Pretty much the first result when you google the term “nb-javac”: https://blogs.apache.org/netbeans/entry/what-s-nb-javac-in
Gj On Sun, 19 Apr 2020 at 19:36, Geertjan Wielenga <geert...@apache.org> wrote: > > This has been discussed at VERY great length at this point on this mailing > list. > > In 12.0, from beta 4 onwards, only if you’re running on JDK 8 will you > need to install nb-javac. > > Please spend some time looking through this mailing list around this > topic, including the purpose of nb-javac, everything has been repeated > enough times at this point. > > Gj > > > On Sun, 19 Apr 2020 at 19:13, Kenneth Fogel <kfo...@dawsoncollege.qc.ca> > wrote: > >> Just loaded up Beta 3 and of course it desperately want to load nb-javac >> 2 (possibly 2.1). Loaded up a project that used Java 14 record and it >> declared it an error with no hope for redemption. Deleted all the nb-javac >> files from the C:\devapp\NB\USERDIR\12.0-beta3\modules folder (I prefer my >> USERDIR and CACHE where I can find them easily) and then NB was happy with >> Java 14's compiler and with records after asking me if I wanted to use >> preview features.. >> >> Could someone point me to where I could learn what the advantage of >> nb-javac is over javac? >> >> Ken >> >>
