Ah, true. Anyway, can you continue working on your PR so we can merge it?
Gj On Sun, 9 Aug 2020 at 10:01, Tim Boudreau <niftin...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am not a committer here. I was a committer on netbeans.org. > > -Tim > > On Sat, Aug 8, 2020 at 1:07 PM Geertjan Wielenga <geert...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > Hopefully we won’t need nb-javac forever and since you’re a committer, > why > > not merge your PR? > > > > Gj > > > > On Sat, 8 Aug 2020 at 17:57, Tim Boudreau <niftin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > In order to double check that my update server had complete > > dependencies, I > > > installed a freshly-built build from master a couple of days ago and > ran > > it > > > on a clean userdir - same experience anyone downloading it for the > first > > > time will have. > > > > > > Issues: > > > - Microscopic font sizes on a high-dpi screen and not antialiased (I > > > submitted a pull request to fix this almost a year ago - > > > https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/1446 ) > > > - J2SE projects (Ant-based) are not recognized. On using Open File to > > > open a file in such a project, I get the admonishment to install > nb-javac > > > - After installing nb-javac, J2SE Ant-based projects are *still* not > > > enabled and such projects are not recognized (maven projects are) > > > > > > Basically, unless you're a netbeans expert, you are not going to know > > > about, or easily find information on > > > - Adding -J-Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=lcd_hrgb to > > > $NB_HOME/etc/netbeans.conf > > > - Adding --fontsize nn to $NB_HOME/etc/netbeans.conf > > > - Manually enabling J2SE projects and dependencies in Tools | Plugins > - > > a > > > new user doesn't know what a plugin is. > > > > > > Are we just producing builds for NetBeans experts, and we don't care if > > > anyone else uses it? Because this is a recipe for "I installed it and > I > > > couldn't read the text and couldn't open anything. It's junk. Don't > > > bother with it." If we have the slightest ambition of releasing > > > professional-quality software, failing to fix low-hanging-fruit > problems > > > any new user is going to encounter in the first five minutes using it > and > > > have no idea how to fix is totally, totally unacceptable. > > > > > > Do *not* reply with "Well, some nice vendor is going to create their > own > > > distribution and fix the user experience." It's a cop-out and in fact > > > nobody is doing that. > > > > > > -Tim > > > > > > -- > > > http://timboudreau.com > > > > > > > > -- > http://timboudreau.com >
