What you personally think is not relevant here -- in Apache, a 'release candidate' is the thing you vote in inside Apache before releasing it to the world, while in the NetBeans world, a release candidate has always been an actual release to the outside world.
This caused a LOT of confusion when we release rc1, because in Apache, a release candidate is actually a voting candidate, not something that is actually released. Anyway, all these kinds of discussions do not belong here -- they belong on 'dev'. In Apache, all voting is done on the 'dev' mailing list, if you're interested in keeping up to date with that, that's where you go. In fact, we specifically asked this a few days ago on the 'users' mailing list, so yes indeed, we did inform the 'users' mailing list too: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/69041d2fa002e8537abc842251afd9421784f80aaed52851f54086f5@%3Cusers.netbeans.apache.org%3E Thanks, Gj On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 2:26 PM, Thomas Kellerer <sham...@gmx.net> wrote: > I personally do not think that "RC is an overloaded concept", but that's > indeed off-topic here. > > Inventing a completely new abbreviation does remind me of this however: > https://xkcd.com/927/ > > I am not really interested in the discussion whether Apache uses RC or VC > or XC or something entirely different. > > But I would appreciate a message on _this_ list if new versions are made > available for testing to the users. > > Thomas > > Geertjan Wielenga schrieb am 09.07.2018 um 14:12: > > VC stands for 'voting candidate'. > > > > The problem with RC is that it's an overloaded concept -- a release > candidate in Apache is something different to a release candidate in the > NetBeans world. > > > > There's been lots of discussions around this on the 'dev' mailing > > list -- suffice it to say, if you're interested in these kinds of > > topics, you should be on the 'dev' mailing list, the 'users' mailing > > list is simply for questions and answers on the functionality of > > NetBeans, e.g., 'how do I change the font size in the editor?' type > > of questions. > > > > Gj > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 2:09 PM, Thomas Kellerer <sham...@gmx.net > <mailto:sham...@gmx.net>> wrote: > > > > What exactly does "VC3" stand for? Is that something like "RC3"? > (the third release candidate?) > > > > Thomas > > > > Geertjan Wielenga schrieb am 09.07.2018 um 14:07: > > > Here's info on where and how to find the 9.0 VC3 release, which > was built yesterday: > > > > > > https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ > a644bb8e3ba2cbd06328bb004f1b18b4171763cd3d78a9131615f687@% > 3Cdev.netbeans.apache.org%3E <https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ > a644bb8e3ba2cbd06328bb004f1b18b4171763cd3d78a9131615f687@% > 3Cdev.netbeans.apache.org%3E> > > > > > > You're also welcome to join the 'dev' mailing list to vote on it, > after using it, and assuming you'll describe your full environment when > voting -- though note the vote is about the sources, not the binary. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Gj > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 1:56 PM, Geertjan Wielenga < > geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com <mailto:geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com> > <mailto:geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com <mailto:geertjan.wielenga@ > googlemail.com>>> wrote: > > > > > > It's not possible to help. We need to know your operating > system, version of JDK, etc etc. > > > > > > Also, what did you do to get this error, exactly? > > > > > > Also, are you using 9.0 VC3, i.e., the vote candidate > currently being considered for the final release of 9.0? > > > > > > Gj > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > --------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org > <mailto:users-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org> > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@netbeans.apache.org > <mailto:users-h...@netbeans.apache.org> > > > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists < > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@netbeans.apache.org > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > >
