I keep multiple NB versions on each machine I use NB on. I even still have nb4.1 on 1 machine and yes it requires an old JDK to run. I keep separate user dirs. And edit each etc/netbean.conf file to insure no compflict. I also at times run multiple versions of NB at same time.
What ever you decide to do please don't break my ability to have old versions and run different versions at same time. The current nb9rc1 is still using "dev" as the userdir - it has not yet been updated to something unique. It should be changed before the final release. Thanks -Gary On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 9:24 AM, Laszlo Kishalmi <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Jarda for the summary! > > Just checked the Upgrader code it is going to check for 8.2 installation. > > > > On 06/05/2018 08:49 PM, Jaroslav Tulach wrote: > >> Dne úterý 5. června 2018 21:40:55 CEST, Laszlo Kishalmi napsal(a): >> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> I just would like to start some discussion on the default user directory. >>> >> As usually I can point to https://platform.netbeans.org/ >> articles/installation.html where this >> topic has been analyzed. To quote: >> >> "It is not reasonable to share this directory between different >> /Products/ - the cache would >> be useless, the logs would get confusing and also the user modifications >> to the *config* >> would could be ambiguous. That is why each /Product/ shall define its own >> directory prefix >> (based on its name)" >> >> Historically each NetBeans release has been treated as a separate >> Product. The caches >> would obviously be useless when switching between 8.1 and 8.2 and sharing >> the same >> directory. >> >> In addition to that modules do not guarantee forward compatiblity of >> settings (e.g. 8.1 >> being able to read 8.2 settings). They could, but the module writers >> usually have tons of >> problems to be at least backward compatible (e.g. make sure 8.2 reads 8.1 >> settings). >> >> Originaly we always copied the whole 8.1 directory to 8.2 and used it, >> but it turned out the >> compatibility issues pop up everywhere. As such there is now the >> "settings import" utility >> which allows each module to explictly say which options/files to copy. >> >> The current state is a relatively stable balance between user experience >> and module >> developer capabilities. I wouldn't change it much. >> -jt >> >> Btw. has anyone updated the import tool to detect 8.2 settings and copy >> them? >> >> So far each and every NetBeans release had its distinct user directory >>> like $HOME/.netbeans/8.0, $HOME/.netbeans/8.2rc1, etc. Do we want to >>> follow this with Apache NetBeans (we are using dev at these moment) or >>> just make a difference between dev and release, or if we plan to do more >>> frequent releases in the future, shall we do something else? >>> >>> This is just came across my mind and thought it might worth to share it. >>> >> >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > > >
