Thank you Kirk. I am sure Tim is a good guy and ultimately meant no offense.
I have made code contributions to other projects in the past and I will say that the on-boarding process varies a bit. :) Regards, Carl On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 9:21 AM Kirk Pepperdine <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Carl, > > I’m sorry that you saw Tim as blasting you. I have worked Tim and know him > very well and I know he does not operate that way. I can see the “advice” > he was offering as being relevant at the time it was made. It is possible > that things have changed and the history that Tim is relaying is no longer > relevant but I can see what he’s saying in terms how people use products. I > sometimes use products without properly installing it myself. > > Kind regards, > Kirk > > > On Aug 12, 2018, at 5:35 AM, Carl Mosca <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Thank you Gj. I will do so. > > > > You're always helpful and polite. > > > > Regards, > > Carl > > > > On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 8:29 AM Geertjan Wielenga > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 12:02 PM, Carl Mosca <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >>> I am not certain I understand Tim's comments because I was not around > for > >>> the "great debate of 2004". > >>> > >>> If the process used to compress a dmg image makes jar files unusable, > why > >>> was NetBeans 8.x pkg compressed that way or was it not? > >>> > >>> I suspect he was trying to say the pkg installer (which it now does) is > >>> preferred but the compression comment confused me. > >>> > >>> On the other hand, there was another comment about the installation > >>> location. > >>> > >>> The reason I asked in advance of creating anything, was so that I would > >> not > >>> step on any toes or get blasted after the fact. So much for > >> that...thanks > >>> all for the warm welcomes. :) > >>> > >> > >> > >> :-) You'll always get blasted and thanked in equal measure here. :-) > >> > >> I think it's awesome what you've done and maybe you can provide your > >> solution as a pull request, after creating an issue and then using that > >> issue number in the commit message, such as in most cases here: > >> https://github.com/apache/incubator-netbeans/pulls > >> > >> Gj > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>> > >>> Carl > >>> > >>> On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 4:34 AM Geertjan Wielenga > >>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Really cool. I'm going to try it out, though Tim's comments re Mac > >>>> installers is something to think about. > >>>> > >>>> Gj > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 9:04 AM, Carl Mosca <[email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> If you're willing to try the package installer, clone this fork: > >>>>> https://github.com/carljmosca/incubator-netbeans on a Mac. > >>>>> > >>>>> Follow the setup for the build requirements then run "ant > >>> package-macos" > >>>>> > >>>>> This should do a build followed by the creation of a Mac package > >>>> installer. > >>>>> > >>>>> On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 2:36 AM Geertjan Wielenga > >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> Yes, if you can create installers, that would be wonderful! > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I’ve seen about three different Mac OSX installers around so far. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Please don’t wait, create installers if you can, and write back > >> here > >>>> with > >>>>>> instructions when you’ve done so. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Gj > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Wednesday, August 8, 2018, Carl Mosca <[email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> I am wondering if anyone is working on these. I would like to > >> help > >>> if > >>>>>>> needed. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> Carl J. Mosca > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Carl J. Mosca > >>> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Carl J. Mosca > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > > > -- Carl J. Mosca
