IMO any installer/launcher should be made with the standard jpackage tool. So that would be my suggestion for a long term plan. Short term zip works but isn’t enough for a professional software product.
Scott > On Feb 3, 2025, at 1:46 PM, Laszlo Kishalmi <laszlo.kisha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Well, I'm on Option 1 for the upcoming NB25 and option 3 on longer run. > > The way moving forward would probably worth a vote thread or at least a call > for lazy consensus. > >> On 2/3/25 07:53, Michael Bien wrote: >> I like Option 1 too >> >> (forgot to mention my preference) >> >> best regards, >> >> michael >> >> >>> On 03.02.25 16:41, Martin Balín wrote: >>> I would go with Option 1 - drop NBI windows, for NetBeans 25 >>> The reason: don’t block current release. After the release evaluate if >>> NetBeans should provide other installers as well. Mean discuss if Option3 >>> would not be too disruptive. >>> Martin >>> >>>> On 3. 2. 2025, at 14:46, Michael Bien <mbie...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> What shall we do for NB 25 which is currently baking? >>>> >>>> situation: unchanged >>>> >>>> Should we drop NBI or do another release? The mentioned issues did not >>>> progress. Users will likely have difficulties to uninstall NB 23/24 on >>>> windows. Those affected by it might also not be able to install NB 25 due >>>> to broken installer configuration. >>>> >>>> I used to test on win10/11 during vote but won't do that anymore since I >>>> can't update the windows image to the latest version inside virtualbox - I >>>> can't reproduce any of this anyway so its mostly wasted time at this point >>>> I think. >>>> >>>> option 1: >>>> - drop NBI windows >>>> - add a link down to the community installers for windows users >>>> - keep all other installers for now >>>> >>>> option 2: >>>> - release everything again for one more release >>>> >>>> option 3: >>>> - drop everything except the zip >>>> >>>> option 4: ? >>>> >>>> best regards, >>>> >>>> michael --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
