Apache NetBeans 11.2-beta2 Is Available for Testing!

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

Dear Community,

I'd like to announce that the second beta build for Apache NetBeans
11.2 from the release112 branch is available for download. Apologies
for the slight delay - more waiting on Jenkins! A (hopefully) final
beta will be released on Oct 9th - please help with testing, reporting
issues and/or fixes. Release is aimed for Oct ~15th.

As per the release schedule, NB 11.2 is a non-LTS release, and will
not have a full NetCAT process.  However, feedback and testing from
those on the dev@ and netcat@ lists would still be appreciated,
particularly around new features.  Please file issues in JIRA as
necessary, with the affects and fix versions set to 11.2. Please take
note of the Bug Priority Guidelines (link below), in particular so
that we can address critical and blocking issues if they arise.

For details of changes between beta1 and beta2 please see
https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/1539

In particular, the mechanism for distributing nb-javac has changed,
and testing that would be appreciated.

We have also added in support for build numbers based on git hash.
Building from the source bundle should hopefully give you the right
version, and identical build number / module implementation versions
as the binary release. Again, testing would be appreciated.

**If making PRs to fix issues, please add the 11.2 milestone and add
me as one of the reviewers**


See the artefacts here:
https://builds.apache.org/view/M-R/view/NetBeans/job/netbeans-TLP/job/netbeans/job/release112/23/artifact/dist/

The binary you most likely need is:
https://builds.apache.org/view/M-R/view/NetBeans/job/netbeans-TLP/job/netbeans/job/release112/23/artifact/dist/netbeans-11.2-beta2-bin.zip

The SHA512 sums if you would like to check them are provided there as
well as here:
68839deb178a1e4751c747c48fff29a408035e4ce70f08ac4e344eb0a8672ec1944b6dd86618c1a014c01bbc19494c8809237fd7cf1385005fb299a35dc5a11a
 ./netbeans-11.2-beta2-bin.zip
e06eca69a54c525269a632b7f79b5fe1fff1c00f98293b8e27f6e9604086dc7ee56fbc29000305a0f35c4af6232a2ff8afc6ed90c1315cf0f841cb3f54f4bd2f
 ./netbeans-11.2-beta2-source.zip


New build infrastructure - known issues / changes:
As you may notice from the links, this is the first release using the
new build templates and Jenkins task (thanks Eric!). One thing this
does is switch from hardcoded versions across the code base to filling
this in from a central configuration file based on git branch and
hash.

* (FIXED) Local building from the source bundle is not correctly
picking up the git info file in the source bundle. Run `cp
nbbuild/gitinfo.properties nbbuild/build/` before running Ant (or
otherwise manually create the nbbuild/build folder and copy
gitinfo.properties into it). Will be fixed before full release as it's
a blocking issue.
* A git checkout of the release branch will also not correctly pick up
the required git info - this will be looked at before release too.
* (FIXED) File names are not currently marked with the beta1 suffix.
On the other hand, the splash and window are. Win some, lose some!
* The userdir will now be named differently for each beta and the final release.
* (FIXED?) Implementation versions across builds of the same sources
still differ. It is planned to fix this prior to release (separate
thread to follow).


Release schedule :
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Release+Schedule
Bug Priority Guidelines :
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Bug+Priority+Guidelines
NB 11.2 major changes :
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Apache+NetBeans+11.2


Thanks and best wishes,

Neil
Volunteer Release Manager for Apache NetBeans 11.2

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