting for JDK-based javac to catch up feature-wise. What is our strategy here? -- Eirik -----Original Message----- From: Geertjan Wielenga <geert...@apache.org> Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2020 4:09 AM To: dev <dev@netbeans.apache.org> Subject: Forced to download nb-javac even when not selected Hi all, I've encountered this one too: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-4078 i.e., I'm running NB on JDK 14, I do not select the nb-javac checkbox. I click Download and Activate. And then I am shown that the nb-javac editing support library will be downloaded, even though I did not select it. Aside from that, for 12.0, should we downplay the usage of nb-javac as much as possible and not make it so prominently available -- we should be encouraging the usage of the latest LTS, which is 11 and not 8. Thoughts? Gj --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
