NetBeans Weekly Newsletter - Issue #32

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Issue #32 - September 10, 2001
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This was a bumper week for module contributions! Among modules newly
contributed, in process, or getting settled, I can count at least:
C/C++/Fortran support; external editor integration (XEmacs/VIM);
visual version diff support; and several things from Forte for Java
including Database Explorer; CORBA; XML; and file copy. If your
contribution is not mentioned here, it is because we lost track!

How to merge existing work with new contributions? Affects XML and also DB:
  <http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=152206&listName=nbdev>

Quality: last week's Q-build is still being fixed; the previous week's
is available. Bugs: some evidence of fixing, but a long way to go.
  <http://qa.netbeans.org/bugzilla/graphs/summary.html>
Users want more automated tests run - too many simple things broken.
  <http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=150757&listName=nbdev>
And how do we decide what is an acceptable level of bugs for a release, or
for a daily build? A concrete proposal and some response.
  <http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=152246&listName=nbusers>
Is the JavaCVS module ready for production use? Most people say yes:
  <http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=150681&listName=nbusers>

The new Terminal Emulator instead of Output Window is available for testing.
  <http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=150002&listName=nbui>
Many heated arguments about this or this bug (or design?), upshot seems to
be that there are some UI bugs which will need to be fixed but otherwise OK:
  <http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=151885&listName=nbui>

The effort to use layers to represent the window system, has borne fruit.
  <http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=151867&listName=nbdev>

Who will be the next NB-arbitration-meisters?
  <http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=149600&listName=nbdiscuss>

"C++ Lite" module now has some JNI support as well, try it out:
  <http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=150990&listName=nbusers>

Quite a discussion of what you should or should not do with the editor
gutter, such as clicking on it vs. getting a context menu:
  <http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=150115&listName=nbui>
And how users should interact with debugger breakpoints:
  <http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=151258&listName=nbui>
For a while let's try turning off those pesky line numbers and see if anyone
really notices:
  <http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=151358&listName=nbusers>

Complaints about new and strange features in Tools | Options. What does
it all mean?
  <http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=150752&listName=nbdev>
And will it really let you revert all changes you might make?
  <http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=149572&listName=nbui>

Someone using NetBeans + Jython support as the core for a special-purpose
development application:
  <http://openide.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=152289&listName=dev>

Complicated module installation logic may exercise the new installer:
  <http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=152341&listName=nbdev>

Discussion of how the technical structure of translatedfiles should look:
  <http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=149571&listName=nbdev>

Nice tips on how to use the debugger to find nasty problems in your modules:
  <http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=149775&listName=nbdev>

A revival of the old file extensions on-or-off debate, and some interesting
new suggestions for a middle ground:
  <http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=152303&listName=nbui>

How to deal with errors coming out of user code like JavaBeans:
  <http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=150835&listName=nbui>

Interview this week: Roman Stanek, the original investor in NetBeans:
  <http://www.netbeans.org/articles/interviews/roman_stanek.html>

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