Re: Installers

2018-08-14 Thread Geertjan Wielenga
On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 5:46 AM, Will Hartung wrote: > On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 3:40 PM, Geertjan Wielenga < > geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com.invalid> wrote: > > > > > Excellent. So, where is your DMG solution, please? > > > > Can you stop sending e-mails for the moment and create the solution t

Re: Installers

2018-08-14 Thread Will Hartung
On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 3:40 PM, Geertjan Wielenga < geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com.invalid> wrote: > > Excellent. So, where is your DMG solution, please? > > Can you stop sending e-mails for the moment and create the solution that > you're missing? Yes, maybe you don't know how to do that, thou

Re: Installers

2018-08-14 Thread Carl Mosca
I have modified the creation of the pkg file in the fork I created here: https://github.com/carljmosca/incubator-netbeans Checkout the package-macos branch, run "ant package-macos" The "NetBeans 9.pkg" file should be in the nbbuild/MacOS directory if the build succeeds. Previously, I was using t

Re: Installers

2018-08-14 Thread Tim Boudreau
I'm missing something here - there is nothing even difficult about building a.pkg - the format is well documented and all doable with command line tools that can be automated with any build tool. It's not rocket science. Why the assumption that we can't possibly do an installer? Apache having a b

Re: Installers

2018-08-14 Thread Scott Palmer
In the spirit of sharing various macOS install methods, I give you my “GetNetBeans” script: https://gist.github.com/swpalmer/1390e7bdb9054f327bdc7d8fb8692c51 Run it on macOS and magically you will have a NetBeans 9.0 applicati

Re: Installers

2018-08-14 Thread David Green
On 14 Aug 2018, at 17:40, Geertjan Wielenga wrote: where is your DMG solution? Hi. As another one watching from the sidelines, I offer a piece of the puzzle (or a bandaid)... https://github.com/dgreen/nb9dmg which will make a DMG if you already have a /Applications/NetBeans/NetBeans 9.ap

Re: Installers

2018-08-14 Thread Raul Cosio
Hi everyone, first of all, thank you guys for this effort to continue improving Netbeans. I've been following this mail list for a while, because I wish I could contribute to the project, but it's not been easy and I'm still learning, maybe someday... :) I just wanted to express my point of view a

Re: Installers

2018-08-14 Thread Carl Mosca
I have gotten pushback on occasion when I ask Java developers who invented Java as an early on interview question. One does not have to know this to be a good developer but I do like to consider the source when I read an opinion. 😊 On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 7:27 PM Brett Ryan wrote: > > > On 15 Au

Re: Installers

2018-08-14 Thread Brett Ryan
On 15 Aug 2018, at 09:21, James Gosling wrote: >> On Aug 14, 2018, at 4:13 PM, Brett Ryan wrote: >> >> That was a little tongue in cheek, but I do get called a dino at work >> from the young ones ‘cos I’m an nb advocate, trying to sway them. > > I get the same reaction at work…. From

Re: Installers

2018-08-14 Thread James Gosling
> On Aug 14, 2018, at 4:13 PM, Brett Ryan wrote: > > That was a little tongue in cheek, but I do get called a dino at work > from the young ones ‘cos I’m an nb advocate, trying to sway them. I get the same reaction at work…. From people who use Vi and Emacs. I have a hard time believing

Re: Module review [web.beans] - steps

2018-08-14 Thread Junichi Yamamoto
Hi, Probably, Geertjan can grant the permission to you. Thanks, Junichi On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 10:54 PM Gilberto wrote: > > H, it seems I don't have write permissions on confluence. > Can you(Thilina) or anyone else help me? > > Gilberto > > 2018-08-14 9:49 GMT-03:00 Gilberto : > > > Hi, > > >

Re: Installers

2018-08-14 Thread Brett Ryan
> On 15 Aug 2018, at 06:04, Tim Boudreau wrote: > > If anyone shows up on the mailing list complaining about performance, we >> can tell them to get rid of the image and copy the bundle over. >> > 99.9% of people who have that experience will NOT show up onn the mailing > list here. They'll s

Re: Installers

2018-08-14 Thread Geertjan Wielenga
On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 10:23 PM, Will Hartung wrote: > On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 1:04 PM, Tim Boudreau wrote: > > > If anyone shows up on the mailing list complaining about performance, we > > > can tell them to get rid of the image and copy the bundle over. > > > > > 99.9% of people who have tha

Re: Installers

2018-08-14 Thread Geertjan Wielenga
On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 9:03 PM, Will Hartung wrote: > On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 3:14 AM, Geertjan Wielenga < > geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com.invalid> wrote: > > > I created two YouTube clips during the past few hours that show the > > ZIP-based and Mac Installer-based approaches to installing A

Re: Module review [web.beans] - steps

2018-08-14 Thread Gilberto
I intend to work on all web.* one On 2018/08/14 16:03:46, Thilina Ranathunga wrote: > What are the modules you plan to review?> > > On Tue, Aug 14, 2018, 7:24 PM Gilberto wrote:> > > > H, it seems I don't have write permissions on confluence.> > > Can you(Thilina) or anyone else help me?

Re: Installers

2018-08-14 Thread Gail Anderson
+1 for having a user-friendly installer for Mac users. Really, one of NB’s strongest points was how easy it is to install/configure/use. > On Aug 14, 2018, at 1:23 PM, Will Hartung wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 1:04 PM, Tim Boudreau wrote: > >> If anyone shows up on the mailing list com

Re: Installers

2018-08-14 Thread Will Hartung
On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 1:04 PM, Tim Boudreau wrote: > If anyone shows up on the mailing list complaining about performance, we > > can tell them to get rid of the image and copy the bundle over. > > > 99.9% of people who have that experience will NOT show up onn the mailing > list here. They'll

Re: Installers

2018-08-14 Thread Tim Boudreau
If anyone shows up on the mailing list complaining about performance, we > can tell them to get rid of the image and copy the bundle over. > 99.9% of people who have that experience will NOT show up onn the mailing list here. They'll simply use something else - perhaps blogging about the experience

Re: Installers

2018-08-14 Thread Will Hartung
On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 3:14 AM, Geertjan Wielenga < geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com.invalid> wrote: > I created two YouTube clips during the past few hours that show the > ZIP-based and Mac Installer-based approaches to installing Apache NetBeans: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am-7aa2hYgc

Re: Module review [web.beans] - steps

2018-08-14 Thread Thilina Ranathunga
What are the modules you plan to review? On Tue, Aug 14, 2018, 7:24 PM Gilberto wrote: > H, it seems I don't have write permissions on confluence. > Can you(Thilina) or anyone else help me? > > Gilberto > > 2018-08-14 9:49 GMT-03:00 Gilberto : > > > Hi, > > > > > > On 2018/08/13 17:33:08, Thilin

Re: Installers

2018-08-14 Thread Brett Ryan
> On 14 Aug 2018, at 20:14, Geertjan Wielenga > wrote: > > I created two YouTube clips during the past few hours that show the > ZIP-based and Mac Installer-based approaches to installing Apache NetBeans: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am-7aa2hYgc > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8

Re: Installers

2018-08-14 Thread Brett Ryan
> On 13 Aug 2018, at 22:11, Neil C Smith wrote: > > On Mon, 13 Aug 2018 at 12:42, Brett Ryan wrote: >>> On 13 Aug 2018, at 19:22, Neil C Smith wrote: >>> I admit to using my mac as little as possible for testing purposes, >>> but I really don't get why a zipped up application bundle is seen

Re: Module review [web.beans] - steps

2018-08-14 Thread Gilberto
H, it seems I don't have write permissions on confluence. Can you(Thilina) or anyone else help me? Gilberto 2018-08-14 9:49 GMT-03:00 Gilberto : > Hi, > > > On 2018/08/13 17:33:08, Thilina Ranathunga wrote: > > > Hi,> > > > > > > I assume have read the information in [1] List of Modules to Revi

Re: Module review [web.beans] - steps

2018-08-14 Thread Gilberto
Hi, On 2018/08/13 17:33:08, Thilina Ranathunga wrote: > Hi,> > > I assume have read the information in [1] List of Modules to Review> > < https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/List+of+Modules+to+Review>> > page> > as mentioned on the top of [2] 2nd Donation: List of Modules

Re: Installers

2018-08-14 Thread Geertjan Wielenga
I created two YouTube clips during the past few hours that show the ZIP-based and Mac Installer-based approaches to installing Apache NetBeans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am-7aa2hYgc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8gdC7BBtbs Each takes less than 5 minutes, comments welcome. Gj On Tue,

Re: Installers

2018-08-14 Thread Neil C Smith
On Mon, 13 Aug 2018 at 22:03, Will Hartung wrote: > > A DMG file is, effectively, a Mountable ZIP file. The "typical" Mac > Installation process is to open the DMG file, a window appears with the > Application bundle and a link to the Applications directory, and a big > arrow, essentially telling