Re: Apache proposal for NetBeans

Hi Geertjan,

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Am 21.11.16 um 10:21 schrieb geertjan wielenga:
>
> Hi all!
>
> Will everyone interested in joining in with the upcoming Apache NetBeans
> please read this during this week:
>
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/How+to+Participate
>
> It would be great to have a long list of names on this page by the end
> of the week:
>
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Who%27s+Who
>
> Thanks,
>
> Geertjan
>
> On 27-9-2016 19:53, Peter Blemel wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>> I have been building RCP apps for a long time, and although I've been
>> pretty quiet on the mailing lists I can help contribute in the future.
>>
>>
>> I got a new laptop with a high res display at work. I had to tweak the
>> Netbeans configuration using a workaround I found to get both the IDE
>> and my RCP apps to display in a sane way, but I have problems dragging
>> the app window between the laptop display and an external display in
>> Win10.  I think the problem is actually in Windows itself, because I
>> have a couple of other apps that don't "like" to be drug between the
>> laptop and external displays either.  Toolbar button graphics (etc)
>> are definitely going to be needing some work moving ahead,  but my app
>> looks fine for the most part.
>>
>>
>> Anyway, I wouldn't mind pitching in to help fix issues.
>>
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *From:* Eirik Bakke <[email protected]>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 27, 2016 7:17 AM
>> *To:* [email protected]
>> *Subject:* [platform-dev] Re: Apache proposal for NetBeans
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> -- 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
>>
>>
>>
>

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