@Emilian It's a vicious circle - I'm searching for info on how to perform a particular task, I can't find that info, I ask for help in the mailing list, you tell me to create the help document, but I still don't know what to write.
@Gj Could you please add a link to the wiki on the main website? This wiki is really hard to find. Possibly also add a link to this development environment wiki page to the "Build from source" section here: https://netbeans.apache.org/download/index.html On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 11:47 AM Emilian Bold <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 > > > >
