> > Just wanted to point out that: > > 1. The Netbeans project is potentially loosing lots of people who would > > have liked to contribute, but can't find a way how. > > the insight is good, so you obvisually went through this and could > improve the documentation. That would help the project and you.
I was thinking the same thing. This seems the perfect contribution. If the current wiki / articles are not enough, why not make such a document? --emi ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On 15 June 2018 9:33 PM, Matthias Bläsing <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Dmitry, > > Am Freitag, den 15.06.2018, 11:02 -0700 schrieb Dmitry Avtonomov: > > > Just wanted to point out that: > > > > 1. The Netbeans project is potentially loosing lots of people who would > > > > have liked to contribute, but can't find a way how. > > > > the insight is good, so you obvisually went through this and could > > improve the documentation. That would help the project and you. > > Remember: Many current contributors are around for a long time, so they > > now the places to look and the thinks to do. > > > 2. 10 minute turnaround time for fix-build-run-test cycle is too much. > > This will require some one to step up and look through the build where > > the time is spend. But normally you don't need to rebuild the whole > > IDE. You build once and if you need to modify a set of modules, you > > just rebuild these. > > > 3. Most importantly I don't know how to start the whole thing in debug > > > > mode. Do I need to modify the ant script to make it wait for debugger > > > > connection? > > > > You can pass java options through the netbeans launcher via > > "-J<javaarg>". This will run netbeans with debugging enabled: > > /bin/netbeans > -J-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,suspend=y,server=y,address=9009 > > To run a freshly build netbeans you can invoke: > > ant -Ddebug.port=9009 tryme > > This will start the build IDE with a test userdir and it will wait on > > tcp port 9009 for debugger connections. > > > 4. Just people fiddling around in debugger can lead to some fixes and > > > > contributions as we're observing system's behavior. > > > > Sure. > > I hope you stay and improve the situation. > > Matthias > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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
