For what it's worth, I often have to install netbeans on computers that are not connected to the internet. In v8.2 and prior, I could download the EE version and have everything I need to get up and running (except for maven dependencies and any additional netbeans plugins). Maven dependencies can be synced using a local nexus server and some swivel chair action and i was able to find a way to clone the entire netbeans plugin repo for local installations.
With the newer installs, we're pretty much forced o be online during the first "activation" of a specific feature. Why can't we just bundle it all together and have it ready to go in the zip? Alternatively, if there a single place there all of the online activation stuff downloads the necessary dependencies from then it's possible that i can just clone that website/repo. Is this how it works? If so, where is the repo?
