We’re mainly working on IP clearance right now, with the Beta IPMC vote going very well on the general@incubator mailing list, it looks like we’ll be able to release the Beta today, which is a massive achievement.
Gj On Thursday, February 15, 2018, cowwoc <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I don't mean to offend anyone (not trying to point any fingers, really) > but I want to raise an issue for discussion. > > When Netbeans was moved to Apache I saw a lot of activity in the mailing > list. Everyone was excited and that was great but now I am seeing an > extremely low rate of participation by non-Oracle employees (see > https://github.com/apache/incubator-netbeans/graphs/contributors) and the > overall commit frequency over the past couple of weeks is extremely low > (see https://github.com/apache/incubator-netbeans/graphs/commit-activity). > > I am bringing this to your attention because looking at JIRA's "Created vs > Resolved" issues for the past 30 days we are seeing an exponential growth > of bug reports but a flat amount of resolved issues: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ConfigureReport.jspa? > projectOrFilterId=project-12320634&periodName=daily& > daysprevious=30&cumulative=true&versionLabels=major& > selectedProjectId=12320634&reportKey=com.atlassian.jira. > jira-core-reports-plugin%3Acreatedvsresolved-report&atl_ > token=A5KQ-2QAV-T4JA-FDED%7C113ee1575eff5807f4be21c1f06ce3f9 > 6e46f8b2%7Clout&Next=Next > > Speaking from my personal experience as an end-user, I think we've got a > long way to go in terms of fixing regressions before I would consider > jumping from version 8.2 to 9.0. I am routinely running into annoying UI > bugs that were not present in 8.2. Yes, we now have JDK 9 support and this > is a big deal but this yet relevant in my day-to-day work (my projects use > Java 8). My primary concern is using the IDE that will make me the most > productive as a developer. The nightly builds are a step backwards in that > regard. > > Anyway, I just wanted to bring up this issue for discussion. I remember a > lot of people initially asked to be listed as committers, and I'm wondering > where they all went, what (if anything) has turned them off from > contributing at this time, and what can be done to bring them back. > > Reminder: As mentioned in the past, I not have the time to commit fixes > myself. I am intentionally limiting myself to filing bug reports and giving > you feedback as an end-user. I hope you will respect that scope. > > Thank you, > Gili > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > >
