That is of course the “correct” way to do this. But I still wonder, why doesn’t NetBeans use the standard java launcher that is produced by javapackager?
(If it isn’t good enough, it should be. We should file an issue with the JDK if it is inadequate.) Scott > On Feb 25, 2018, at 10:00 PM, John Muczynski <johnst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi guys, > > At work we commit binaries (products of a build) into a binary repository > (Artifactory). > > In order to bundle them along with the jar files, a Java build then fetches > these hard-to-build pieces, made by the other build. They are specified > with a specific version number by using Maven coordinates. > > Kind regards, > Johnny > > > >> On Feb 25, 2018 12:51 AM, "Jan Lahoda" <lah...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 5:09 PM, Eric Barboni <sk...@apache.org> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Jan, >>> >>> I try to make it concrete to me (as I am not sure to understand >>> completely the workflow). >>> >>> We may add a folder to nbbuild/buildnatives that contains all the make c >>> stuff to compile and release (linked to the source we need for example in >>> o.n.bootstrap and ide/native) >>> >>> Phase 1 (optional) >>> clone netbeans-incubator and execute the nbbuild/buildnatives >>> >> >> As Emilian noted, not sure if we need another directory. Maybe we could >> just have a few special targets in nbbuild/build.xml, that would delegate >> to appropriate Makefiles. >> >> >>> Phase 2 >>> clone netbeans-incubator ,ant and use the released native >>> >> >> Yes. >> >> Overall, I think there are two important things: >> -folks building NetBeans shouldn't need to have a C/C++ compiler installed >> -NetBeans builds should be multi-platform (so that doing a build on Linux >> gets a binary that can run on Windows) >> >> There are only very few native components, so overall, this should be >> doable. >> >> Traditionally, we had the launchers checked-in directly in the repository, >> but that's not allowed in ASF. Hence the idea with releasing launchers >> separately. But if there's a better solution, I'm for it. >> >> Jan >> >> >>> Is it a "possible" workflow ? >>> >>> Regards >>> Eric >>> >>> >>> -----Message d'origine----- >>> De : Jan Lahoda [mailto:lah...@gmail.com] >>> Envoyé : vendredi 23 février 2018 13:10 >>> À : dev@netbeans.incubator.apache.org >>> Objet : Re: launcher for windows and building c file >>> >>>> On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 1:02 PM, Eric Barboni <sk...@apache.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> I know that Apache Openoffice use buildbot[1,2] with cygwin on it. >>>> >>>> We need ask Apache Infra for that. We also need a new repository. >>>> >>> >>> We can definitely ask for a new repository, but do we need one? I.e. why >>> can't the sources be part of the main repo, and just produce a release >> as a >>> subset of that repo? (We already do that with the NB platform.) >>> >>> Jan >>> >>> >>>> Regards >>>> Eric >>>> [1] >>>> https://ci.apache.org/builders/aoo-w741x >>>> [2] >>>> https://ci.apache.org/buildbot.html >>>> >>>> -----Message d'origine----- >>>> De : Jan Lahoda [mailto:lah...@gmail.com] Envoyé : vendredi 23 février >>>> 2018 12:02 À : dev@netbeans.incubator.apache.org Objet : Re: launcher >>>> for windows and building c file >>>> >>>> On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 4:59 PM, Eric Barboni <sk...@apache.org> >> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> I setup cygwin64 on windows 10. Thanks to your tips I update to >>>>> i686* tools chain. >>>>> I add to static link libgcc, libstdc++ and also add -static >>>>> lpthread to get it works. >>>>> >>>>> Artefact are huge now but I was able test some code to check for >>>>> jdk9 compatibility. >>>>> >>>>> The remaining issue are: >>>>> how to generate the platform-launcher-9.0beta.zip and >>>>> launcher.zip, how to populate the external binaries repository with >>>>> those artefact >>>>> >>>> >>>> When I was thinking of this, I was thinking it would be in line with >>>> the Apache approach to create a separate release with just the >>>> launchers (this wouldn't quite require moving that ouside of the repo, >>>> it could be a task to simply pack a piece of the big repo). That would >>>> be sources and convenience binaries. Should be reasonably small. And >>>> when building the IDE, the convenience binaries for launchers would be >>>> downloaded and incorporated to the built IDE. I assume some work will >>>> be needed to setup such a release. It would be ideal if the >>>> convenience binaries would be uploaded to Maven. Upload to the legacy >>>> binary repository requires commit rights to hg.netbeans.org. >>>> >>>> Are there build machines at Apache that have mingw? It would be >>>> definitely good to have an "official" build. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Jan >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> Eric >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -----Message d'origine----- >>>>> De : John Muczynski [mailto:johnst...@gmail.com] Envoyé : mercredi >>>>> 21 février 2018 19:10 À : dev@netbeans.incubator.apache.org Objet : >>> Re: >>>>> launcher for windows and building c file >>>>> >>>>> Hi Eric, >>>>> >>>>> These are excellent issues to unearth. >>>>> I like the idea of creating a setup to build the executable. >>>>> >>>>> Here at work, we don't build the launcher too often. >>>>> We keep a zip of C:\cygwin from a set of cygwin files that worked to >>>>> build the launcher. >>>>> I notice that my NetBeans is set up to use >>>>> C:\cygwin\bin\i686-w64-mingw32-g++.exe >>>>> when building from the IDE. >>>>> >>>>> You were asking if someone had a working setup. Would more >>>>> information and/or files about this process help you personally? >>>>> >>>>> Kind Regards, >>>>> Johnny >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Johnny Muczynski >>>>> 734-262-2045 >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 12:54 PM, Eric Barboni <sk...@apache.org> >>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> I was trying to launch Apache Netbeans 9.0 beta on a windows 10 >>>>>> box with only jdk9 installed. >>>>>> >>>>>> Executable is failing to retrieve a 1.8 or higher java because >>>>>> of important registry changes in jdk9 and also version scheme >> change >>> [2]. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I try to follow the wiki page [1] but the required old compiler >>>>>> are gone in cygwin. I also give a try to mingw32 toolchain. No >>>>>> luck :/ >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Question 1: >>>>>> >>>>>> Did someone have a working setup for building this ? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Question 2: >>>>>> >>>>>> Would it be an option to move the windows “c++” code to another >>>>>> git repository ? Setup a Jenkins or buildbot at Apache to build >>>>>> the executable in a consistent way. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Best Regards >>>>>> >>>>>> Eric >>>>>> >>>>>> [1] >>>>>> >>>>>> http://wiki.netbeans.org/LauncherBuild >>>>>> >>>>>> [2] >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> <https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/install/installation- >>>>>> jdk-and-jre-microsoft >>>>>> -windows-platforms.htm> >>>>>> https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/install/installation- >>>>>> jdk-and-jre-microsoft- >>>>>> windows-platforms.htm ( § Windows Registry Settings) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> - To unsubscribe, e-mail: >>>>> dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.incubator.apache.org >>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: >>>>> dev-h...@netbeans.incubator.apache.org >>>>> >>>>> For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: >>>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.incubator.apache.org >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: >>>> dev-h...@netbeans.incubator.apache.org >>>> >>>> For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: >>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.incubator.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.incubator.apache.org >>> >>> For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists >>> >>> >>> >>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.incubator.apache.org For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
