+1 from me as well. This direction is very promising. Gj
On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 9:43 PM, Sven Reimers <sven.reim...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > With JDK 10 approaching and 11 already on the horizon - I think this is an > awesome plan.. > > +1 > > Sven > > On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 7:20 PM, Jan Lahoda <lah...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Today, we were talking with Jarda (jtulach) and Geertjan about what do we > > do with the Java support for the beta release. > > > > I think the proposal is roughly like this: > > -the jdk-javac branch will be updated to > > --allow the IDE to start on JDK 8, with javac based Java features > disabled > > (as best as we can, some exceptions might still happen, which we will > > resolve as we find them). > > --when running on JDK 8, there will be a notification/popup/dialog that > the > > Java features are disabled and that the IDE either needs to run on JDK 9 > or > > later, or the additional nb-javac module must be installed (the latter > > being preferred, a "link" to perform the action included) > > --when running on JDK 9, show (once?) a notification/popup that the IDE's > > behavior may improve by installing the additional nb-javac module. > > -critical problems with the jdk-javac branch that we find should be fixed > > -a pull request to merge the jdk-javac branch into master will be sent > > > > (Jarda, please correct me if I missed something.) > > > > Are there any comments/objections/help offers to this proposal? > > > > I'd like to get to this later this week. > > > > Thanks, > > Jan > > > > > > -- > Sven Reimers > > * Senior Expert Software Architect > * Java Champion > * NetBeans Dream Team Member: http://dreamteam.netbeans.org > * Community Leader NetBeans: http://community.java.net/netbeans > Desktop Java: > http://community.java.net/javadesktop > * JUG Leader JUG Bodensee: http://www.jug-bodensee.de > * Duke's Choice Award Winner 2009 > > * XING: https://www.xing.com/profile/Sven_Reimers8 > * LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/svenreimers >
