This is good news. Somehow I got the impression that this code was not available due to IP and/or license issues.
Thank you Gj. On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 10:39 AM Geertjan Wielenga <geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com.invalid> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 5:46 AM, Will Hartung <willhart...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > That said, looking at the git zip download, there's most certainly > evidence > > of the ability to create the Mac installers, which was kind of my base > > puzzle. These existed before, where's the scripts to build it? The actual > > build scripts I can't find, I don't know if they are on/lost with the > > Hudson server (I can't seem to connect to the one linked at the nb.org > > page). All of the hudson.* directories seem to relate to NetBeans hudson > > support, not the build. > > > > > That's a good point. > > Installers were always created for NetBeans releases, including DMG > installers. > > Looking in the hg repo at Oracle, this is where the related scripts and so > on are found: > > http://hg.netbeans.org/releases/file/tip/installer > > These have not yet been included in the donation process, since we have > been focusing on clusters (e.g., the 'java' cluster, the 'php' cluster, > etc) and this 'installer' folder falls outside the clusters. > > So, we will work on including the installer folder from the hg repo into > the donation that we're currently working on, i.e., the 3rd donation. > > Apologies for not thinking about this earlier -- i.e., we've had the > solution all along and simply not yet included them in the donation. > > Can those knowledgeable in this area take a look at the above folder -- it > includes everything needed AFAIK for installers for Windows, Linux, and > Mac. > > Thanks, > > Gj > > > > > > > > Finally, the Apache infrastructure has a build bot running on a Mac Mini. > > If the original build scripts can be found, and the proper permissions > > acquired on the Mac Build bot, then, ideally, the previous build can be > > ported to the new infrastructure. > > > > Ideally, this shouldn't have to be a clean room reinvention of the wheel > if > > it were deigned to be something that the group still wanted to have > > supported. > > > > But, I don't know. > > > > Regards. > > > -- Carl J. Mosca
