I would follow whatever Jan Lahoda advises on this point, hope he’ll share his perspective in this thread.
Gj On Tue, 1 Oct 2019 at 17:43, Neil C Smith <neilcsm...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi, > > Moving some PR and off-list discussion to dev@ We need to make an > urgent decision on how we're going to handle nb-javac distribution for > 11.2 so we can get it in the next beta. > > The problem is that 11.2 requires an updated nb-javac that breaks 11.0 > and 11.1. All 3 currently share the same plugin update centre. A PR > was opened to add an additional update centre just for this - > https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/1534 I closed because it was > against the release branch, rather than master. It might still be the > right way forward. > > There is also https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/1538 which adds > in nb-javac using the same mechanism as JavaFX. This has some caveats > and might not be the safest option to land in the build now, but it > also makes sense in the longer term so might be right to try it. > > My preferred option, if at all possible for 11.2, is to pass this back > as a plugin infrastructure problem, and ask whether we can have a > single plugin catalog for 11.2 that includes the third-party plugins > as in 11.0 and 11.1, with the updated nbjavac in it? If that's > doable, great, we can just change the plugin centre redirects for > master (dev) and 11.2 at > > https://github.com/apache/netbeans-website/blob/master/netbeans.apache.org/src/content/.htaccess#L11 > > Other than that, we should probably look at PR1538, but if that's felt > to be problematic to integrate now, then an alternative version of > PR1534 targeting master needs doing. Except with a name like "NB Java > compiler" and a link to > https://netbeans.apache.org/nb/javac/11.2/catalog.xml.gz so we can > manage like all others via .htaccess file above. > > I'm happy to handle whichever way makes most sense, and can re-roll PR > 1534 if need be. Just need to know which we're aiming for, ideally by > tomorrow morning - no rush! :-) > > Thanks, > > Neil > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.apache.org > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > >
