Great direction, this. One of the highlights of the year, from my point of view!
Gj On Thu, 16 Dec 2021 at 11:06, Neil C Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 16 Dec 2021 at 01:19, Scott Palmer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Is the Zulu JDK the “full” one with JavaFX modules? I like to use that > as it simplifies JavaFX development considerably. > > No, and we don't intend to provide this. a) I think JavaFX > development is better done using the Maven / Gradle JavaFX plugins, > and b) it's easy to tweak the configuration and run the NBPackage > command to build an installer with the runtime of your choice if you > really want this. > > > Though I’m not likely to use an installer that bundles a JDK with NB, I > think many students/beginners would. They would benefit from having things > “just work” > > There is already a DEB package here without JDK. I'm working on > making sure all the package options can also run with a system JDK out > of the box. This would potentially offer us an alternative to the > existing NBI installers that we could distribute via ASF. I certainly > don't think NBI is the right option in the long term, and we should be > looking to use OS native packaging options. Lots of benefits to that > besides easier JDK bundling! > > Best wishes, > > Neil > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > > >
