[NOTICE] Apache NetBeans 16 release candidate 3 available for testing

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

The third release candidate build for Apache NetBeans 16 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 16-rc2 can be found at
https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/4870

Please help with testing, particularly of changes, 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://lists.apache.org/thread/hyjbsz55zb9xfcnccghkrsvqsnt83nwf

PR's intended to be included in the 16 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 NB16 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 16 (delivery will be
merged to master weekly).


The NetBeans 16-rc3 artifacts, including unsigned installers, are here:
https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Netbeans/job/netbeans-TLP/job/netbeans/job/release160/8/artifact/dist/

Alternative trial link to latest release candidate:
https://nightlies.apache.org/netbeans/candidate/netbeans/

Link to the binary zip:
https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Netbeans/job/netbeans-TLP/job/netbeans/job/release160/8/artifact/dist/netbeans/netbeans-16-rc3-bin.zip
SHA512: a41460a9afed9047f9272dc9c03628add860fce5f9c2912a4f570b4c49e3bba8b35afb6d5d52495ba39b8ddcb3d8ee3a7b3e6b00eb525ab9a6a07e77965509ad

The sources are here:
https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Netbeans/job/netbeans-TLP/job/netbeans/job/release160/8/artifact/dist/netbeans/netbeans-16-rc3-source.zip
SHA512: e3ebce04dc42cbc342fe393534124c665200034e30c32a21348d466907bc766860a8fc5690bfa9513061e2321fd9d5b8117f2eabc3fb157b015da4f5c2e31fa6

Link to the VSCode plugin:
https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Netbeans/job/netbeans-TLP/job/netbeans/job/release160/8/artifact/dist/vsix/


The PRs already integrated into NetBeans 16 are :
https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pulls?q=is%3Amerged+milestone%3ANB16

Issues currently tagged for NetBeans 16 are :
https://github.com/apache/netbeans/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+milestone%3ANB16

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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