[NOTICE] Apache NetBeans 29 release candidate 2 available for testing

"Eric Barboni" <[email protected]> Thu, 5 Feb 2026 14:52:41 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.java.ide.netbeans.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

The second release candidate build for Apache NetBeans 29 is available (links below).
Changes since NetBeans 29 rc 2 can be seen at https://github.com/apache/netbeans/releases/tag/29-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 29 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 NB29 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 29 (delivery will be  merged to master weekly).

The NetBeans 29-rc2 artifacts are here:

https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Netbeans/job/netbeans-TLP/job/release290/4/artifact/dist/netbeans/

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/release290/4/artifact/dist/netbeans/netbeans-29-rc2-bin.zip
SHA512:
4b8fd593fd0316162874fdf41ced4ca0c4a919202a8aa38bf9ab5ed70ba72f3e8f2eea899e97611a8f6220642ee71cb97abe83df300d544888035ea0760c3157

The sources are here:
https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Netbeans/job/netbeans-TLP/job/release290/4/artifact/dist/netbeans/netbeans-29-rc2-source.zip
SHA512:
b93cbbb4298b398b3392e8be7f2953b64d584a6169614fb7576dd6de618f485499eb198ea1d6345b6f1eee5c17c1af47a5126ad61700c620a9f5c506e7e7acba  

The PRs already integrated into NetBeans 29 are :
https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pulls?q=is%3Amerged+milestone%3ANB29

Issues currently tagged for NetBeans 29 are :
https://github.com/apache/netbeans/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+milestone%3ANB29

Release schedule :
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Release+Schedule

Thank you for your contributions and review!

Best Regards,
Eric



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