Right, I don’t mean to suggest getting rid of the distinction. I agree that a LTS release should not automatically install anything other than patches intended for the LTS release, it shouldn’t upgrade to a new release.
I’m simply saying that it would be useful to acknowledge the existence of new releases in a “check for updates” feature. The point being that just because you are currently on 12.0 doesn’t imply that you have selected to stick to only LTS releases.. 12.0 is just one release on the way to 12.1 if you aren’t sticking to LTS. Scott > On Sep 29, 2020, at 9:58 AM, Geertjan Wielenga <[email protected]> wrote: > > Take a look, for example, at nodejs.org <http://nodejs.org/>, where you can > either download the LTS release or the current feature release -- they're > quite distinct. > > Gj > > On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 3:56 PM Scott Palmer <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > The distinction can be confusing. A feature release IS a kind of update. I > think a feature should be added to check for new versions of NetBeans, not > just plugins. Perhaps such a check can be automatic and the existence of new > versions can be added to the About box? > > Scott > > >> On Sep 29, 2020, at 9:20 AM, Geertjan Wielenga <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >> 12.1 is not an update, it is a feature release. Can you look at the >> netbeans.apache.org <http://netbeans.apache.org/> download pages for the >> difference between an LTS release and a feature release? >> >> Gj >> >> On Tue, 29 Sep 2020 at 15:18, Admin @ Goodun <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Hi Geertjan, >> >> >> >> Neil's message hadn't come through here when I replied to your message. >> >> Also, sorry for replying privately, my 1mistake. >> >> >> >> Mark >> >> >> >> On Tue, 2020-09-29 at 13:35 +0200, Geertjan Wielenga wrote: >> >> > Did you read what Neil told you? Can you read it again, please? >> >> > >> >> > Please use the mailing list, thanks. >> >> > >> >> > Gj >
