matthiasblaesing opened a new pull request, #9043: URL: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/9043
Historically NetBeans relied on cygwin or MSYS to provide a shell on windows. With WSL (the windows subsystem for linux) an alternative was established, that runs a full linux kernel inside a windows session, providing a full linux userland, including a shell. The benefit of WSL is, that it is built-in technology and thus has a lower threshold for installation than cygwin. The drawback is, that initial startup of wsl is slower than opening a cygwin/MSYS bash. The change here tries to check that - WSL2 is available and - that a distribution is installed in WSL2 If this is the case NetBeans defaults to WSL. Users can override the automatic detection by setting the `org.netbeans.modules.nativeexecution.api.util.WindowsSupport.shellProvider` system property to `CYGWIN`, `MSYS` or `WSL`. Here is a screenshot with a testsystem with WSL and Cygwin both present, but WSL has no distribution installed: <img width="1117" height="441" alt="grafik" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e7a7933a-e246-4de2-b791-f30b95b204b4"; /> The same system after installing Ubuntu and restarting NetBeans: <img width="1117" height="441" alt="grafik" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/26fd303a-2d75-4333-9032-c32a3c0d3ff0"; /> Closes: #3959 -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
