Thanks Eirik! 
That definitely seems like a promising path to take.
Also thanks for the script you attached to the jira ticket, it should be a big 
help!


> On 19 Oct 2018, at 15:55, Eirik Bakke <eba...@ultorg.com> wrote:
> 
>> That is -  the Netbeans Platform code itself needs first to be built (using 
>> "regular" ant build?) and put in maven repo?
> That's exactly right. (At least until 
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-467 is resolved.)
> 
>> I'm asking because I would like to keep it possible for us to be able to 
>> make modifications in the Netbeans Platform code too.
> Yes, then it makes sense to always build the platform sources yourself and 
> populate your local maven repository using the nb-repository-plugin Maven 
> plugin. That's what I do with my own platform application.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tanas gjorgoski <tgjorgo...@gmail.com> 
> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2018 9:10 AM
> To: Neil C Smith <neilcsm...@apache.org>
> Cc: Eirik Bakke <eba...@ultorg.com>; users@netbeans.apache.org
> Subject: Re: [rcp][platform] Moving UI application based on Netbeans RCP 
> 6.9.1 to 9.0 ?
> 
> Thanks for the link Neil!
> 
> I read through the text. Am I right thinking that in this case the Netbeans 
> Platform jars are maven dependency of the App, and they are downloaded from a 
> maven repo? 
> That is -  the Netbeans Platform code itself needs first to be built (using 
> "regular" ant build?) and put in maven repo? 
> I'm asking because I would like to keep it possible for us to be able to make 
> modifications in the Netbeans Platform code too.
> 
> Thanks, 
> Tanas
> 
> 
>> On 19 Oct 2018, at 12:17, Neil C Smith <neilcsm...@apache.org> wrote:
>> 
>> On Fri, 19 Oct 2018 at 11:08, tanas gjorgoski <tgjorgo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> It seems we are using ant build, but with a gradle wrapper which injects 
>>> the maven dependencies.
>>> Looking at our code I'm under impression that ant is the only option, do 
>>> newer versions support building the Netbeans Platform apps using maven too?
>>> If so, that would be great!
>> 
>> I have a feeling 6.9 did! ;-)
>> https://platform.netbeans.org/tutorials/69/nbm-maven-quickstart.html
>> 
>> Interesting you're doing that with a gradle wrapper - wonder if anyone
>> has used Ivy with the RCP?
>> 
>> Best wishes,
>> 
>> Neil
>> 
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