Hi,

awesome Eric is doing the release again,

Im currently trying to get Groovy 3.0.x support into NetBeans 12, but there
are still some rough edges... not sure if I will make it. Backup plan is to
update to last 2.5.x to ensure compatibilty with newer Java versions as a
runtime for the IDE..

-Sven

Josh Juneau <[email protected]> schrieb am Mi., 11. März 2020, 13:52:

> Thanks to Eric for managing the release, and everyone else for all of the
> work being done.
>
> I am going to be putting in a PR for Jakarta EE 8 support within the next
> couple of days....would like to get that in to 12.0.  It is working in my
> environment, just need to clean it up a bit.
>
> Best Regards
>
> Josh Juneau
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>
>
> On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 7:27 AM Eric Barboni <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I'm physically training a lot :D Will be fit on 12.0 release :p
> >
> > Feature freeze is a bit abstract to me. After merge close, all of us
> > should be careful of PR that will go for 12.1 or 12.0 LTS.
> >
> > In some way I feel that RM on early phase can be more group work (it was
> a
> > bit like that in 11.3) :
> >    making a branch, setting up json and pushing build button on Jenkins
> > for beta creation can be done by any PMC. (No signing, no vote ..)
> >    and making changes remerging for beta milestone is quite easy too,
> with
> > help of PR. That lower the workload.
> >
> > The remaining works is locked to RM but it's a matter of hours for each
> > round of candidate.
> >    The hard stuff is VC preparation with signing that is done by  RM and
> > co RM (for installers) on their own computer.
> >
> > --
> > What I'm start thinking is instead of a xx.u-update1 it will be quite
> easy
> > to go for xx. instead of complex construct (if 11.3 need patch then go to
> > 11.31) full updating web + mirror with the 11.31.
> >
> > This is informal :D
> >
> > Best Regard
> > Eric
> >
> > -----Message d'origine-----
> > De : Neil C Smith <[email protected]>
> > Envoyé : mercredi 11 mars 2020 11:08
> > À : dev <[email protected]>
> > Objet : Re: Apache NetBeans 12.0 -- Eric Barboni
> >
> > On Tue, 10 Mar 2020 at 12:22, Geertjan Wielenga <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > > Especially Eric, who volunteered to be volunteer release manager for
> > 12.0.
> >
> > I'm glad Eric is doing 12.0 - I think having someone who has already been
> > an RM is a good thing to keep in mind for future LTS.
> >
> > I'm also happy to pick up any tasks here if need be, and it might also be
> > good if the person considering doing 12.1 touched base now too?  Am aware
> > that this release process will be twice as long, and have NetCAT, as well
> > as potentially more likelihood of updates through the year - all
> > potentially increasing the RM workload.  Eric, any thoughts there?
> >
> > On updates, part of me feels we might want to find "something" that needs
> > updating in 11.3 and test changes in pushing updates across larger user
> > base?
> >
> > On Tue, 10 Mar 2020 at 13:12, Geertjan Wielenga <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > > — Make nb-javac less prominently required and explicitly state that
> > > ideally a JDK later than 8 should be used.
> >
> > Possibly an option to switch off the notification (similarly to the old
> > userdir one) would be good?  12.0 may not be the time to be too radical
> in
> > changing that process, but being able to stop it nagging and more info in
> > the download dialog would be good.
> >
> > > — Several small but annoying bugs in the FlatLaf support (see recent
> > > e-mail here by Jaroslav Tulach).
> >
> > Well, on the FlatLaF / HTML wizards front, I'd much rather see us drop
> the
> > HTML wizard entirely!
> >
> > Assuming we don't, we really need to battle test the ergonomics
> enablement
> > and JavaFX download there.  It too often results in an infinite
> enablement
> > loop and blank wizard.
> >
> > > — JDK 15 enhancements being worked on by Oracle developers, e.g., new
> > > sealed type etc.
> >
> > Do those really need priority in 12.0 vs 12.1?  Freeze is in a week!
> >
> > More importantly would be ensuring JDK 14 support, including nb-javac
> when
> > installed?
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Neil
> >
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