Re: Apache proposal for NetBeans

+1, about time!

On Tue, Sep 13, 2016, 4:37 PM geertjan wielenga <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> A heads up -- we'd like to simplify and streamline the process of
> contributing and being part of the NetBeans ecosystem.
>
> The current NetBeans governance model is quite opaque and invisible and we
> think having our project be an Apache project, like Apache Maven and Apache
> Groovy, is a sensible direction to that end.
>
> Here's the proposal published over the past hour:
>
> https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/NetBeansProposal
>
> Take note of the many initial committers, which includes James Gosling
> (father of Java), a range of developers from various organizations, as well
> as a big group from Oracle.
>
> There's a LOT that needs to be done, though the proposal makes the
> intentions clear.
>
> Onwards to exciting times,
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Geertjan Wielenga
>
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