On May 28, 2018, at 10:50 AM, Emilian Bold <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't think under Apache we will be able to have a NetBeans-endorsed > collection of 3rd party plugins. > > Clearly we won't be able to host them, but I'm not ever certain we could > attach the NetBeans (and Apache) brand to a repository of code we don't > really control or oversee much. >
We can’t. However, we can certainly have the IDE download plugins per the users directions, and I think the plugin portal needs to be more flexible in that it pulls releases from the authors release locations (just a binary), and have better schemes for contributing and validating download sources, and making that safe. > I believe we could have some plugins that become NetBeans sub-projects if the > authors donate them and relicense them under the Apache license and users > might optionally install them. > Agreed. > > We should be able to point out some quality plugins, somehow... Maybe mentors > could clear up? > We can certainly reference other projects from our documentation if other projects are precedent: http://groovy-lang.org/ecosystem.html <http://groovy-lang.org/ecosystem.html> The plugin portal also offers an opportunity for this. Wade
