Re: Apache proposal for NetBeans

For what it's worth, I find the proposed changes very inviting and
find myself more interested now to make contributions than I had in
the past.  I do have a small dream that a Github-based system can be
worked out, one similar to Apache Groovy.  Assuming the project will
be accepted for incubation, I look forward to following the transition
and looking at opportunities to contribute.

Many thanks to Sun, Oracle, and all involved to bring Netbeans this
far, and best wishes for where Netbeans goes from here!

steven


On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Matthias Bläsing
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> Am Dienstag, den 13.09.2016, 10:36 +0200 schrieb geertjan wielenga:
>> 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.
>
> Broadening and simplifying the netbeans contribution process is very
> good and it looks as if the general response is positive. I hope this
> is not just to write off netbeans silently, that would be a shame.
>
> One think that should be carefully taken care is making sure the
> current contributers are included in the effort. The initial committer
> list for example does not cover the current committers to the netbeans
> codebase (or at least not the complete list).
>
> Hoping for a bright future for netbeans (Apache or not)
>
> Matthias