NetBeans Weekly News - Issue #18

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Issue #18 - June 4, 2001
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Yes, there is JavaOne again.  When you are there make sure to attend at
least some of NetBeans related sessions, and there are quite a few of
them!  The complete list can be found at

    <http://www.netbeans.org/javaone.html>

There is also a booth representing Sun-sponsored open source projects,
NetBeans included.  At the last minute we managed to secure a room for
JavaOne attendees interested in NetBeans to meet in person and have
informal discussions:

    When:   Thursday, June 7th, 1 - 4 PM
    Where:  W Hotel
            181 3rd St.
            SAN FRANCISCO,CA 94103
            415/777-5300

For more details see Tim Boudreau's post
     
    Subj: NetBeans get together at JavaOne
    URL:  <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbannounce/msg00039.html>


We are in planning/designing phase of NetBeans release 3.3.  Many
discussions about new features, possible enhancements are going on.  If
you want to influence the future of NetBeans IDE, or just want to make
sure your favorite small request for enhancement will get implemented in
the 3.3 release, this is the right time to speak up on
{nbdev,nbui}@netbeans.org.  Among other things being discussed right now

    Subj: Classpath in NetBeans 3.3
    URL:  <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg07193.html>

    Subj: Component Palette UI in NetBeans 3.3
    URL:  <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg07157.html>

    Subj: [nbui] drag and drop in window system, second try
    URL:  <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbui/msg02073.html>

    Subj: Editor toolbar proposal
    URL:  <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbui/msg02083.html>


BTW, there is a page on the website dedicated to the 3.3 release,
bookmark it and go back often!!

    <http://www.netbeans.org/release33/>


Developers should not forget to commit all 3.2 bug fixes into the CVS
trunk if they are appropriate.  There is a page updated regularly at

    <http://www.netbeans.org/release33/bugs-32-to-dev.html>

which lists all suspicious bug fixes

    Subj: are all bug fixes from release32 in trunk?
    URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg07213.html>


We decided that the general policy for NetBeans is to support the latest
JDK major version and the one prior to that.  This means we will drop
support for JDK 1.2 in the next 3.3 release.  Developers are now free to
rely on features which are available only in JDK 1.3 and later.

    Subj: Drop support for JDK 1.2 in NB 3.3, should we?
    URL:  <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg07191.html>

    Subj: FINAL CALL: Drop support for JDK 1.2 in NB 3.3, should we?
    URL:  <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg07373.html>


The error manager in core (NbErrorManager) should be minimalist, a more
fancy implementation could be provided in the form of a module.  See
thread

    Subj: Logger module is stable
    URL:  <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg07317.html>


There is news about an interesting module, a class file viewer, whose
functionalities would likely be integrated into an existing clazz
module.

    Subj: New Netbeans module: class file viewer
    URL:  <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbusers/msg08059.html>

    Subj: [nbdev] sourceless classes & class file viewer
    URL:  <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg07382.html>


There is one more way for users to speak up their opinions: the
IssueZilla voting feature has been turned on.  Any one can vote for the
bugs/RFEs which s/he wants to be fixed/implemented first.

    Subj: IssueZilla: Voting is ON!
    URL:  <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbusers/msg08084.html>


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