Re: NetBeans IDE download archive

Thanks Jack,

I had a feeling these releases should have been there on
http://www.netbeans.info/downloads/download.php?a=arch&p=1

Here's the request I received, though I'm not sure why Dominic wants
to download such an old release as 3.4.x ;-)

Maxym

2006/7/19, Dominic <[email protected]>:
>
> Dear Maxym,
>
> I would like to download NetBeans 3.4.x and when I click on the link to
> download I get an error page:
>
> http://www.netbeans.info/downloads/downloads.php?a=arch&p=1
>
> Could you send me a link for download this version of NetBeans please?
>
> I am teaching a class this fall on Java and this is the version I need.
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> -Dominic

2006/7/20, Jack Catchpoole <[email protected]>:
> Hi Maxym,
>
> Maxym Mykhalchuk wrote:
> > Is there any policy that specifies what releases are still stored in
> > IDE download archive, and what are removed?
> > http://www.netbeans.info/downloads/download.php?a=arch&p=1
> >
> > The thing is -- isn't it natural to keep the full history?
>
> Generally old "pre-releases", ie EAs, betas, RCs, that kind of thing, are
> not available, but full, final releases are.  I have a feeling some old
> releases (pre-3.5.1) might not be available simply because I never got
> around to importing their data in the downloads DB (we only started using
> that schema around 3.5.1 timeframe).  I can do that if you need them (I
> should do that anyway).
>
> For resource reasons (disk space), old daily and Qbuilds are not kept too
> long, AFAIK, though I'm not sure how long ...
>
> HTH.
>
> --
> Jack Catchpoole
> NetBeans/Sun Microsystems
> http://www.netbeans.org/
>


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