Thanks, both of you.
Don't know if "working with NB sources" is described anywhere else than here: https://netbeans.apache.org/participate/build-run-debug-tutorials.html but that one for sure need an update. As a short term solution just put a note on the page. Here's a PR for that: https://github.com/apache/incubator-netbeans-website/pull/90 /Lars On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 7:28 PM Geertjan Wielenga <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > From within NB IDE 8.2 > > > > There's your problem. Use Apache NetBeans 9 or higher. > > Gj > > On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 7:14 PM Matthias Bläsing < > [email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hey Lars, > > > > the NetBeans top-level directory layout was incompatibility changed. > > Before the change all modules were at the top-level directory, after > > the change, the modules were moved into a per-cluster directory. > > > > You need NetBeans 9 to open the modules. > > > > HTH > > > > Matthias > > > > Am Samstag, den 24.11.2018, 18:52 +0100 schrieb Lars Bruun-Hansen: > > > I'm an infrequent contributor to Apache NetBeans. It has been a > > > while, > > > about 9 months, and I realize I no longer know how to open a specific > > > NetBeans module and work on that. > > > > > > Here's what I do: > > > > > > 1. Clone Apache NetBeans from GitHub > > > 2. Run "ant" from the root of the clone. It takes some 10 minutes to > > > complete on my laptop and builds with no errors. > > > 3. Now for the problem. From within NB IDE 8.2 I now try to open a > > > module > > > of the clone. So I attempt to open something like: > > > cloneroot/<cluster>/<module> (e.g. cloneroot/nb/ide.branding), but > > > I get > > > "java.io.IOException: netbeans.org-type module requires at least > > > nbbuild: > > > <path-to-module-I'm-trying-to-open>". Although I understand the > > > individual words in the message, the meaning of it escapes me. > > > > > > I must admit that NB build system is foreign country to me as is Ant. > > > I've > > > tried to look for information about how this is done since I've > > > clearly > > > forgotten my past knowledge. Only this set of videos has come up in > > > my > > > search: > > > https://netbeans.apache.org/participate/build-run-debug-tutorials.html > > but > > > those videos are made before the repository changed folder layout. > > > Don't > > > know if that is my problem, though. It is probably something obvious > > > on my > > > part that I do wrong. > > > > > > Any pointers? > > > > > > /Lars > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > > > > >
