> Phycologically people feel they have a more modern system if it updates > more frequently. There should be no reason why minor items can't be > released quickly in a more agile way. I suspect though we need to move out > of incubator status for that because there are a lot of rounds of approval > before code gets released. > You could have large core releases once or twice a year and many minor > updates imbetween. +1
> This is a personal thing but I would like to get the updates without > downloading a new version of the ide every time. Letting the ide auto > update would be nice. I guess that could only happen when the module update > issue is resolved Please point me to that module update issue? > On Tue, 7 Aug 2018 15:24 Geertjan Wielenga, > > <geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com.invalid> wrote: > > Also, Apache NetBeans is more than Java-focused, and the question is also > > whether such prominence for Java should be given to the extent that the > > JDK > > releases should be followed at all, i.e., whether this should be an aim of > > the project. It's certainly open to discussion but definitely not a given. > > > > Gj > > > > On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 4:22 PM, Geertjan Wielenga < > > > > geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > Just as a quick FYI: Both JDK 9 and JDK 10 are supported in Apache > > > NetBeans 9, i.e., no, we've not skipped JDK 10. > > > > > > Gj > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 4:11 PM, Chuck Davis <cjgun...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> To me it makes sense to have NB reflect the level of Java implemented. > > >> For > > >> example, features of JDK 11 can be added incrementally to NB 9.1, 9.2, > > >> etc. > > >> (schedule is irrelevant to me -- every 3 months is fine) but when the > > >> full > > >> function of JDK 11 is included then NB 11 should be released. I assume > > >> we're going to skip JDK 10 at this point. Releases like 2018.3 tell me > > >> nothing about what the product includes. But if Java moves to that > > > > naming > > > > >> scheme then NB should move to that scheme to indicate what is > > > > implemented. > > > > >> On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 1:46 AM, Geertjan Wielenga < > > >> > > >> geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com.invalid> wrote: > > >> > Hi all, > > >> > > > >> > We've discussed this informally, i.e., the topic of the release > > >> > cycle/cadence, a few times over the past months. > > >> > > > >> > Let's nail it down as far as possible so that we can give clarity to > > > > our > > > > >> > users about our intentions and also to enable us to organize features > > >> > coming in through donations and otherwise into releases. > > >> > > > >> > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/ > > >> > Apache+NetBeans+Release+Cycle > > >> > > > >> > Right now, we have a clear suggestion around in which month of the > > > > year > > > > >> we > > >>
