Isn't the solution to write to the README.md (maybe just next time) that one has to:
./platform/lib/nbexec --userdir /tmp/testuserdir (if that works on all platforms)? -jt 2017-11-15 15:23 GMT+01:00 Geertjan Wielenga < [email protected]>: > On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 2:15 PM, Jan Lahoda <[email protected]> wrote: > > > My personal opinion: seems the main issue here is that the nbexec expects > > to get userdir (and cache dir) from the product/application launcher. If > > that's good or bad, that I guess is a question to NetBeans Platform > > architects, but this (as far as I can tell) is not really anything new in > > this release. But to me personally, if one can create a platform > > application, and that application will run, the current state does not > seem > > too terrible. > > > > Exactly -- and this was my original point: does it matter whether or not > the NetBeans Platform starts, so long as applications built on top of it > can start? > > But also, I'm concerned that when we go to the IPMC with a vote thread, one > of them is going to have a problem starting the NetBeans Platform for the > reasons encountered by Chris and Emilian and then the release will be > rejected. > > So, what's the solution? > > Gj > > > > > > AFAIK we are talking about an alpha release, about thing that > > probably exists for a long time and if that does not affect applications > > based on the platform, is it really a show stopper. > > > > Jan > > > > On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 2:17 PM, Jaroslav Tulach < > > [email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > On Wednesday, November 15, 2017, Geertjan Wielenga < > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Well, the question would be why it is useful. > > > > > > > > > > And what does it prove -- and is it a requirement for release. > > > > > > > > > > What does it show if the launcher isn't working? That you cannot start > > > platform! > > > > > > When I wrote the installation proposal > > > https://platform.netbeans.org/articles/installation.html I described > > that > > > nbexec shall be there and shall be used to launch the platform. I don't > > > think much changed since then. > > > > > > Releasing something without a way to start it doesn't make it very > > useful, > > > in my opinion. My 2 Kč > > > -jt > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 9:49 AM, Jaroslav Tulach < > > > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> 2017-11-14 20:32 GMT+01:00 Geertjan Wielenga < > > > > >> [email protected] > > > > >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected] > > ');>>: > > > > >> > > > > >> > Calling the exe doesn’t really make sense. Who/why would one do > > > this. > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> Why it doesn't make sense? Calling platform/lib/nbexec.exe shall > > start > > > > the > > > > >> platform. Calling platform/lib/nbexec does so on Unix. > > > > >> -jt > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
