Hi all, The Apache NetBeans community has voted on and approved a proposal to release Apache NetBeans 9.0 Beta (incubating) rc2.
We now kindly request that the Incubator PMC members review and vote on this incubator release candidate. Apache NetBeans 9.0 Beta (incubating) constitutes all the modules currently in the Apache NetBeans Git repo, which together provide the NetBeans Platform (i.e., the underlying application framework), which was released as Apache NetBeans 9.0 Alpha (incubating), as well as all the modules that provide the Java SE-related features of Apache NetBeans. In short, Apache NetBeans 9.0 Beta (incubating) is a full IDE for Java SE development. Just like the Alpha release, the Beta release is focused specifically on IP clearance. With Beta, everything in Apache NetBeans Git complies with Apache IP clearance requirements: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Apache+NetBeans+9.0+Beta Changes between rc1 and rc2 -- binaries wrongly included in source zip have been removed: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-276 How to try out the Beta release: 1. Download the artifact to be voted on and unzip it. 2. Build it using the README provided by the artifact. 3. Look in nbbuild/netbeans for the NetBeans installation created by the build process. 4. Run the NetBeans executable and (if you're running on JDK 8) you'll be prompted to install nb-javac, after agreeing to its licensing terms, and (if you're running on JDK 9), you'll be able to use javac directly from JDK 9 and, optionally, you'll be prompted to install nb-javac, after agreeing to its licensing terms. If the above succeeds, i.e., Apache NetBeans installs and starts up, you will have a Java SE development environment that complies with Apache IP requirements. Apache NetBeans 9.0 Beta (incubating) vote thread: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/796200c149232ba2da722c6d4b1310307708e09b2afa77eb90ecaebc@%3Cdev.netbeans.apache.org%3E Apache NetBeans 9.0 Beta (incubating) vote result thread: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff699b382e5498ca41e56315c9b97de83b3a625140b0ba451f828cfb@%3Cdev.netbeans.apache.org%3E The source tarball, including signatures, digests, etc., as well as a convenience binary, can be found at: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/netbeans/incubating-netbeans-java/incubating-9.0-beta-rc2/ The tag to be voted upon is 9.0-beta-rc2: https://github.com/apache/incubator-netbeans/tree/9.0-beta-rc2 The release hash is: 808faea759d76b6d0e27512fbf36e9e22d5d4c65 ...which is found at: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/netbeans/incubating-netbeans-java/incubating-9.0-beta-rc2/incubating-netbeans-java-9.0-beta-source.zip.sha1 KEYS file available: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/incubator/netbeans/KEYS During the PPMC vote, an item was identified, though did not prevent +1 votes: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-283 Please download the release candidate and evaluate the necessary items including checking hashes, signatures, build from source, run and test. Please vote on releasing this package as Apache NetBeans 9.0 Beta (incubating) rc2: The vote will be open for 72 hours. [ ] +1 Release this package as Apache NetBeans 9.0 Beta (incubating) rc2 [ ] +0 no opinion [ ] -1 Do not release this package because ... Thanks, Geertjan on behalf of Apache NetBeans PPMC --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
