Must we really include these drivers out of the box? It seems like a perfect candidate for an Apache-approved smaller plugin update center.
We just publish these driver NBM wrappers in this plugin repository and the IDE will just ask the user if he wants to grab the latest online module for the database type they pick in some combobox GUI. Just an idea. --emi ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On 30 May 2018 9:51 AM, Christian Lenz <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 for updating the PostgreSQL Driver. But this is not the only Driver which > is Kind of outdated, Right? Maybe all other Drivers, that NetBeans uses > should be updated, if they wasn’t > > Cheers > > Chris > > Von: Glenn Holmer > > Gesendet: Dienstag, 29. Mai 2018 22:15 > > An: [email protected] > > Betreff: Re: Postgres JDBC driver > > On 05/29/2018 02:33 PM, Matthias Bläsing wrote: > > > Am Dienstag, den 29.05.2018, 08:16 -0500 schrieb Glenn Holmer: > > > > > I'd like to work on this. I'll have lots of questions, but I want to > > > > > > learn the NetBeans internals. I'm studying "NetBeans Platform for > > > > > > Beginners" and the API docs on netbeans.org. > > > > > > I had a look at NETBEANS-170 (referenced by 870): > > > > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-170 > > > > > > If Postgres is the last driver still bundled with NetBeans, are the > > > > > > above steps even worth the effort? > > > > Eirik already pointed out other drivers we might consider to bundle. > > > > Apache Derby would be another one. > > > > For the "add drivers" part it might be worth looking at the PR, that > > > > removed MySQL: > > > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-netbeans/pull/294 > > > > The changes that were done in db.drivers would need to be reversed for > > > > adding drivers. > > OK, I'll attack it from that direction, then. I'd already had a look at > > that PR. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Glenn Holmer (Linux registered user #16682) > > "After the vintage season came the aftermath -- and Cenbe." > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
