+1, I like Zulu and use it. Would definitely make it an easy install. As for the specialized distribution, I concur with Neil. If we could make an API or plugin that could be used by any JDK vendor to create a distribution, then I think that would be the best route.
Josh Juneau juneau...@gmail.com http://jj-blogger.blogspot.com https://www.apress.com/us/search?query=Juneau <https://www.apress.com/index.php/author/author/view/id/1866> On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 1:33 AM Geertjan Wielenga <geert...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > If Azul were to distribute a bundle of NetBeans with Zulu, i.e., the bundle > would be downloadable from an Azul domain, would we as a community be > interested in doing the work of putting that bundle together? > > It would be a process that would take place once a year, with our NetBeans > LTS together with whatever the current LTS of Zulu is at that time. > > We in the NetBeans community would create and test the bundle, and would > approve it as a community — sometime after the NetCAT process since the > binaries would need to exist for the bundle to be created, so maybe simply > by approving the bundle in a thread, not as an official vote thread since > the bundle would not be an Apache release, of course. > > Potentially, Azul could create a plugin for updating Zulu after it’s been > installed — and put that plugin into our Plugin Portal. > > This would solve our problem of not having a JDK vendor that provides the > complete NetBeans out of the box experience. The bundle would be called > “Apache NetBeans Zulu Bundle” and we’d point to it from our download page, > with statements that it is not an Apache release, etc. > > With my three hats “Apache”, “NetBeans”, “Azul” on at the same time, this > sounds good. > > Thoughts on this? > > Thanks, > > Gj >
