Jaroslav Tulach was asking a couple of years ago whether it was also licensed CDDL. What happened to this line of thinking? https://github.com/javaee/javahelp/issues/45
On Tue, 17 Mar 2020 at 13:27, Geertjan Wielenga <geert...@apache.org> wrote: > > Here's the related issues, one of the very first: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-3 > > Gj > > On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 2:24 PM Geertjan Wielenga <geert...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> JavaHelp is not included in Apache NetBeans GitHub because it is GPL >> licensed, which is against Apache policy, and therefore is also not part of >> Apache NetBeans, it never has been and never will be unless it is licensed, >> which seems unlikely to happen. It is something you'll need to add yourself >> somehow -- someone who figures out how should share that with this mailing >> list. >> >> Gj >> >> On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 2:22 PM Tim Mullé <tmu...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Is there documentation somewhere that says JavaHelp is not available? I >>> don’t see any mention of JavaHelp missing in 11.x on this link: >>> https://netbeans.apache.org/wiki/DevFaqHelpGuidelines.asciidoc >>> >>> >>> The reason I ask is that in 11.3 I can happily create a ‘Java Help Set’ for >>> my module and the wizard creates all the necessary files and >>> module..leading me to believe everything is ok. >>> >>> However, when I try to build the module I get the following exception when >>> building using NetBeans 11.3 with OpenJDK 11. >>> >>> >>> An annotation processor threw an uncaught exception. >>> Consult the following stack trace for details. >>> java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/sun/java/help/search/Indexer >>> at >>> org.netbeans.modules.javahelp.HelpSetRegistrationProcessor.handleProcess(HelpSetRegistrationProcessor.java:142) >>> at >>> org.openide.filesystems.annotations.LayerGeneratingProcessor.process(LayerGeneratingProcessor.java:104) >>> at >>> com.sun.tools.javac.processing.JavacProcessingEnvironment.callProcessor(JavacProcessingEnvironment.java:980) >>> at >>> com.sun.tools.javac.processing.JavacProcessingEnvironment.discoverAndRunProcs(JavacProcessingEnvironment.java:896) >>> at >>> com.sun.tools.javac.processing.JavacProcessingEnvironment$Round.run(JavacProcessingEnvironment.java:1222) >>> at >>> com.sun.tools.javac.processing.JavacProcessingEnvironment.doProcessing(JavacProcessingEnvironment.java:1334) >>> at >>> com.sun.tools.javac.main.JavaCompiler.processAnnotations(JavaCompiler.java:1258) >>> at com.sun.tools.javac.main.JavaCompiler.compile(JavaCompiler.java:936) >>> at com.sun.tools.javac.main.Main.compile(Main.java:311) >>> at com.sun.tools.javac.main.Main.compile(Main.java:170) >>> at com.sun.tools.javac.Main.compile(Main.java:57) >>> at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native >>> Method) >>> at >>> java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) >>> at >>> java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) >>> at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566) >>> at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.compilers.Javac13.execute(Javac13.java:57) >>> at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Javac.compile(Javac.java:1404) >>> at org.netbeans.nbbuild.CustomJavac.compile(CustomJavac.java:102) >>> at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Javac.execute(Javac.java:1133) >>> at org.netbeans.nbbuild.CustomJavac.execute(CustomJavac.java:83) >>> at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:292) >>> at jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor118.invoke(Unknown Source) >>> at >>> java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) >>> at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566) >>> at >>> org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.java:99) >>> at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:350) >>> at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:449) >>> at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:470) >>> at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1388) >>> at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1361) >>> at >>> org.apache.tools.ant.helper.DefaultExecutor.executeTargets(DefaultExecutor.java:41) >>> at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1251) >>> at >>> org.apache.tools.ant.module.bridge.impl.BridgeImpl.run(BridgeImpl.java:261) >>> at >>> org.apache.tools.ant.module.run.TargetExecutor.run(TargetExecutor.java:574) >>> at org.netbeans.core.execution.RunClassThread.run(RunClassThread.java:128) >>> Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: >>> com.sun.java.help.search.Indexer >>> at java.base/java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:471) >>> at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:588) >>> at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:521) >>> ... 35 more >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> - Tim >>> >>> On Mar 17, 2020, at 2:32 AM, Geertjan Wielenga <geert...@apache.org> wrote: >>> >>> >>> JavaHelp is GPL licensed and has not been donated by Oracle to Apache, so >>> had to be excluded from Apache NetBeans GitHub. So far I don’t think anyone >>> has figured out how it can be reincluded in a NetBeans Platform app, if you >>> manage to do it, would be great if you’d share your findings. >>> >>> Gj >>> >>> On Tue, 17 Mar 2020 at 05:49, Ernie Rael <err...@raelity.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> On 3/11/2020 9:58 AM, Jean-Claude Dauphin wrote: >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > My application is a modules suite and non commercial. >>>> > I know that JavaHelp is not part of Apache NetBeans but what would be >>>> > the best strategy to solve that issue >>>> >>>> I've been wondering about this myself. >>>> >>>> Maybe an integrated JavaFX web browser? >>>> >>>> There must have been some thought discussion about this in the NetBeans >>>> team. >>>> >>>> What's the current thinking/plan? >>>> >>>> -ernie >>>> >>>> >>>> > >>>> > Thank you in advance for any advice on this issue >>>> > Best regards, >>>> > Jean-Claude >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > Jean-Claude Dauphin >>>> > >>>> > jc.daup...@gmail.com <mailto:jc.daup...@gmail.com> >>>> > >>>> > https://github.com/J-ISIS >>>> > >>>> > http://www.greenstone.org >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@netbeans.apache.org >>>> >>>> For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: >>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists >>>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@netbeans.apache.org For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
