[jira] [Created] (NETBEANS-149) Standard Max Heap Size is 64m - way too small

["lbruun (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

lbruun created NETBEANS-149:
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             Summary: Standard Max Heap Size is 64m - way too small
                 Key: NETBEANS-149
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-149
             Project: NetBeans
          Issue Type: Bug
            Reporter: lbruun
            Assignee: lbruun
            Priority: Trivial


One of the things that have always annoyed me when creating applications on NetBeans Platform is that the max heap size is defined explicitly in the {{app.conf}} to 64 MB. As a default value, this is much too low.

I don't know why the value was set. Apparently (from Mecurial's histyory) it dates back to 2005. Perhaps the idea is that if setting a ridiculously low value it will force the developer to change his application's {{myapp.conf}} file?  But I'm guessing this wasn't the intention, even in 2005.

Suggesting to remove both the min and the max heap from this file to make adoption of Platform easier for newbies and give them less surprises.

(note: The 64 MB limit doesn't effect the IDE as it uses its own customized version of the {{.conf}} file)




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