OK thank you. My understanding is that in general if there are IP issues, the original authors cannot write the new/replacement code and those who may write the new code should not look at the old code...but I am not an attorney. :)
Carl On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 4:35 PM Geertjan Wielenga <geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com.invalid> wrote: > Yes, it slipped through the cracks. Possibly there'll be problems with > parts of the code because of IP, but I'll be sure to keep this thread > updated as we move along with this now, i.e., it will (as much as possible > of it) be part of the 3rd donation. It would really help if those > knowledgeable in this area (there appear to be a lot, in this thread) would > look at that repo and see whether those scripts and files and so on do the > job and are what's needed, we're going to need to build up expertise in > this area together, sure, Oracle engineers will be available to support and > answer questions and so on, but the more we spread the knowledge the > better. > > Gj > > On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 10:30 PM, Carl Mosca <carljmo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > This is good news. Somehow I got the impression that this code was not > > available due to IP and/or license issues. > > > > Thank you Gj. > > > > On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 10:39 AM Geertjan Wielenga > > <geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com.invalid> wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 5:46 AM, Will Hartung <willhart...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > That said, looking at the git zip download, there's most certainly > > > evidence > > > > of the ability to create the Mac installers, which was kind of my > base > > > > puzzle. These existed before, where's the scripts to build it? The > > actual > > > > build scripts I can't find, I don't know if they are on/lost with the > > > > Hudson server (I can't seem to connect to the one linked at the > nb.org > > > > page). All of the hudson.* directories seem to relate to NetBeans > > hudson > > > > support, not the build. > > > > > > > > > > > > > That's a good point. > > > > > > Installers were always created for NetBeans releases, including DMG > > > installers. > > > > > > Looking in the hg repo at Oracle, this is where the related scripts and > > so > > > on are found: > > > > > > http://hg.netbeans.org/releases/file/tip/installer > > > > > > These have not yet been included in the donation process, since we have > > > been focusing on clusters (e.g., the 'java' cluster, the 'php' cluster, > > > etc) and this 'installer' folder falls outside the clusters. > > > > > > So, we will work on including the installer folder from the hg repo > into > > > the donation that we're currently working on, i.e., the 3rd donation. > > > > > > Apologies for not thinking about this earlier -- i.e., we've had the > > > solution all along and simply not yet included them in the donation. > > > > > > Can those knowledgeable in this area take a look at the above folder -- > > it > > > includes everything needed AFAIK for installers for Windows, Linux, and > > > Mac. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Gj > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Finally, the Apache infrastructure has a build bot running on a Mac > > Mini. > > > > If the original build scripts can be found, and the proper > permissions > > > > acquired on the Mac Build bot, then, ideally, the previous build can > be > > > > ported to the new infrastructure. > > > > > > > > Ideally, this shouldn't have to be a clean room reinvention of the > > wheel > > > if > > > > it were deigned to be something that the group still wanted to have > > > > supported. > > > > > > > > But, I don't know. > > > > > > > > Regards. > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Carl J. Mosca > > > -- Carl J. Mosca
