No, that's the point. It will never be donated to Apache. It belongs to Oracle. Oracle is never going to donate its Java compiler, or forks thereof, to anybody.
Gj On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 6:41 PM Alex O'Ree <alexo...@apache.org> wrote: > Is nb-javac on the roadmap for being donated to apache? > > On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 10:54 AM Geertjan Wielenga < > geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> Why can't we just bundle it all together and have it ready to go in the >>> zip? >>> >> >> Because, for example, in the case of Java support in Apache NetBeans, the >> nb-javac compiler belongs to Oracle and is GPL licensed and hence cannot be >> distributed by Apache. You need to install it yourself, i.e., individually >> accept the licensing terms. >> >> Gj >> >> On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 4:52 PM Alex O'Ree <alexo...@apache.org> wrote: >> >>> 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? >>> >>
