Re: [NOTICE] Apache NetBeans 28 release candidate 2 available for testing

Hey Eric,

Sorry for the "highjack", but I am developing a "truly incredible" LLM
integration plugin for NetBeans and I am desperate to figure out how to
"annotate" files in the projects view with a "badge" / decoration like the
git module does so the user can see which files in the project are in
context for the LLM.

Do you know how to do this? the plugin is good, it gives the AI model an
overview of all your open projects and you can throw a bunch of files into
context for the model to help you coding. The model can look at the logs,
open files in your editor, scroll to a given line, run shell commands, run
java code, etc. the plugin is always aware of:

Any IDE Alerts, what files you have open, system properties,
environment properties, and it shows you the Diff viewer whenever the model
wants to update a file.

Currently, the model can run up to  42 tools (execute 42 different java
methods in the netbeans JVM itself) and it shows the models java code using.

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On Thu, Oct 23, 2025 at 10:43 PM Eric Barboni <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The second release candidate build for Apache NetBeans 28 is available
> (links below).
> Changes since NetBeans latest candidate can be seen at
> https://github.com/apache/netbeans/releases/tag/28-rc2
> Please help with testing, and file issues in GitHub as necessary -
> https://github.com/apache/netbeans/issues
>
> If you're a committer adding an issue, or helping triage an issue (please
> do!), add the milestone and/or priority labels as
> appropriate.
> Use priority:high for should be fixed before release, priority:critical
> for must be fixed before we can release.
>
> **The following rules are applied to pull requests from now until
> release:**
>
> Please read the full info on how we manage pull requests to delivery at
> least once! -
>
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Pull+requests+for+delivery
>
> PR's intended to be included in the 28 release :
> - Limited to fixes (link an issue if there is one, or provide
> justification in description)
> - Label with priority:high or priority:critical as appropriate.
> - Base on the delivery branch.
> - Mark with NB28 milestone.
> - Will be merged by the release team.
>
> PR's with features for a future release :
> - Base on the master branch.
> - Will be reviewed and merged in the usual way.
> - If possible stay away from big refactoring.
> - If possible do not overlap with fixes for 28 (delivery will be  merged
> to master weekly).
>
> The NetBeans 28-rc2 artifacts are here:
>
>
> https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Netbeans/job/netbeans-TLP/job/release280/3/artifact/dist/netbeans/
> build number is lower due to full wipe of the jenkins job to get rid of
> git issue.
>
> Alternative links to latest release candidate:
> https://nightlies.apache.org/netbeans/candidate/netbeans/
>
> Link to the binary zip:
>
> https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Netbeans/job/netbeans-TLP/job/release280/3/artifact/dist/netbeans/netbeans-28-rc2-bin.zip
> SHA512:
> 65247e145c499ddbd4cd58b535bf15503d9e4605652e8f71f62f8ff18dfdaaea06c363a833461f893c56510046417f75186ab4d7ecc61d83d217f7064c8998f5
>
>
> The sources are here:
>
> https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Netbeans/job/netbeans-TLP/job/release280/3/artifact/dist/netbeans/netbeans-28-rc2-source.zip
> SHA512:
> f354079a39ccdd9c8c623673870f04a34d28c69854498fb03a7329aa37b6e9d888cb1f06ef8519d156e8bc745684958f5fee02b3153ba52e5a2d0e192546999a
>
>
> The PRs already integrated into NetBeans 28 are :
> https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pulls?q=is%3Amerged+milestone%3ANB28
>
> Issues currently tagged for NetBeans 28 are :
>
> https://github.com/apache/netbeans/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+milestone%3ANB28
>
> Release schedule :
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Release+Schedule
>
> Thank you for your contributions and review!
>
> Best Regards,
> Eric
>
> PS. Please don't respond to this email directly - start a new thread.
> Let's keep the [NOTICE] tag for what it says. Thanks! :-)
>
>
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