Hi guys.
After a long time I have finally found enough courage to tackle this issue.

> where to put the
> update.xml.gz file? Somewhere on Maven as well - a .gz file can be one of the
> artifacts

This week I created bunch of "Maven Install" related PRs. Please find
my draft of "update center as an artifact" at
https://github.com/apache/netbeans-mavenutils-nbm-maven-plugin/pull/375

-jt

pá 27. 6. 2025 v 17:54 odesílatel Jaroslav Tulach
<[email protected]> napsal:
>
> > Another problem is any application using things from the NB cluster.
> > I know there was a conversation a while ago about dropping that
> > cluster from the Maven artefacts.  IMO, no other application should be
> > picking up the branding and infrastructure requirements of the IDE,
> > and the stability of those resources should only be considered in the
> > context of the IDE's needs alone.
>
> That's correct! But it was so convenient to use the update center ;-)
>
> > > The problem is that I need the `update.xml` sooner than my module is
> > > installed.
> >
> > Well, I was thinking more that a useful task could be an update.xml
> > that is generated from and points to the Maven artefacts.  That could
> > happen here, it could happen elsewhere (eg. on the IGV side).
> > Applications would still need to register it though.
>
> Update center that can download anything RELEASE260 versioning from
> org.netbeans namespace would be a good solution. Not sure where to put the
> update.xml.gz file? Somewhere on Maven as well - a .gz file can be one of the
> artifacts, I think.
>
> Or it could be done without XML. update.xml is just one of possible
> implementations of some 
> https://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-netbeans-modules-autoupdate-services/index.html
>  interface.
>
> -jt
>
>

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