And it has always caused this confusion... We should at least add a message in the update UI to tell users to do a manual download and install to move to a new release.
I think a better option would be to have a button to upgrade to a new release when one is available. It should also be explicitly clear that the existing Upgrade means “Upgrade Plugins” not upgrade the IDE in general. Scott > On Dec 21, 2020, at 7:39 AM, Geertjan Wielenga > <geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com.invalid> wrote: > > > It has always been a requirement to install NetBeans from scratch when you > want to use a new release. > > Gj > >> On Mon, 21 Dec 2020 at 13:30, Marco Ambu <marco.a...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Thanks, is that because of the way I installed netbeans or any other reason >> like linux or the Check for updates feature is not working and not meant to? >> In that case is it going to be removed? >> >>> On Mon, 21 Dec 2020 at 11:53, Geertjan Wielenga >>> <geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com> wrote: >>> Yes, you need to reinstall whenever a new release is released. >>> >>> Gj >>> >>>> On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 10:41 AM Marco Ambu <marco.a...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I installed netbeans 12.1 in linux (don't remember if I used the zip file >>>> or the shell installer). >>>> Anyway I see 12.2 is available but running "Check for updates" in my >>>> Netbeans says that there are no updates available. >>>> Is that supposed to work or do we need to re-install it every time a new >>>> release comes in? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Marco >>>> >> >> >> -- >> Marco Ambu >> E-mail: marco.a...@gmail.com >> LinkedIn profile: <http://www.linkedin.com/in/marcoambu>
