Re: Apache proposal for NetBeans

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Sorry, will correct it on the page.

Gj

On 21-11-2016 10:43, Ian Beaumont wrote:
> Same problem here.
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> From: Andreas Ernst [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: 21 November 2016 09:40
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [platform-dev] Re: Apache proposal for NetBeans
>
> Hi Geertjan,
>
> i can't subscribe to the list:
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> Hi. This is the qmail-send program at apache.org.
> I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses.
> This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.
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> <[email protected]>:
> ezmlm-manage: fatal: Command allowed only to moderators (#5.7.1)
>
> Can you please check this.
>
> Thanks
> Andy
>
> 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+Participat
>> e
>>
>> 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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