A suggestion : Remove SVN from core - and make it available as a official plug in.Then if we need SVN - simply add a plug in is enough.
In years ago - I used SVN and hg for VCS. But now git overriding them in my projects. On 11 Mar 2018 23:57, "Stephen Stewart" <sstewart...@gmail.com> wrote: > As a Netbeans user I use SVN every day. Please do not remove it. > Cheers, > Stephen Stewart > > On 11 March 2018 at 19:26, Geertjan Wielenga < > geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > I'm not aware of any problem at all with Subversion in NetBeans -- I > think > > this discussion started with David Heffelfinger trying to gauge the > > popularity and relevance of Subversion and CVS in NetBeans, for purposes > of > > prioritizing them for NetCAT testing. Looks to me like Subversion has > > always been treated of equal priority to Git and Mercurial in NetBeans, > > while that's less the case for CVS, just a lower priority in terms of how > > much time is spent testing it as part of NetCAT. > > > > Also, those who care a lot about Subversion or CVS, or anything else, > e.g., > > Git or Mercurial, should sign up to the NetCAT program to give feedback > and > > input etc. > > > > Gj > > > > On Sun, Mar 11, 2018 at 7:22 PM, Christian Lenz <christian.l...@gmx.net> > > wrote: > > > > > As I understand it right, the SVN Support is still available in > NetBeans, > > > but the Problem was one of the components hase license Problems. > > > Von: Emilian Bold > > > Gesendet: Sonntag, 11. März 2018 19:15 > > > An: dev@netbeans.incubator.apache.org > > > Betreff: Re: Possible Removal of SVN > > > > > > Could the OP provide a link where it was decided to drop Subversion? I > > > just don't remember this talk. But, I might have missed it. > > > > > > From what Jan mentions, only a Java SVN library was dropped but I think > > we > > > can still have Subversion support by calling the svn native binary? > > > > > > Obviously, being still in use and another Apache project means it would > > be > > > nice to provide Subversion support. From the looks of it we still do, > > > correct? > > > > > > PS: As somebody that after many many years of Mercurial and Git had to > > > commit to SVN, I found `git svn` entirely usable! So... there's also > that > > > option. > > > > > > --emi > > > > > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > > > > > > On 8 March 2018 6:54 PM, Jan Lahoda <lah...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > FWIW, IIRC, NetBeans is using different backends to work with SVN > > > > > > > > repositories, and one of the backends is has a license\[1\] that is > > > > > > > > possibly/probably incompatible with an Apache project, so that one > was > > > > > > > > excluded: > > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-netbeans/commit/ > > > e32f86aeecc1b0bb890ff95ed7e1c31c6da25cb6 > > > > > > > > Other (2) backends remain. The backends are AFAIK pluggable, so it > > should > > > > > > > > be possible to install the excluded backend as a separate module. > > > > > > > > Jan > > > > > > > > \[1\] the licenses are in libs.svnClientAdapter.svnkit/external > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 4:09 PM, Antonio anto...@vieiro.net wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi there, > > > > > > > > > > As far as I remember the support of svn in NetBeans was due to > > > licensing > > > > > > > > > > issues. This has nothing to do with who uses subversion or not. > > > FreeBSD, as > > > > > > > > > > an example, has been using/is using subversion successfully for > > years. > > > > > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > > > > > > > > Antonio > > > > > > > > > > On 08/03/18 15:29, Paul Franz wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > There has been a discussion going on in the NetBeans Users list > > about > > > > > > > > > > > > removing support for SVN. And it was recommended to bring up the > > > topic here. > > > > > > > > > > > > Just to give me 2 cents into the thought of removing Subversion > > > support > > > > > > > > > > > > from NetBeans. I am against it just because older FLOSS projects > > and > > > of > > > > > > > > > > > > course older internal projects for corporations use Subversion. > So > > I > > > think > > > > > > > > > > > > removing support for Subversion from NetBeans would be a bad > > overall > > > move. > > > > > > > > > > > > Just so that you have a little background on me. I use ClearCase > > and > > > > > > > > > > > > Subversion for the corporation I work for. For my personal > projects > > > located > > > > > > > > > > > > on BitBucket I use Mercurial. And for most part in both cases I > use > > > the > > > > > > > > > > > > command-line for most of my source code control interaction. So I > > > know that > > > > > > > > > > > > I am an outlier, but my fellow developers need to GUIs to > interact > > > with > > > > > > > > > > > > source code control. > > > > > > > > > > > > Paul Franz > > > > > > > > > > > > Senior Principal Applications Engineer > > > > > > > > > > > > Oracle Transportation Management > > > > > > > > > > > > Forwarded message: > > > > > > > > > > > > From: Claus Lüthje claus.luet...@thetop.ch > > > > > > > > > > > > > To: Eduard i...@dejongfrz.nl > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cc: us...@netbeans.incubator.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Subject: Re: Do you use NetBeans with SVN or CVS? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2018 15:08:24 +0100 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Many customers I worked with here in Switzerland still use SVN, > > > too. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I completely understand the urge to leave SVN for eg Git, but > > > reality is > > > > > > > > > > > > > > slower … > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Claus > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Am 08.03.2018 um 15:05 schrieb Eduard i...@dejongfrz.nl: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm using SVN. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'd be against removing SVN support from NB, doing would > > greatly > > > reduce > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the usefulnes of NB for me. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > -------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Eduard > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > David Heffelfinger wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for bringing this up, I'll discuss with the NetCAT > > > organizers. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 8:41 AM, Brett Ryan < > > > brett.r...@gmail.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mailto:brett.r...@gmail.com\> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@netbeans. > > > incubator.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help@netbeans.incubator. > > > apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > > > > > > > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/ > Mailing+lists > > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@netbeans. > > incubator.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help@netbeans.incubator. > > > apache.org > > > > > > > > > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > > > > > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.incubator.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help@netbeans.incubator. > apache.org > > > > > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
