[NOTICE] Apache NetBeans 18 release candidate 3 available for testing

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

The third release candidate build for Apache NetBeans 18 is available
(links below). This will be our final release candidate unless
high/critical priority issues or pull requests are flagged. Please
kick the tyres well over the coming week or so! This includes testing
building from source and other release checks.

Changes since NetBeans 18-rc2 can be seen at
https://github.com/apache/netbeans/releases/tag/18-rc3

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! :-) -
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-rc3 artifacts are here:
https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Netbeans/job/netbeans-TLP/job/release180/13/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/release180/13/artifact/dist/netbeans/netbeans-18-rc3-bin.zip
SHA512: acade015cc9ad2ea6597bf089052e2dbdf23028b0cfa9786bf45ec7bde1896acfaa07f608ad6c85056f329a631fb14961610dcbcf3fb6fceef6a84333a3b6289

The sources are here:
https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Netbeans/job/netbeans-TLP/job/release180/13/artifact/dist/netbeans/netbeans-18-rc3-source.zip
SHA512: 1b811f6259b225469ebdbf1d301a37882516cf58ad44b34bce4d34b6fab876df38f02719c4630d6c7309af4c77c01a8a3a23fdf6cb91adf3583f5d05cf2aefb4


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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