[x3d-public] netbeans 9 released! X3D-Edit forecast

[John Carlson]

Found this on the plugins page...sounds like good news!   Perhaps it has
been updated since Friday?

Apache NetBeans 9.0 Beta uses the same update center as in previous
versions, so you should be able to install plugins (hosted outside the
Apache infrastructure) designed for previous versions of NetBeans. You will
be asked to accept the appropriate license agreement for any plugins you
install.

On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 8:05 PM Brutzman, Donald (Don) (CIV) <
brutzman at nps.edu> wrote:

> Thanks John.  Yes it is getting closer.  I tested Netbeans 9 about a month
> ago.
>
> Mercifully everything looks familiar and they haven’t done any major
> surgery.  Rather all the work has been about replacing prior source code
> under the hood, refactoring (perhaps thousands) of classes under Sun/Oracle
> license into open source Apache-license Java code.  They’ve been working
> well over a year on this, it is valued by a lot of people and going full
> open on such a potent application is a giant step.  Overall Apache Netbeans
> 9 is still in incubator stage.
>
> http://netbeans.apache.org
>
> All that said, it looks like the Netbeans plugin system isn’t
> upgraded/ready yet.  I checked again last Friday, still not updating.
> Status:
>
> https://netbeans.apache.org/plugins
>
> Also found that somebody is moving our update server around at NPS, need
> to investigate. Ouch.  Basic downloads should still work.  Curiously Google
> search still stumbles on “X3D-Edit” even though we were finally able to
> upgrade the Savage server https certificate a number of months ago.
>
> https://savage.nps.edu/X3D-Edit
>
> You are right to flag X3D-Edit as an emerging opportunity.  If anyone is
> interested in participating in helping us port to Netbeans 9 Apache, I
> recommend checking out the source (via subversion) and trying to build it.
> We’ll help others figure it out and commit changes if the current
> documentation or build files are insufficient.  Everything is unrestricted
> non-viral open source under Web3D license.
>
> Future plans are straightforward:
> - upgrade X3D-Edit 3.3 to Apache Netbeans 9.
> - join, participate in that community.
> - publish X3D -Edit application and plugin updates to Apache Netbeans
> infrastructure.
> - incrementally add support for missing X3D v3.3 and forthcoming v4.0
> nodes.
>
> Lots of interesting possibilities!  For anyone interested, there is no
> time like the present to get ready.  “Luck favors the prepared mind.” Louis
> Pasteur
>
> Have fun with X3D!  😀
>
> v/r Don
>
> Sent from my handheld device
>
> On Oct 27, 2018, at 12:23 PM, John Carlson <yottzumm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Don, it looks like Netbeans 9.0 has been released. Perhaps now is a good
> time to transition x3d-edit from Java 8 to Java 9.
>
>
>
> John
>
>
>
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