NetBeans Weekly News #79

Marian Petras <[email protected]> Mon, 19 Aug 2002 20:15:40 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.java.netbeans.announce
Organization Sun Microsystems Czech s.r.o.
Message-ID <[email protected]>
NetBeans Weekly News, a newsletter for the NetBeans community
Issue #79 - August 19, 2002
URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/newsletter/2002-08-19.html>

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* Builds

NB 3.4 RC2 has been released - download from 
http://www.netbeans.org/devhome/download.html and report any new bugs. See 
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=364808&listName=nbdev

Release NB 3.4 has been postponed one week - read 
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=365418&listName=nbdev


* Announcements

Development versions of NetBeans (4.0) are now built using Ant 1.4.1. Read 
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=365357&listName=nbdev

Patch described in task #26126 (...) finally checked in. As a result, 
XTest is no longer compatible with older releases of NetBeans. See 
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=365357&listName=nbdev and 
http://www.netbeans.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=26126

The webpoll for NetBeans code name has been extended. Vote at 
http://translatedfiles.netbeans.org/rcn.html


* Discussions

OpenAPI users need some capabilities of ExLocalFileSystem, but it is not 
public. See 
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=365538&listName=nbdev

How to make read-only files in CVS filesystem editable? [discussion not 
available at www.netbeans.org]

Discussion about redesing of the options systems continued. Read 
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=364895&listName=nbdev

Do we need plan.xml? May be all necessary information stored in 
IssueZilla? [discussion not available at www.netbeans.org]

What are pros and cons of using Strings as locks? Read 
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=364870&listName=nbdev

How to edit and compile .jj files in NetBeans? Read 
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=363403&listName=nbusers

Is there any volunteer to make runide.exe start with JRE? Read 
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=365160&listName=nbdev

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