Regarding submitting to Maven Central (1)...this may be of help. https://central.sonatype.org/pages/ossrh-guide.html
Eric Bresie ebre...@gmail.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Geertjan Wielenga <geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com.INVALID> > *Sent:* Friday, April 05, 2019 8:31PM > *To:* Dev <dev@netbeans.incubator.apache.org> > *Subject:* Re: plugins.netbeans.org / netbeans.org > > > Here's the rough proposal: > > > > 1. Move all the plugins to Maven Central. Blockers: we don't know how to do > > that, if someone can advise, that will help. > > > > 2. Refactor the plugins.netbeans.org application so that (1) NBM files > > cannot be uploaded anymore and (2) instead of uploading, references need to > > be registered to the location of the NBM on Maven Central. Blockers: this > > is being investigated at the moment, timelines not known yet. This is > > doable because the plugins.netbeans.org application has been donated to > > Apache as part of the 3rd donation. > > > > 3. Deploy the plugins.netbeans.org application from the Apache NetBeans VM. > > There should be no problem with that since we'll not be distributing the > > NBMs from Apache (which would have been a problem since Apache distributes > > source code only) but only pages or references to Maven Central. > > > > 4. Enable the Plugin Manager inside Apache NetBeans to install NBM files > > directly from Maven Central, based on the references retrieved via the > > Update Center from the plugins.netbeans.org application running on the > > Apache NetBeans VM. > > > > 5. Continue using the plugins.netbeans.org URL, except that this will now > > be running at Apache and pointing to the plugins.netbeans.org application > > running on the Apache NetBeans VM. > > > > So, the above would mean that nothing is running on Oracle servers anymore, > > all NBMs that we care about are on Maven Central (and source code could > > mostly be on GitHub, except where plugin owners don't want their source > > code exposed, in which case they'd have it in their local proprietary > > backends), and we have the plugins.netbeans.org application refactored and > > simply showing Maven co-ordinated to the plugins on Maven Central. > > > > How does that sound? > > > > Gj > > > > On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 8:21 PM Antonio <anto...@vieiro.net> wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > After the 11.0 release announcement, where we migrated most of > > > bits.netbeans.org, shall we tackle the plugins.netbeans.org website and > > > infrastructure for 12.0? Or is it too early? Also, what's missing in > > > netbeans.apache.org that still exists in netbeans.org and we want to keep? > > > > > > I can't remember when the infra @ Oracle for plugins.netbeans.org is > > > going to be shutdown, but the sooner we start thinking on hosting the > > > plugins, the better. This is something that is going to take us long, I > > > think. > > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Antonio > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.incubator.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.incubator.apache.org > > > > > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
