I feel that I don't want to buy into this, but here's a general observation that works for me most of the time: find solutions that work for your circumstance to ease your way through life.
On Fri, 16 Jan 2026 at 10:52, Laszlo Kishalmi <[email protected]> wrote: > According to the email Blake is the author of Kiss. > > He drops in time-to-time to complain about something like this. > > On 1/14/26 11:11, Pieter van den Hombergh wrote: > > Kiss decided to use a homebrewn build system(build). > This is not supported by NetBeans. > This has been discussed earlier on this maillijst. > > > > met vriendelijke groet > Pieter van den Hombergh > > Op wo 14 jan 2026, 19:52 schreef Blake McBride <[email protected]>: > >> Greetings, >> >> I've been away from NetBeans for a while. Thought I'd give NetBeans 28 a >> try. >> >> I am trying it with the system located at >> https://github.com/blakemcbride/Kiss >> >> Although that system includes build files for Maven, Gradle, and Ant, it >> isn't built with any of them. Pom.xml is just there to describe >> dependencies for GitHub. The Gradle build was a failed experiment (I >> should delete that!). And the Ant script is just a cover to call the >> actual build system. >> >> Those build files can be deleted so that NetBeans doesn't get confused. >> >> I have tried to use NetBeans 28 for a while with no luck. It appears to >> only support "standard" applications. If you try to do anything >> innovative, you're out of luck. >> >> I use IntelliJ everyday with it without any problems. It makes me think >> that NetBeans is designed to only work in very specific and conventional >> projects. It is not a generic IDE. >> >> Anyway, I successfully used NetBeans in the past but with each passing >> version it becomes more and more impossible. >> >> Although I doubt this message will be received well, I thought I'd share >> it anyway. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Blake McBride >> >>
