Hi all, In the discussion re website (i.e., netbeans.org, netbeans.apache.org) and other places, several people make the valid point about the Apache NetBeans direction being the perfect opportunity to clarify the distinction between the NetBeans application framework (i.e., the NetBeans Platform) deserving its own Apache project status, with the NetBeans IDE tooling on top of it being distinct in its own project.
I.e., there's be netbeans.apache.org and, maybe, nbplatform.apache.org (or a completely new name, as suggested, e.g., opendesktopplatform or something like that). It would indeed be best to clarify that direction during incubation. However our primary priority at this stage is to release NetBeans IDE 9 together with JDK 9 and I would like to suggest that we therefore move this particular discussion until after incubation. We need to, as soon as we get the code from Oracle (right now, just the newly written code is being audited, with a few folders that are required for building the IDE), work on releasing NetBeans IDE 9, ideally as a top level project, i.e., there'd need to be a minor 8.2.1 release first. Given that JDK 9 is set to be released during July, that doesn't give much time. I'd like to suggest that once everything above has been done and is stable and the project is working well, we reopen the discussion about splitting off a separate Apache project focused on the NetBeans Platform. From my side, it's hard enough keeping up with the discussions in just one project at this stage, having to deal with two, and all related requirements for two projects in incubation at the same time -- it would be too much. Insights from mentors and experienced people in this process would help here too. Gj
