> The other option is we stop verifying by NetBeans version at all? The question is: how much do we trust backward compatibility of NetBeans releases? We do check signatures with sigtest - e.g. it shall be compatible to great extent. Btw. I am still successfully using NBPython support from 8.1!
The last compatibility problems I remember were related to nb-javac - that one is however special. It is a 3rd party module which changes Trees API incompatibly and is hard to get working across multiple releases. Anyway since https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Overview%3A+nb-javac the problem is solved. Other potential problem is request to run on newer JDKs - not all old plugins may be ready for that. That is all I can imagine. Overall I believe a single update center across releases could already work smoothly for 90-95% of cases. The remaining cases however may need an (immediate) attention. -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
