NetBeans Weekly News - Issue #90

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Issue #90 - Nov 4, 2002
URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/newsletter/2002-11-04.html>
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*Builds*

Q-build was successfully promoted. See details at:
<http://qa.netbeans.org/q-builds/Q-build-report-200210300100.html>

*nbannounce*

The Sun representative on the NetBeans board for the next period will be Evan
Adams. Read more at
<http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=399463&listName=nbannounce>

*nbdev*

Would you like to know how many property change listeners are registered in
NetBeans? Read the Trung's analysis or try it yourself with AspectJ.
<http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=398533&listName=nbdev>

Miloslav Metelka has announced a proposal for editor module split. Read the
proposal at
<http://editor.netbeans.org/doc/Proposals/ModuleSplit/UserView.html> and the
associated discussion at
<http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=399745&listName=nbdev>

A new "Release Planner" role was proposed to drive the planning and progress of
the NetBeans release and work with the Release Coordinator. Read more at
<http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=399862&listName=nbdev>

Do you wonder what Sun's Contribution to the next NetBeans Release is? Read
Michael Boyer's summation at
<http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=399862&listName=nbdev>

The new VCS APIs are already part of development builds. To get Built-in CVS
support work with the new APIs it will be written as a profile for VCSGeneric
module. The user functionality will stay the same, but there will be probably
some UI unification of both command-line and built-in CVS supports.
<http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=401993&listName=nbdev>,
<http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=401994&listName=nbdev>

*nbusers*

Are you looking for a bugfix release 3.4.1? It's finally in progress! Maxym
Mykhalchuk volunteers to become the Release Coordinator of 3.4.1. An Umbrella
Issue "Netbeans 3.4 Update 1" was created at
http://www.netbeans.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=28441. Please, feel free to make
this issue depend on your "favorite" bugs.
<http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=401692&listName=nbusers>

Are you not satisfied with the NetBeans look and feel? It's easy to change it!
Read more at
<http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=399971&listName=nbusers>

*projects*

UI specifications are being discussed. Read more at
<http://projects.netbeans.org/uispecs/javaProjects/index.html>

*openide*

Do you have problems to compile org.openide.util.Task? It's a javac problem.
Read details at
<http://openide.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=399542&listName=dev>


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