NetBeans Weekly News Issue #5

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Issue #5 - March 5, 2001
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We are approaching 3.2 feature freeze. Petr Hrebejk, release coordinator
for 3.2, reminds the proposed schedule:

    Subject: [NB rel. 3.2] 10 days before feature freeze
    URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg04367.html>

There seems to be no objections against this schedule. People are
integrating many new features for the 3.2 release, for example:

    Subject: NB 3.2 release: proposal to include the ExtBrowser module
    URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg04429.html>

    Subject: Initial version of new jarpackager available
    URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg04372.html>

    Subject: Changes in projects module
    URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg04431.html>

    Subject: New module wizard - first draft
    URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbui/msg01410.html>

    Subject: Now you can drag and drop in form editor
    URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbui/msg01415.html>

    Subject: Design mode, test mode, and real mode in form editor
    URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbui/msg01414.html>

We have a new graphical roadmap that shows branches for NetBeans
releases. It also includes branches for the Sun's FFJ which is 
build on top of NetBeans.

    URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/articles/roadmap.html>

Hrebejk's free style browser is an example of using 'Looks' to make
Nodes and Explorer more flexible and customizable.

    Proposal:
<http://java.netbeans.org/Proposals/Freestyle/Proposal.html>

    Subject: Freestyle browser - UI affecting proposal.
    URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbui/msg01342.html>

Thanks to several submissions from Nathan Phelps, there is a new version
of the experimental module JUnit.

    Subject: JUnit module v. 2.1 available now!
    URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg04470.html>

XTest is a new test framework for NetBeans that integrates JUnit and
Ant. If you plan to develop tests take a look at it. It can be used 
as a general test framework as well as for tests of NetBeans modules. 
This is a proposal of how to use it for API Signature tests.

    Subject: Signature tests spec. draft
    URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg04425.html>

Jirka Mzourek started an interesting discussion about 'bug hunting':

    Subject: BugDay Idea
    URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg04298.html>

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Bug summary, details at: <http://qa.netbeans.org/bugzilla/table.html>
                              bugs / enhancements
New last week:                  85 / 11
Resolved last week:            100 / 6
Fixed last week:                65 / 6
Current totals:                581 / 216

These numbers include stable modules and Dev/Current versions only.
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