Re: Apache proposal for NetBeans
Eduard <[email protected]>
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Good to know things are moving!! Just one questiin: How does one get onto the who-is-who list? -- Eduard geertjan wielenga wrote: > > 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 >> >> >> >