Re: Apache proposal for NetBeans

On 27-9-2016 15:17, Eirik Bakke wrote:
> Hi, Geertjan.
>
> I'm excited to hear about the Apache proposal. For one thing, I can't 
> wait to see the NetBeans sources in git! :-)
>
> The NetBeans Platform serves as one of the best GUI toolkits available 
> for making native-looking desktop applications that run on both 
> Windows, MacOS, and Linux. Being Swing-based, it is also extremely 
> well-suited for integration with "high-tech" custom components (like 
> this <http://people.csail.mit.edu/ebakke/sieuferd/index.html> 
> spreadsheet-like interface from my PhD project). These things are a 
> real differentiator compared to, say, Eclipse/SWT, JavaFX, .NET, or HTML5.
>
> Maintaining the NetBeans Platform as a leading toolkit for building 
> native-looking desktop apps requires that platform applications look 
> and feel good on all the supported platforms. One area that still 
> needs work is better support for retina/HiDPI screens, which have been 
> standard on many MacBooks for years and are starting to appear on 
> Windows as well. IntelliJ has already updated their IDE to support 
> this, as have the big desktop application suites like Microsoft Office 
> and Adobe Creative Suite. There are a lot of little things to fix wrt. 
> retina/HiDPI; see bugzilla 
> <https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=239745>. I also have a 
> small list of other unrelated issues.
>
> I'd be happy to try to contribute some bugfixes in the future.

Excellent. Thanks for the support!

Gj

>
> -- Eirik
>
> On 9/24/16, 10:23 AM, "geertjan wielenga" 
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> 
> wrote:
>
>
>     Excellent. That's great to hear, Steven.
>
>     We're now trying to draw up as complete a list of contributors as
>     possible, see it near the end of the proposal here:
>
>     https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/NetBeansProposal
>
>     What kind of contributions would you be interested in providing
>     for the
>     future Apache NetBeans?
>
>     Do you have concrete areas you'd like to work on? Or specific areas
>     where you'd like to fix bugs?
>
>     If so, would be great to add you to the list of contributors -- as
>     well
>     as anyone else on this list who is reading this and would like to get
>     involved!
>
>     Would be great to be able to make use of all the NetBeans API
>     knowledge
>     that we have built up amongst ourselves on this mailing list --
>     anyone
>     is free to drop me a mail or respond to this one with ideas for
>     how you
>     might like to get involved in this upcoming Apache project around
>     NetBeans.
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     Gj
>
>     On 13-9-2016 21:27, Steven Yi wrote:
>
>         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] <mailto:[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
>
>
>