Yeah, all true.
A release note on how easy it is to access the NB13 catalog might be
useful. I'd guess almost all the plugins still work. But maybe best to
just ignore it until there's a better story.
There were several tweaks to the current portal that have been mentioned
over several months, which seemed like they might offer a workable
solution without an entire replacement.
One thing I've long wondered is how the plugin portal relates to Apache
NetBeans. I don't recall ever having seen a VOTE relating to the portal.
(But I could easily have missed it; especially if it was long ago). Of
course there has to be something to vote on, not to mention the manpower
that puts the voting candidate together.
-ernie
On 22/11/16 9:26 AM, Neil C Smith wrote:
On Wed, 16 Nov 2022 at 16:35, Ernie Rael <err...@raelity.com> wrote:
Is there an obstacle/problem preventing NB13's catalog being used for NB16?
Technically, no, and I put that in place temporarily for the NB 14
release candidates. The problem is, the plugin centre was never ready
during NB14's lifetime, and that temporary change is still there!
https://github.com/apache/netbeans-website/blob/master/netbeans.apache.org/src/content/.htaccess#L31
It just opens up a whole bunch of other issues, including going back
on what was previously agreed upon, making shipping plugin updates a
problem, and generally not being transparent to users about what
they're receiving. All of which causes additional work for us too -
eg. out of date plugins leading to bug reports.
>From a release perspective, we have certain fixed dates where we need
things in place in the plugin portal. If the current portal and
process cannot meet those requirements, then we need to replace it.
But realistically that's not going to happen until NB17 at the
earliest.
Neil
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