Because think about it. How much code would there be at https://github.com/apache/incubator-netbeans right now if we were to do one big donation? There'd be nothing right now, wouldn't there?
Gj On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 4:20 PM, joe schmo <geekyguy...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Why are the donations done separately? > > > Bailey > ------------------------------ > *From:* constantin drabo <drconstan...@hotmail.com> > *Sent:* June 21, 2018 10:47:33 AM > *To:* Geertjan Wielenga; us...@netbeans.incubator.apache.org > *Subject:* RE: 2nd Oracle donation of NetBeans to Apache is complete > > Great new ! Congratulations to all of you and special kudos to Geertjan ! > > Constantin > > ?? La Terre est le berceau de l'humanit??, mais on ne passe pas sa vie > enti??re dans un berceau. ?? > - Constantin????E. Tsiolkovski , p??re de l'astronautique?? et de > l'a??rospatiale modernes. > ------------------------------ > *De :* Geertjan Wielenga <geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com.INVALID> > *Envoyé :* mercredi 20 juin 2018 22:36 > *À :* us...@netbeans.incubator.apache.org > *Objet :* 2nd Oracle donation of NetBeans to Apache is complete > > Hi all, > > Great news -- the process of completing the 2nd donation is now done -- > Oracle has made available a ZIP file constituting the 2nd donation. Oracle > donated around 4,000,000 lines of code in the 1st donation last year and > has now completed the 2nd donation constituting around 1,500,000 lines of > code. This donation constitutes the modules of NetBeans dealing with > enterprise Java, JavaScript, PHP, Groovy, as well as miscellaneous features > applicable to Mobile and Web development. > > We will continue to wrap up the final release of Apache NetBeans > (incubating) 9.0, which will be focused on Java SE only. After that, or at > least separate from that process, we will start relicensing the new code, > i.e., from the 2nd donation, once it is in Apache NetBeans Git. Right now, > it is a ZIP file, it needs to be moved to Apache NetBeans Git, and we need > to do that in the right way, and figure out what the right way is. > > Thanks -- and this is a significant step forward in the transition of > NetBeans from Oracle to Apache. > > Gj > >
