I like the idea of two major releases each year...those being releases incorporating new functionality. However, I think it would be a good idea to have patch releases in-between...making for a total of four releases each year.
Josh On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 7:19 AM Geertjan Wielenga <geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com.invalid> wrote: > Hi all, > > We've completed the NetCAT process (on the functioning of the convenience > binary of Apache NetBeans 10) and the PPMC vote (on the sources of Apache > NetBeans 10). > > Right now, the IPMC (the incubator project management committee) is voting > on the sources of Apache NetBeans 10, since Apache NetBeans is in the > Apache Incubator. (We're going to be voting to get out of the Apache > Incubator very soon, with support from our mentors, since they're happy > with how we're working as a community and consider us to be ready to be a > top level Apache project.) > > So, what's next? After we release Apache NetBeans 10, we'll start working > on the next release. Consensus on the dev mailing list has formed around > quarterly releases. In the NetCAT process, we found that there was quite > some time pressure to get things done and maybe we should take more time > and thereby be able to provide more quality. > > As a result, here's a proposal to do two major releases next year, in line > with JDK 12 and 13 in March and September, with two optional minor releases > in between (e.g., a bug fix release could be great). Of course, Apache > NetBeans does not serve the Java community only, though those two months of > March and September are fairly spaced anyway and potentially could allow us > to provide bundles with those JDKs if and when that were to be possible. > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Apache+NetBeans+Release+Roadmap > > There are several significant bugs that we need to nail down and resolve, > we can include them in the upcoming releases or distribute them via > plugins. We're I'm sure all very aware of several problems, as well as > features that need to be added -- we need everyone to be proactive in > pinning down bugs and in providing code contributions for missing features. > > Comments welcome, and many thanks for all the hard and enthusiastic work > done so far. > > Gj > > > -- Josh Juneau juneau...@gmail.com http://jj-blogger.blogspot.com https://www.apress.com/index.php/author/author/view/id/1866
