Hi Geertjan
Am 10/10/2016 um 11:18 PM schrieb Geertjan Wielenga:
Hi all,
An overview of the sequence as far as I understand it. Consider it a basic
starting point for discussion.
Let's start by assuming we want there to be a NetBeans 9 to be released out
of Apache, and as a top level project, i.e., outside the incubator, in line
with the release of Java 9.
That puts us in the middle of next year somewhere.
The most important aspect that needs to be worked through before then is
the IP, license hygiene, etc. Before we get to the point where we're
working on that, we need to actually have one or more Mercurial repos that
we know we want to move. Right now, the NetBeans 9 branch is being moved
into trunk, once that's done we need to consider whether we should take the
NetBeans trunk as our starting point -- and determine other brances we'll
need.
We'll then need to work through the IP issues, i.e., work through the
incompatible licenses and work out solutions for those. Some features might
be dropped, others can be installed via plugins, either separately or
during installation.
At the point where we've worked through those licensing issues and are at a
stage where we either have temporary exceptions for truly problematic
areas, while knowing what the ultimate solutions for those will be, or we
have solved everything, we'll be at the point where Oracle's SGA (software
grant agreement) can be worked on.
In other words, based on the above, the SGA would be executed as one of the
LAST steps of the incubation period. After all, if we do uncover
insurmountable issues during the incubation period, in particular in
relation to licensing, having executed such a grant too early would lead to
a very difficult unwinding of the process.
I see it differently. Oracle has to singn the SGA first. Or do you
think, we smell which file Oracle owns the Copyright, and which one not?
;-) Normaly we get a list of files which are granted. I think, this is
very important and should be one of the first step. But maybe you can
describe your problem a bit closer.
Regards
Raphael
