Apache Transition

Background

https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/NetBeansProposal

The initial goals of the NetBeans contribution under the Apache umbrella are to establish a new home for an already fully functioning project and to open up the governance model so as to simplify and streamline contributions from the community.

Required Resources

Based on the NetBeans Proposal above, the following are the required resources for Apache NetBeans:

ID	Resource	Details	Assigned To	Status	Notes
R01	Mailing Lists	dev, user, commits, and private @netbeans.apache.org	Apache mentors	Done. More can be created as needed, though let's start with the Apache defaults. Also, we need to investigate migrating the archives of the existing NetBeans mailing lists, e.g., nbusers@netbeans.org.	See T04 and T12.
R02	Wiki	Confluence is being used as the Wiki.	Apache mentors	Done: INFRA-12724 - Getting issue details... STATUS To be decided. The question is whether to migrate the existing NetBeans Wiki or to back it up and start again from scratch with a clean slate here. To be done. Also, creating a clear structure is important.	See T06 and T09.
R03	Website		Apache mentors	To be done. netbeans.org needs to transition/link/redirect to/be supplemented by netbeans.apache.org (e.g., see maven.apache.org). A static website or CMS or something of some kind needs to be made available to support that.
R04	Source Control	Git
R05	Issue Tracking			Done: INFRA-12704 - Getting issue details... STATUS To be decided. Bugzilla or JIRA To be done. Migration with potential bugzilla NetBeans custom plugin	See T08
R06	Release Infrastructure	Hudson/Jenkins, etc.

Special Infrastructure Requests

Based on the NetBeans Proposal above, the following are the Special Infrastructure Requests for Apache NetBeans:

ID	Request	Details
SIR01	Migration of large existing Mercurial repository to Apache Git
SIR02	Migration of internal Oracle release infrastructure to Apache infrastructure
SIR03	Migration of Plugin Portal (plugins.netbeans.org) and related plugins	.
SIR04	Migration of website and related content management system to Apache infrastructure
SIR05	Evaluation and identification of other NetBeans infrastructure to be migrated to Apache infastructures

Further Resources

Not explicitly mentioned in the NetBeans Proposal, though referenced in SIR05 above, these resources and areas need to be considered too in the context of the transition. In many cases, there will be no impact, though at least "NetBeans" should be "Apache NetBeans", at least in first mention, where applicable. in the naming of the below.

ID	Resource	Details	Assigned To	Status	Notes
F01	NetCAT
F02	NetBeans Dream Team
F03	NetBeans tutorials
F04	NetBeans translations
F05	Weekly NetBeans Newsletter
F06	NetBeans Facebook
F07	NetBeans Twitter
F08	NetBeans YouTube
F09	NetBeans partners
F10	NetBeans on OTN and Oracle.com.
F11	edu.netbeans.org
F12	NetBeans Blog
F13	NetBeans Exception Reporter
F14	statistics.netbeans.org
F15	NetBeans logo
F16	NetBeans slide decks
F17	NetBeans Days and other events
F18	NetBeans t-shirts and shop
F19	'contrib' and its plugins

Tasks

Based on the NetBeans Proposal above, the following are tasks that need to be completed during incubation. (Currently in no particular order.)

ID	Task	Details	Reference	Assigned To
T01	Sign iCLA	Individual committers to sign iCLA.	https://www.apache.org/licenses/icla.txt, and check that your proposed id has not already been taken: http://people.apache.org/committer-index.html	Individual committers.
T02	Sign cCLA	For individual committers that need corporate backing, Apache has a cCLA that can be signed.	https://www.apache.org/licenses/cla-corporate.txt	Individual committers who need it.
T03	Sign Software Grant Agreement	Oracle to sign Apache grant agreement.	http://www.apache.org/licenses/cla-corporate.txt contains the Software Grant Agreement, a separate document should not be used	Geertjan
T04	Invite subscribers to the NetBeans mailing lists to join the Apache NetBeans mailing lists.	Multiple subtasks: Write to nbusers etc and inform about new mailing lists. Use the NetBeans newsletter. Add automatic footer to mails to NetBeans mailing lists with new info.
T05	Migration of source code.
T06	Migration of Wiki (or start from scratch?)
T07	Migration of tutorials.
T08	Migration of bug tracker.
T09	Create a structure for the Wiki.
T10	Find a home for the Plugin Portal and plugins.	Several organizations have indicated an interest in taking this on. Another option is Maven via Sonatype. Next steps: bundle up plugins and the app and send it to one or more interested organizations with instructions for setting everything up and find out how/if it works and choose the best location.
T11	Create a page on Wiki or website listing all the committers, contributors, supporting organizations, etc.
T12	Mailing list archive migration.	NetBeans.org mailing lists, e.g., nbusers@netbeans.org, have large archives that need to be considered for migration.
T13	Brand donation	The brand donation is distinct from the software grant.

Proposed NetBeans Incubation Milestones

DONE: Publication of NetBeans Proposal
DONE: Acceptance into Apache Incubator
DONE: Setting Up of Mailing Lists and Confluence Wiki and http://netbeans.apache.org
DONE: Identification of the exact NetBeans repositories to be donated to Apache:
1. community-ruby (2376 files)
2. community-soa (11770 files)
3. community-uml (6365 files)
4. community-visualweb (6339 files)
5. community-xml (2326 files )
6. html4j (280 files )
7. jackpot30 (964 files)
8. (main)contrib (15270 files)
9. (main)misc (5076 files)
10. plsql-support (2341 files)
11. releases (100548 files)
12. releases-l10n (33348 files)
IN PROCESS: Review of NetBeans repositories to be donated to Apache:
1. Done: html4j (280 files) – comments passed to Jaroslav Tulach, who has processed them.
2. Done: jackpot30 (964 files) – comments passed to Jan Lahoda, who has processed them.
3. Done: community-xml (2326 files) – comments passed to Milutin Kristofic, who has processed them.
4. In process: the clusters of the 'releases' repository that constitute a "basic" Java IDE (ETA: end of ~~February~~ March 17, 2017)
  1. Done: nb.cluster.bootstrap
  2. Done: nb.cluster.platform
  3. Done: nb.cluster.harness
  4. Done: nb.cluster.ide
  5. Done: nb.cluster.extide
  6. Done: nb.cluster.websvccommon
  7. Done: nb.cluster.java
  8. Done: nb.cluster.profiler
  9. Done: nb.cluster.apisupport
  10. Done: nb.cluster.nb
  11. Done: nb.cluster.javafx
  12. In process: code written in the above clusters (for example. related to Java 9 features) written since the review process started (i.e., over the past 3 months or so)
5. the other clusters of the 'releases' repository, i.e., that are not included in the above, to be done after the above:
  1. nb.cluster.cnd
  2. nb.cluster.cndext
  3. nb.cluster.dlight
  4. nb.cluster.enterprise
  5. nb.cluster.ergonomics
  6. nb.cluster.groovy
  7. nb.cluster.javacard
  8. nb.cluster.mobility
  9. nb.cluster.php
  10. nb.cluster.webcommon
6. the other clusters not in the 'releases' repository and not part of 5a, 5b, and 5c:
  1. community-ruby
  2. community-soa
  3. community-uml
  4. community-visualweb
  5. (main)contrib
  6. (main)misc
  7. pl-sql support
  8. releases-l10n
Integration of changes coming out of step 5.
Acceptance of Apache Software Grant Agreement
Bugtracker transition
Source code transition
Publish NetBeans.next feature roadmap
New home for NetBeans Plugin Portal
Licensing evaluation
First contribution to Apache NetBeans
Tutorial and other documentation transition
Release of Apache NetBeans 8.2.1 or 8.3 inside Apache Incubator
Release of Apache NetBeans 9 as top level project in sync with Java 9 release

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