Yes, indeed, and this will be fixed in Beta 4. There is a pull request ready for this.
Gj On Sun, 19 Apr 2020 at 22:54, Mark Eggers <its_toas...@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote: > I noticed this as well when I built Netbeans from source in order to > test a patch. > > I needed to at least activate the Java SE plugins in order to get the > Maven repository entry to show up in Services. This required me to > install nb-javac, even though I was running on JDK 11. > > The build was done on JDK 8, but I'm not sure why that should be an > issue. If it's of interest, I can build with JDK 11 to see if this still > happens. > > . . . just my two cents > /mde/ > > On 4/19/2020 1:36 PM, Kenneth Fogel wrote: > > Then why doesn't NetBeans take no for an answer. It now shows as a > notification on the status bar. It should no longer be a default. When NB > wants to install the FX components it also installs nb-javac, no option not > to. Then we have to go into userdir and clean it out. With that done it now > pesters us with a notification. Using Beta 3. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Geertjan Wielenga <geert...@apache.org> > > Sent: April 19, 2020 1:49 PM > > To: dev@netbeans.apache.org > > Subject: Re: Can we say good-bye to nb-javac > > > > Pretty much the first result when you google the term “nb-javac”: > > > > https://blogs.apache.org/netbeans/entry/what-s-nb-javac-in > > > > Gj > > > > On Sun, 19 Apr 2020 at 19:36, Geertjan Wielenga <geert...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > >> > >> This has been discussed at VERY great length at this point on this > >> mailing list. > >> > >> In 12.0, from beta 4 onwards, only if you’re running on JDK 8 will you > >> need to install nb-javac. > >> > >> Please spend some time looking through this mailing list around this > >> topic, including the purpose of nb-javac, everything has been repeated > >> enough times at this point. > >> > >> Gj > >> > >> > >> On Sun, 19 Apr 2020 at 19:13, Kenneth Fogel > >> <kfo...@dawsoncollege.qc.ca> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Just loaded up Beta 3 and of course it desperately want to load > >>> nb-javac > >>> 2 (possibly 2.1). Loaded up a project that used Java 14 record and it > >>> declared it an error with no hope for redemption. Deleted all the > >>> nb-javac files from the C:\devapp\NB\USERDIR\12.0-beta3\modules > >>> folder (I prefer my USERDIR and CACHE where I can find them easily) > >>> and then NB was happy with Java 14's compiler and with records after > >>> asking me if I wanted to use preview features.. > >>> > >>> Could someone point me to where I could learn what the advantage of > >>> nb-javac is over javac? > >>> > >>> Ken > >>> > >>> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > > > > >
