Hi all, Thinking ahead a bit, as soon as 11.3 is out, we should be evaluating the test specs so we can start NetCAT so we can start that a month later when the first beta is available when the merge window closes.
Now -- the question of the moment is: which areas of NetBeans do we want to prioritize for NetCAT, especially which have not been tested before that we now find important (e.g., Gradle) and are essentially new kids on the block. Here is my (and Neil's) proposal for what we should be focusing on (and what we should not be focusing on for NetCAT 12.0). Focus areas (in alphabetical order): 1. Gradle 2. Jakarta EE (including Payara) 3. Java Editor -- new language features for JDK 11+ in particular 4. PHP Editor -- focus on the newest PHP language features 5. Maven 6. Ergonomics/enablement of features (issues with being behind proxy, etc) Things to deprioritize (this time around and remember we can't do everything and if you disagree please speak up and pick up the specs), i.e., things that haven't changed: 1. Form Editor (i.e., GUI Builder, Matisse) 2. Ant-based anything 3. Subversion, CVS, i.e., anything not Git Anyway, that's a starting point for discussion, also see this updated schedule: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Release+Schedule Thanks, Gj and Neil
