[NOTICE] Apache NetBeans 18 release candidate 2 available for testing

[Neil C Smith <ne...@apache.org>]

The second release candidate build for Apache NetBeans 18 is available
(links below).

Changes since NetBeans 18-rc1 can be seen at
https://github.com/apache/netbeans/releases/tag/18-rc2

Please help with testing, and file issues in GitHub as necessary -

https://github.com/apache/netbeans/issues

If you're a committer adding an issue, or helping triage an issue
(please do!), add the milestone and/or priority labels as appropriate.
Use priority:high for should be fixed before release,
priority:critical for must be fixed before we can release.

**The following rules are applied to pull requests from now until release:**

Please read the full info on how we manage pull requests to delivery
at least once! :-)  Moved to wiki and updated -
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Pull+requests+for+delivery

PR's intended to be included in the 18 release :
 - Limited to fixes (link an issue if there is one, or provide
justification in description)
 - Label with priority:high or priority:critical as appropriate.
 - Base on the delivery branch.
 - Mark with NB18 milestone.
 - Will be merged by the release team.

PR's with features for a future release :
 - Base on the master branch.
 - Will be reviewed and merged in the usual way.
 - If possible stay away from big refactoring.
 - If possible do not overlap with fixes for 18 (delivery will be
merged to master weekly).


The NetBeans 18-rc2 artifacts are here:
https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Netbeans/job/netbeans-TLP/job/release180/8/artifact/dist/

Alternative links to latest release candidate:
https://nightlies.apache.org/netbeans/candidate/netbeans/
https://nightlies.apache.org/netbeans/candidate/installers/
https://nightlies.apache.org/netbeans/candidate/vsix/

Link to the binary zip:
https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Netbeans/job/netbeans-TLP/job/release180/8/artifact/dist/netbeans/netbeans-18-rc2-bin.zip
SHA512: bab46194da90309944eda083eb8014bae018114913ce7caefd69b3cc5a5fbac76dea6065eaac43f462bf3f8f4dde2af686e3ce084c74a730e280398a974875df

The sources are here:
https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Netbeans/job/netbeans-TLP/job/release180/8/artifact/dist/netbeans/netbeans-18-rc2-source.zip
SHA512: 13f85eefe5f724fe9cc54d14875adb114735fa650ec067ab5edf097d0f69c52898be09d7fea45c773de6e03b9a69bed1f265488fd4159e0b40e5f28a287e1e55


The PRs already integrated into NetBeans 18 are :
https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pulls?q=is%3Amerged+milestone%3ANB18

Issues currently tagged for NetBeans 18 are :
https://github.com/apache/netbeans/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+milestone%3ANB18

Release schedule :
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Release+Schedule


Thank you for your contributions!

Best wishes,

Neil

PS. Please don't respond to this email directly - start a new thread.
Let's keep the [NOTICE] tag for what it says. Thanks! :-)

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