Hi Emilian, On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 10:41 AM, Emilian Bold <emilian.b...@gmail.com> wrote:
> @lahoda: I could help with some platform/ modules. Do I just pick > something and update the wiki I'm working on it? > Yes, that was my intent. Thanks for your help! > > @geertjan: I don't believe there is such a requirement. *But*: > > 1. as part of the IP clearance process each external dependency will > have to be looked at and having those in the official Maven repo might > simplify things (automatic license check?) as well as have some > certainty that you have the same binary and not something perhaps > patched. > 2. hg.netbeans.org/binaries will go away in the future so why not > start using it less and less? Once a corresponding Maven dependency is > found it makes total sense to also switch to that. > To me, this is the main reason - unless we can keep our binary server up (and I don't think we can), then using a standard binary repository seems to be the best thing to do. Jan > So after the IP clearance process hg.netbeans.org/binaries will only > have patched libraries or libraries that are not in Maven. Then we > have to think how to manage those patches. > > --emi > > > On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 10:48 AM, Geertjan Wielenga > <geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > Is it a requirement for release to download from Maven instead of > > hg.netbeans.org/binaries? > > > > Gj > > > > On Sun, 24 Sep 2017 at 08:40, Jan Lahoda <lah...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Hello, > >> > >> So thinking what is the current next steps, I thought one possibility > would > >> be to go through our modules, fixing problems that we find (based on Rat > >> report, fox example), so that we can start the release process. So, > there's > >> a wiki page listing modules (and directories) in the repository: > >> > >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/ > List+of+Modules+to+Review > >> > >> There's also a draft of steps to do to check a module. > >> > >> I tried to look at api.htmlui, libs.felix and libs.jna to see how that > will > >> go - there are comments in the wiki above, and commits linked from the > wiki > >> showing changes that seemed necessary. > >> > >> So, I'd like to ask: > >> -mentors and others: does this seem like a good approach? Could you > please > >> take a look at the page, comments for api.htmlui, libs.felix and > libs.jna > >> and the three "pilot" commits (marked as "For review." in the wiki > page) to > >> see if those look OK? > >> -others: anybody willing to help? There are almost 600 > modules/directories > >> in the repository, so the more people will help, the sooner it will be > >> done. I suggest we start with "platform", and then continue with "ide", > >> "java", etc. (as that's the dependency order). > >> > >> Comments/feedback are welcome! > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Jan > >> >
