Re: [arch-general] NetBeans 9.0 not a drop-in replacement of 8.2

2018-11-12 Thread Peter Nabbefeld
Am 12.11.18 um 19:44 schrieb Ali Emre Gülcü via arch-general: I am asking to get the general idea of how the package versioning works, I don't really know what has changed on NetBeans side. [...] Hi Ali, NetBeans 9.0 needs at least JDK 9, and it works only for Java SE. Besides the move to

Re: [arch-general] NetBeans 9.0 not a drop-in replacement of 8.2

2018-11-12 Thread Eli Schwartz via arch-general
On 11/12/18 1:44 PM, Ali Emre Gülcü via arch-general wrote: > I am asking to get the general idea of how the package versioning works, I > don't really know what has changed on NetBeans side. IIRC there are > different versions of Java and PostgreSQL on official repos (not on AUR) > like jdk8-openj

Re: [arch-general] NetBeans 9.0 not a drop-in replacement of 8.2

2018-11-12 Thread Ali Emre Gülcü via arch-general
I am asking to get the general idea of how the package versioning works, I don't really know what has changed on NetBeans side. IIRC there are different versions of Java and PostgreSQL on official repos (not on AUR) like jdk8-openjdk for specific version and jdk-openjdk for latest and always-update

Re: [arch-general] NetBeans 9.0 not a drop-in replacement of 8.2

2018-11-12 Thread Eli Schwartz via arch-general
On 11/12/18 12:04 PM, Danila Kiver via arch-general wrote: > Agree, NB 9.0 is a complete headache and probably should not be considered > an *upgrade* from 8.2. Even upcoming NB 10.0 does not seem to solve > all the migration issues. > > Maybe Apache Netbeans (9.0 and higher) has to be distributed

Re: [arch-general] NetBeans 9.0 not a drop-in replacement of 8.2

2018-11-12 Thread Danila Kiver via arch-general
Agree, NB 9.0 is a complete headache and probably should not be considered an *upgrade* from 8.2. Even upcoming NB 10.0 does not seem to solve all the migration issues. Maybe Apache Netbeans (9.0 and higher) has to be distributed as a different package ("apache-netbeans"), conflicting with old "ne

[arch-general] NetBeans 9.0 not a drop-in replacement of 8.2

2018-11-12 Thread Leandro Papi via arch-general
Hello, I'm not sure if this has to be brought up here, please advise. I have had many problems with netbeans package from community, it "upgraded" my old version of the package (was version 8.2), but it is not an adequate replacement. I'm aware of the bugs open in the tracker, and I thank everyon