Excellent news. Gj
On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 7:02 PM Jaroslav Tulach <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello guys, > thank you for your reactions... > > Jan wrote: > > (First, I applaud this effort!) > Laszlo wrote: > > First of all, contributions are welcome! > > ...and thank you for all your support. > > Matthias was: > > not sure what to make of this message, > > I just wanted to share the plans to put actions of Sváťa, Martin, Dušan > and > other colleagues into some meaningful context. > > > FWIW, Apache NetBeans has already released the VS Code extension in the > > past: > > > https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/netbeans/netbeans-vscode-ext/0.0.1/apa > > che-netbeans-java-0.0.1.vsix > > Entertaining. I know I did vote, but I don't remember seeing the > announcement > of the final bits. Anyway the "NBCode" effort is nothing new, it builds on > the > previous and heroic work of Jan Lahoda. The major topic for the currently > prepared changes is to add debugging support. > > Laszlo wrote: > > I'm Ok with giving the java.lsp.server module inside NetBeans, as long > > as it is not a dead code and seems to be maintained. In this case, > > that'd be true. > > Right, it is not a dead code. Not only the extension is released from time > to > time, it's build is also part of Travis validation: https://travis-ci.org/ > github/apache/netbeans/jobs/733967542 > <https://travis-ci.org/github/apache/netbeans/jobs/733967542> > > Laszlo asked: > > My question would be: What is in this contribution for NetBeans? > > Better code. Contributions of skilled engineers like Svatopluk Dědic: > https:// > github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2424, Martin Entlicher, Dušan Bálek and > others. > > Classical NetBeans IDE can benefit from better debugging support, more > robust > Maven behavior, improved Java hints, etc. That's the kind of code which is > going to be shared. > > Laszlo asked: > > My problem is the packaging and distribution. Again what is the benefit > > for NetBeans doing so? > > Jan wrote: > > VS Code already has a Java extension, based on Eclipse (by RedHat) > > Neil added: > > I actually do like the idea of us at least exploring providing > > the VSCode support as Apache. > > When you install "Java Language Extension" (by Microsoft) you are also > prompted to install the work done by RedHat. Quite a nice publicity. > Wouldn't > you want to see a "Java Editing Support by Apache NetBeans" in there as > well? > > Matthias counted: > > but I see 171 commits > > I shared my branch just to show the amount of changed files. Otherwise it > is a > dirty history with many trial and error attempts. We don't plan to merge > that > branch. > > Neil wanted to know: > > who exactly is contributing this > > Individual members of the Apache NetBeans project, of course. Sváťa > proposed > a PR yesterday. I prepared one PR today. Martin is going to prepare his > debugger PR soon. I will prepare the final PR for `java.lsp.server` next > week. > > We'll see how the reviews go. > -jt > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > > >
