Great to hear we're on the same page. I confess I do not know exactly what the Java EE 8 work you have done for 11.1 consists of, exactly. The more details you can provide on this page, as the basis for the official one to be published on netbeans.apache.org, even if simply a bulleted list, would help a lot:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Apache+NetBeans+11.1 Gj On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 1:12 PM Josh Juneau <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Geertjan and Neil, I agree with your assessment. Let's deliver 11.1 > with the Java EE 8 support, as-is, and we'll continue to improve it for > future releases. It is true that I now understand much more of the Java EE > support code in NetBeans...so making these enhancements for future releases > should be a bit easier. > > Just as a side note, I appreciate the feedback on the initial Java EE 8 > support, Geertjan. These changes in the upcoming PR will repair the wizard > issues. It is all due to the web.xml not being a recognized version at > 4.0. > > I'll +1 this release so we can move onward...thanks again. > > On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 5:44 AM Geertjan Wielenga <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Absolutely agree. > > > > Gj > > > > On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 12:43 PM Neil C Smith <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 11 Jul 2019 at 10:24, Geertjan Wielenga <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > The other thing to bear in mind is that Josh is now really in the > > groove, > > > > or whatever the term is, in terms of his Java EE 8 / NetBeans > > development > > > > skills -- this is excellent news. It's all good from here, since > > > everything > > > > he does will just accumulate from one release to the next. We should > > see > > > > this as the first step in the direction of Java EE 8 and use 11.1 to > > kick > > > > the tires for 11.2 etc so that when we get to 12, we'll have a really > > > solid > > > > product around Java EE 8. I haven't yet managed to get the large code > > > > generation wizards, e.g., from database to REST endpoints, etc, to > work > > > in > > > > Java EE 8, and these kinds of things should be the focus next -- as > > well > > > as > > > > getting more people on board to work with Josh, and Gaurav from > Payara, > > > on > > > > these kinds of enhancements. > > > > > > > > > > Agreed! Given particularly these things came in after feature freeze, > > > we should expect there might be a few rough edges still. That's not > > > only fine, IMO, it's also the main reason for having non-LTS. The key > > > thing is to tidy up the rough edges by NB 12.0. And obviously > > > presenting that clearly to end users via the website. > > > > > > And we have an AUC. If we can find a better way to use it, we can > > > cherry pick and push select updates via the release branch if we > > > really want/need to. > > > > > > Neil > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Josh Juneau > [email protected] > http://jj-blogger.blogspot.com > https://www.apress.com/us/search?query=Juneau > <https://www.apress.com/index.php/author/author/view/id/1866> >
