Re: Apache proposal for NetBeans

Right now we're an Apache incubation project, the plan is for us to be a 
top level project during the coming year, no specific date for that yet 
though.

Gj

On 23-11-2016 17:10, Peter Cheung wrote:
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> how long will netbeans become an official apache project?
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> *From:* geertjan wielenga <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Monday, November 21, 2016 5:45 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* [platform-dev] Re: Apache proposal for NetBeans
>
> [email protected]
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> Sorry, will correct it on the page.
>
> Gj
>
> On 21-11-2016 10:43, Ian Beaumont wrote:
> > Same problem here.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > 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:
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > <[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 
> <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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