Performance wise you're definitely better off building once before opening - scanning class files is much faster than sources.
-Tim On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 12:16 PM Chuck Davis <cjgun...@gmail.com> wrote: > So I decided to look at NB code base. Followed the "bootstrap" section > here: https://netbeans.apache.org/participate/submit-pr.html except that > I used NB8.2 to do the Git things. When NB asked if I wanted to open a > project I selected them all and clicked "Yes". After cranking several > minutes nearly all the projects have errors. I'm no Git ninja but I > thought the master branch in Git was gold code. > > Anyway, is this the expected outcome? Why are projects in "master" branch > when they won't compile and build? > > I presume the next step is attempting to get rid of the sea of red? Or > have I screwed up something? > > If I have to work on getting rid of the sea of red I think I'll just go off > and work on my own stuff and leave NB to be tended by people who know what > they are doing. > > Thanks for any guidance on what I've done wrong. > -- http://timboudreau.com
