I did the contrib modules - here - https://github.com/timboudreau/netbeans-contrib
(did that stuff ever get officially donated to Apache?) I think it's doable. Have some (ugly, hacky, but worked), tooling I used to generate pom files for modules and move stuff around - a project I started in 2011 when I had to mavenize a huge project, that I just keep around that grows a little whenever I have a refactor-lots-of-random projects problem. Most modules will be straightforward. The hard part is the nbbuild plumbing, which is very different than any Maven project type. The maven nbm plugin might be of some help, dunno. Probably a lot of it could be used as-is by the Antrun plugin (but too much of that and we've just embedded an Ant build in a maven build, which kind of misses the point). I'd start out by examining and cataloging *exactly* what all the stuff in nbbuild does, make a list, or a play-by-play of doing a build noting which pieces do what; then for each one, make a list of standard maven tools that could be harnessed to do those things, and the ones with nothing next to them are the hard part. Get that done, and the same stuff used to convert contrib ought to be able to successfully convert most modules in the codebase without much problem - all of those were written as NetBeans source-tree modules, so other than a handful that do something unusual when building, that ought to do the job. -Tim On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 8:57 AM Eric Bresie <ebre...@gmail.com> wrote: > I thought initial attempts to “mavenize” Netbeans had already been > attempted (I believe by Tim) although maybe that was the contrib projects. > Are there any plans to switch over to that (i.e. add all the Pom.xml files, > updated any build documentation, etc.)? Seems that would help some with > dependency management in the whole build process > > Eric > > On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 3:43 AM Geertjan Wielenga > <geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com.invalid> wrote: > > > The Gephi engineers are welcome to introduce Layrry to Apache NetBeans, > > which appears to imply that all of Apache NetBeans needs to be Mavenized > as > > well, which the Gephi engineers are also welcome to contribute. Anyone > else > > here are welcome to do the same, it does appear to be a lot of work, > though > > it is always welcome. > > > > Gj > > > > On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 10:29 AM Clement Levallois < > > clementlevall...@protonmail.com> wrote: > > > > > The support for loading / offloading of java modules at runtime has > > > emerged: https://github.com/moditect/layrry > > > > > > For the compatibility with recent JDKs, I was referring to: > > > - nbm-maven-plugin relies on pack200, which has been removed from the > > JDK ( > > > > > > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/netbeans-users/202102.mbox/browser > > ). > > > Granted, this is a plugin not the NetBeans platform itself, but as a > user > > > of the tool this is blocking. > > > - not sure about this one but: I think the NetBeans platform relies on > > > libraries with java.xml or org.w3c namespaces (like batik)? These cause > > > trouble when loaded in a java modular application. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Clément Levallois > > > Associate Professor > > > emlyon business school > > > Twitter and Skype: @seinecle > > > mobile: +33(0)6 59 08 33 92 > > > > > > Sent with ProtonMail <https://protonmail.com> Secure Email. > > > > > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > > > On Tuesday 9 February 2021 10:11, Geertjan Wielenga < > > > geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > > > > What does it mean "it is not entirely compatible with recent JDKs"? > > > > > > Of course, NetBeans uses the NetBeans module system. Let's move to the > > > Java module system once it supports updates at runtime, i.e., you > cannot > > > plug new Java modules into a running Java application, can you? > > > > > > Gj > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 10:05 AM Clement Levallois > > > <clementlevall...@protonmail.com.invalid> wrote: > > > > > >> Dear all, > > >> > > >> This is my first message to this list, happy to join! > > >> > > >> Gephi (www.gephi.org / https://github.com/gephi/gephi) is a > successful > > >> opensource desktop app built on top of the NetBeans platform > > (release82). I > > >> am not the maintainer of Gephi but I support its community of users > > (8.4k > > >> Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gephi), and I have an > > >> interest in integrating the headless version of Gephi in my own Java > > >> projects. > > >> > > >> If I understand correctly, it seems that NetBeans (release82) is not > > >> compatible with the Java module system. Also, it is not entirely > > compatible > > >> with recent JDKs as far as I am aware. > > >> > > >> May I ask what is the roadmap of development for the NetBeans > platform, > > >> with regards to compatibility with recent JDKs and in relation with > the > > >> Java modules? This would help understand better how is the future of > > Gephi > > >> shaping. > > >> > > >> Thank you! > > >> > > >> Clement > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Clément Levallois (@seinecle on Twitter) > > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > Eric Bresie > ebre...@gmail.com > -- http://timboudreau.com
