State of Netbeans package
Hello everyone, I'm using NetBeans as IDE for Java development. In the past, the NetBeans package in Arch Linux was updated soon after the NetBeans project published a new release. But now the NetBeans package is flagged as out-of-date since September. But there are no bugs in the bug tracker that show that there are technical issues which prevent an update. Is there of lack of resources on the side of the maintainer, or what is the reason that the package hasn't been updated yet? Because if the package will not be updated in the near future, I may either switch to the AUR package, or to download NetBeans directly from Apache. Unfortunately, I don't have any experience yet with creating packages for Arch Linux. If I had already some experience with building packages for Arch Linux, I may would be interested in supporting the maintainers of the NetBeans package, or even taking over the maintainer role for the package if the package is looking for a new maintainer. But I'm also not sure if I have the time resources for maintaining such a package. Best, Jens
Hello Jens, I have taken a look at the package, and the maintainer, it seems the TU which maintains the package is no longer updating his packages, a lot of his packages have not been updated. This could be that the maintainer does not wish to maintain the package anymore, or is no longer active, that I am not able to deduce (Maybe a TU can help with this?). If netbeans is not going to be supported, I would like to take it on but first it needs to be moved to an AUR. Looking at the PKGBUILD it does not seem difficult to maintain, and thus I got a feeling I can easily get this package back up and running if a TU is not able to do so. Thanks, -- Polarian GPG signature: 0770E5312238C760 Website: https://polarian.dev JID/XMPP: polarian@polarian.dev
Hello, There seems to be an AUR package doing this exact thing, I recommend using this: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/apache-netbeans It supports the latest version! Good luck, -- Polarian GPG signature: 0770E5312238C760 Website: https://polarian.dev JID/XMPP: polarian@polarian.dev
On 31/01/2023 13:22, Jens Pelzetter wrote:
Hello everyone, Hi Jens,
I'm using NetBeans as IDE for Java development. In the past, the NetBeans package in Arch Linux was updated soon after the NetBeans project published a new release. But now the NetBeans package is flagged as out-of-date since September. But there are no bugs in the bug tracker that show that there are technical issues which prevent an update.
The package is updated to version 16. Thanks for reaching out. -- Leonidas Spyropoulos PGP: 59E43E106B247368
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Jens Pelzetter
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Leonidas Spyropoulos
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Polarian