Just a note about not filing a bug report. The bug is with Apple, I filed a bug with them while Big Sur was still in beta - hoping that it would be addressed before the release. While testing NB 12.2, there were no installers and I always copy the binaries over my existing install and then patched up the netbeans.conf file because I always have the JDK path set in it. So NetBeans was "working" and I had nothing to report against it. Yes, I could have made more noise on this list about it - however, until Big Sur was released, that would mean violating the terms of the Apple beta. It was just bad timing, not much more could be done.
Scott On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 8:54 AM Christian Oyarzun <c...@oyarzun.net> wrote: > >Btw. does `netbeans --jdkhome /..../` also work? > > Yes it does. It never hits the /usr/libexec/java_home logic if that > variable is set. > > >Mind you, part of me thinks that anyone who upgrades to a new macOS > >within a year of release is just asking for trouble anyway ... > > Agreed, which is why I have not upgraded my personal or work Macs. It is > especially true with this release since they are introducing a new > architecture with the M1 chips. > But many people do blindly upgrade, and some are NetBeans users. > > > 12.0 LTS, that should be our focus. At the end 12.2 is just "dev > version", > > but > > we should fix 12.0 LTS in my opinion. > > > > Agreed, otherwise the LTS is meaningless. > > From Laszlo's other email > > >Nevertheless, I'd express my disappointment in the communication and the > >timing of this issue. Till this date there is no blocker or even > >critical issue reported. > > Laszlo, I understand your frustration and disappointment. > > > I suppose the other alternative could be to modify the macOS installer to > insert the jdkhome in the netbeans.conf. I believe that is what is done by > the Windows installer. > Would that be possible and still pass the current vote? > > --Christian > > > > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 7:40 AM John Mc <mcdonnell.j...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Totally agree, although also agree with Laszlo's annoyance about lack > > > of critical / blocking issue, and I think also the 0 votes. Be active > > > not passive - call it! :-) > > > > > > > > > Oh I totally understand, and I've not been active recently (Find myself > > doing more and more C# at work) around the mailing lists/JIRA, but this > > popped up on my radar only last week - which is perfectly understandable > > from Lazlo's position as RM. I definitely didn't want to -1 the release > > but wanted to call it out in case it was missed by others. Hell if there > > was no PR ready I would have +1 without thinking as I don't plan to > upgrade > > to BigSur until I absolutely need too :) > > > > Regards > > > > John > > >
