NetBeans 12.0.1 Patch Release Preparation

2020-06-29 Thread Laszlo Kishalmi
Dear all, We are planning to release 12.0.1 in middle of July if everything goes right. I'm volunteering as an RM for that release. I'd like keep it in short, so this is the plan how I'd like to do it this time: Let's try to identify the scope: Please mark those PR-s which you think worth to

Re: Re: Updates to Apache NetBeans 12.0

2020-06-29 Thread Eric Bresie
Given separate discussion was on Java 8...but isn’t it possible with newer modules based JDKs (9 I believe) to package multiple versions compiled, packaged, and compatible with applicable JDKs environment? Multi release jar (1), (2) for the platform and/or the ide? (1) https://blog.codefx.org/t

org-apache-commons-io maven artifact missing for RELEASE120-1

2020-06-29 Thread Christian Oyarzun
org-apache-commons-io maven artifact is missing for the latest release. https://search.maven.org/artifact/org.netbeans.external/org-apache-commons-io It looks like it was created during the jenkins job https://builds.apache.org/view/M-R/view/NetBeans/job/netbeans-TLP/job/netbeans/job/release120/2

Re: How to correctly include third party files for tests

2020-06-29 Thread Tomáš Procházka
Hi, all files were under New BSD License, so Category A license. Here is short summary what I did and Matthias approved. 1. Added links to file source and related license file to PR description. 2. Added complete text of related license at the beginning of downloaded file as comment. 3. Added t

Headsup: Move external binary cache

2020-06-29 Thread Matthias Bläsing
Hi, this is a headsup for the merge of: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/1584 This PR moves the default location of the binary cache from ${user.home}/.hgexternalcache to ${user.home}/.netbeans/nb_external_cache A symlink should be a good solution if both locations are required to exis

Re: Updates to Apache NetBeans 12.0

2020-06-29 Thread Neil C Smith
On Sun, 28 Jun 2020 at 19:12, Jan Lahoda wrote: > Frankly, I wonder what would be the benefit of dropping the JDK 8 support. > Yes, nb-javac is more strictly needed on JDK 8 than on JDK 11, but running > without nb-javac on JDK 11 is not particularly pleasant either. So nb-javac > is effectively n

Re: Zulu with NetBeans

2020-06-29 Thread Boris Heithecker
+1 I'd also welcome an option to make it easier to ship a NetBeans Platform app with bundled (Zulu) jdk, so the proposed API solution sounds good to me. "Easier" means without meddling with the harness, and making the jdk updatable. Boris On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 at 08:33, Geertjan Wielenga wrote: >

Re: Zulu with NetBeans

2020-06-29 Thread Geertjan Wielenga
Sure, whatever works best. Is there a way a plugin can be pre-installed, that would very simply solve this. Gj On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 at 09:07, Laszlo Kishalmi wrote: > Dear all, > > I've also read the things further down in this thread. I feel some > chicken and egg problem here. > > It is Ok an

Re: Zulu with NetBeans

2020-06-29 Thread Laszlo Kishalmi
Dear all, I've also read the things further down in this thread. I feel some chicken and egg problem here. It is Ok and I welcome to have a JavaPlatform installer in the Java Platforms. What got me is, that if a feature won't be mainstream NetBeans functionality, then the community shall n