Re: Apache proposal for NetBeans

On 21-11-2016 10:38, Eduard wrote:
> Good to know things are moving!!
>
> Just one questiin:
> How does one get onto the who-is-who list?

Read this page for the answer: 
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/How+to+Participate

Gj

>
> -- 
> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
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