On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 10:49 AM, Peter Steele <steeleh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The Apache integration should be very prominent on the main page, it should > link to all the relevant Apache pages and should ask for volunteers etc. > The Apache wiki is ok, but most people know about netbeans.org. > > In terms of my comments on "modern" and small things. I can't think of too > many specific things off hand but what I would say is > > - I think a subset of the modules you can download should become core > - the look at feel of netbeans puts me off a bit, I like the intellij dark > look and feel (the font is much nicer to work with) > Have you tried this plugin: plugins.netbeans.org/plugin/62424/darcula-laf-for-netbeans Would be great to have that as part of Apache NetBeans. > - having moved over to gradle I find the gradle integration in netbeans not > as good good as it's competitors. I think netbeans should divorce the build > system from the project choice so I could (as a basic example) choose maven > html5 or gradle html5 or maven basic java as a project choice. > I think the Gradle plugin should be a standard part of Apache NetBeans, though that is a decision that Attila Kelemen, the creator of the plugin, needs to make: https://github.com/kelemen/netbeans-gradle-project > - android integration is important to me, would be good to have some > standard support. > Yes, https://bitbucket.org/nbandroid/nbandroid/wiki/Installation is another one that could be part of Apache NetBeans, depending on the developer who created it, so that everyone can get involved in getting it to the next level. > > Btw I like the fact netbeans has moved to Apache, netbeans has a lot going > for it that is better than other ides. Hopefully the Apache integration > will help it move quickly to a better place. > Yup. > Step one though is making it clearer to users of netbeans that the > integration is happening and progress is being made to get a new release > out. > > Well, step one was making sure we would succeed in getting the code out of Oracle into Apache. That has recently succeeded, only over the past month or so, with at least half more still to come. So, we really needed there to be code in the Apache NetBeans Git repo before we could start actively thinking about moving NetBeans users over to Apache NetBeans. Gj
