Archived IS deprecated, it explicitly states “have been removed”. When it happened it was announced and there was way less noise about it then than now.
If you are running 8.2, backup your user dir then delete it and restart, you will not be able to get cvs support as it is also removed from the plugin portal. > On 11 Mar 2018, at 07:38, emiddio-frontier <emid...@frontier.com> wrote: > > Where does it say archived means deprecated ? > After NB701 CVS removed from core and made a plugin. > > I have looked at the link - here is what it says. > > > Information About NetBeans IDE Archived Modules and Features > > Some features available in earlier versions of the NetBeans IDE have been > removed. The FAQ links below offer more information about options for > developers who want to continue using these technologies with NetBeans IDE. > > CVS > After NetBeans IDE 7.0.1, support for CVS is moved from the standard > distribution of the IDE to the Update Center. To work with CVS in the IDE, > download and install the respective module using the IDE's Plugin Manager. > Please see CVSSupport for details. > > -Gary > >> On 3/9/2018 11:19 PM, Brett Ryan wrote: >> Yes, it IS deprecated [1]. Archived features means we no longer provide >> direct support. >> >> [1]: http://wiki.netbeans.org/NetBeansArchivedFeatures >
