Yes, NetCAT is the best tool for determining functionality under a JDK. Who should I communicate with concerning NetCAT?
Ken ________________________________ From: Geertjan Wielenga <geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com.INVALID> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2021 8:36:21 AM To: dev <dev@netbeans.apache.org> Subject: Re: OpenJDK Quality Outreach Great progress, thank you, Ken. Maybe this is where NetCAT can come into the picture. Gj On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 2:34 PM Kenneth Fogel <kfo...@dawsoncollege.qc.ca> wrote: > Hi, > > I have learned that while we were listed on the OpenJDK Quality Outreach > wiki page, we never received any correspondence because thee was > uncertainty over who was the point of contact. This despite the fact that > Geertjan appears as the point of contact in the wiki. > > I have asked Rory to replace Geertjan with me. I have asked him to better > describe how they want reporting and what their colour coding means. To me > the wiki just lists projects that are actively testing against JDKs, doing > some testing, and no one is sure if testing is going on. The colour coding > is not about whether it works. > > What I think the wiki wants from us is that we can show that we are > actively testing which versions NetBeans will compile under a specific JDK > and that it functions under that JDK. Once I get more clarification I share > it with the list. > > Ken > > ________________________________ > From: Jaroslav Tulach <jaroslav.tul...@gmail.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 9, 2021 3:52:43 AM > To: dev@netbeans.apache.org <dev@netbeans.apache.org> > Subject: Re: OpenJDK Quality Outreach > > > Yes, we should, how? > > I'd like to point out that Geertjan is listed on the wiki page https:// > wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/quality/Quality+Outreach > > > Apache Netbeans Geertjan Wielenga > > Use OpenJDK 12 EA b26 Phase 2 or higher and OpenJDK 11.0.2 > > as an Apache NetBeans contact providing feedback since JDK11! > > Given Geertjan isn't even aware of being part of the OpenJDK Quality > Outreach > program, we can estimate the importance of the program. However having > Ken as > an official NetBeans representative is certainly better, than not being > there at > all. > > Ken: > > I suspect we might have caught the JEP 411 issue much sooner > > if we participated in this. > > No we wouldn't caught it sooner. NetBeans blogging and social media > campaign > started the same week as JEP 411 was published. Participation in any public > forum couldn't speed the reaction up. > > Eirik: > > Here are a couple of Windows LAF bugs that could be mentioned as > impacting > > NetBeans (as well as most other Swing applications): > > > > https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8211715 > > https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8241561 > > > > I added workarounds for these ..., but there are still cases where a > proper > > fix at the OpenJDK level would look better. > > Well, create a PR for OpenJDK then! > > Overall I doubt participation in OpenJDK Quality Outreach forum can > dramatically improve anything. Direct action is what counts: be it buzz > over > JEP-411 or submitting PRs for OpenJDK to make NetBeans work better (like > https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/3939). Anyway having a channel to > talk to > OpenJDK is better for Apache NetBeans, than not having it. > > Good luck, Ken! Don't forget to update the wiki. > -jt > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.apache.org > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > >
