Re: [External] : Re: Beta for Apache NetBeans 12.5

[Martin Balin <ma...@oracle.com>]

Hi,

On 4. 7. 2021, at 18:59, Neil C Smith <ne...@apache.org>> wrote:

On Fri, 2 Jul 2021 at 17:03, Eric Barboni <sk...@apache.org>> wrote:
Is a beta needed for 12.5 ?

Well, there were two reasons we ended up with a beta for 12.4.
Primarily it was to allow a VSCode plugin update.  But there was also

For the purpose of VSIX release and its more frequent updates and testing, it is not necessary. I proposed an extra NBLS VSIX release some in May and nobody objected:
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/netbeans-dev/202105.mbox/%3c77C831DF-E5EB-43F3-90A1-3CED0D8C7766@ORACLE.COM%3e<ht...@ORACLE.COM>>

Jaroslav and me are going to do one VSIX release mid July. So if this can save Release manager time and work then 12.5 Beta is not necessary due to VSIX.
VSIX release description:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/NetBeans+Language+Server+VSIX
Martin

the thought that by having a voted beta, it can be more widely
publicised and get testing of newer features before freeze.  We're not
meant to publicise the non-voted beta / rc builds elsewhere than this
list.

However, I'm not sure the 12.4 beta was early enough to make best use
of this, and perhaps neither will the 12.5 if sticking to schedule?

Could consider a vote on the first build at freeze instead and
allowing that (as beta or rc1) to be publicised wider for testing
instead if we do want that?  IMO it might be good to have a beta / rc
build that can be linked in on the website, etc.  OTOH it's some extra
work for the RM to deal with.

We still need to validate signature snapshot for 12.4 before this.

Yes, and also the module spec version increment?

Best wishes,

Neil

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