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| <LI>Jan/02: <a href="1/README.html">README.html</a>, <a href="1/CHANGES.html">CHANGES.html</a>and <a href="1/CREDITS.html">CREDITS.html</a> are available for NB3.4.1 RC1 |
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| <P><LI>Dec/25: Merak <b><font color="#CC3333">Release Candidate 1</font></b> <!--<a href="">is available</a>-->, no serious bugs reported. |
| <br>The planning for Netbeans 3.4.1 "Merak" was updated. |
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| <P><LI>Nov/5: The <b><font color="#CC3333">approximate planning</font></b> for Netbeans 3.4.1 "Merak" is now available. Check the table hereunder. |
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| <P><LI>Nov/1: Maxym Mykhalchuk accepted to be the Release Coordinator for NetBeans 3.4.1. |
| <br>Look at <a href="https://netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=401692&listName=nbusers">this thread</a>. |
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| <P><LI>Mar/8: <b><font color="#CC3333">Plans for 3.4 versions are being recorded in Issuezilla</font></b>. Check the <a href="features/nb34-features-overview.html">overview</a>. |
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| <h1>Release 3.4.x</h1> |
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| <p>This page is related to the 3.4.x releases of NetBeans. |
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| <p><b><font color="#CC3333">The schedule</font></b> is based |
| on NetBeans's <a href="../roadmap.html">roadmap</a>. |
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| <TD ALIGN="CENTER" class="tablehbg" COLSPAN="3"><FONT class="tablehfont" COLOR="#00315A"><B>NetBeans Release 3.4 Schedule</B></FONT></TD> |
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| <TD ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Phase</B></FONT></TD> |
| <TD ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD> |
| <TD ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Information</B></FONT></TD> |
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| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">NB 3.4 Milestone 1</TD> |
| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Mar/15</TD> |
| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">See <a href="https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?target_milestone=3.4&keywords=3.4_MILESTONE_1&keywords_type=anywords">status</a> |
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| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">NB 3.4 Milestone 2</TD> |
| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Apr/3</TD> |
| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">See <a href="https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?target_milestone=3.4&keywords=3.4_MILESTONE_2&keywords_type=anywords">status</a> |
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| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">NB 3.4 Milestone 3</TD> |
| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Apr/24</TD> |
| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">See <a href="https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?target_milestone=3.4&keywords=3.4_MILESTONE_3&keywords_type=anywords">status</a> |
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| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">NB 3.4 Milestone 4</TD> |
| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">May/15</TD> |
| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Feature Freeze, see <a href="https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?target_milestone=3.4&keywords=3.4_MILESTONE_4&keywords_type=anywords">status</a> |
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| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">NB 3.4 Beta 1</TD> |
| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Jun/5</TD> |
| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">See <a href="https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?target_milestone=3.4&keywords=3.4_MILESTONE_BETA1&keywords_type=anywords">status</a> |
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| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">NB 3.4 Beta 2</TD> |
| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Jun/19</TD> |
| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">See <a href="https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?target_milestone=3.4&keywords=3.4_MILESTONE_BETA2&keywords_type=anywords">status</a> |
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| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">NB 3.4 Beta 3</TD> |
| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Jul/10</TD> |
| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">See <a href="https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?target_milestone=3.4&keywords=3.4_MILESTONE_BETA3&keywords_type=anywords">status</a> |
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| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">NB 3.4 Enter High Resistance</TD> |
| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Jul/10</TD> |
| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Only approved fixes allowed, see <a href="high-resistance.html">complete guidelines</a> |
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| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">NB 3.4 Release Candidate 1</TD> |
| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Jul/24</TD> |
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| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">NB 3.4 Release Candidate 2</TD> |
| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Aug/15</TD> |
| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Hopefully the last RC |
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| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT color='#CC3333'><b>NB 3.4 Final Release</b></FONT></TD> |
| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B>Aug/26</B></TD> |
| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">The Release; final build Aug/23 AM GMT |
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| <TD ALIGN="CENTER" class="tablehbg" COLSPAN="3"><FONT class="tablehfont" COLOR="#00315A"><B>NetBeans 3.4.1 (codename "Merak") Schedule</B></FONT></TD> |
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| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">NB 3.4.1 Starting</TD> |
| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Nov/1 - Nov/10</TD> |
| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">organizational period: CVS tagging, talking to netbeans.org Release ingineers, Finding issues, etc |
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| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">NB 3.4.1 Collapse Data</TD> |
| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Nov/11 - Nov/30</TD> |
| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">finding the possible bugs/bugfixes, that are <U>the must</U> to go into Merak |
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| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">NB 3.4.1 Bug Fixing </TD> |
| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Nov/21 - Dec/7</TD> |
| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">fixing bugs, checking the bugfixes into the CVS |
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| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">NB 3.4.1 Beta 1</TD> |
| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Dec/8</TD> |
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| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">NB 3.4.1 Collapse Feedback</TD> |
| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Dec/9 - ...</TD> |
| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">QA, user feedback, etc. |
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| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">NB 3.4.1 RC1</TD> |
| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Dec/17</TD> |
| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">The first Release Candidate. |
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| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">NB 3.4.1 RC2</TD> |
| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Jan/03, 2003</TD> |
| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">The second Release Candidate. |
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| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><font color='#CC3333'><b>NB 3.4.1 Final Release</B></FONT></TD> |
| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><b>Jan/20 2003</B></TD> |
| <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><b>The most stable NetBeans release ever |
| (build dated 19th January)</B> |
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| <b><font color="#CC3333">Key Features and Goals</font></b>. |
| The main goals of NetBeans release 3.4.1 are: |
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| <li><b><u>Mostly no new features</u></b> will be delivered with NB 3.4.1</li> |
| <li><b>Integrate more recent version of stable modules</b>- |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href='https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23076'>Support Ant 1.5.1</a></li> |
| </ul> |
| <li><b>Bug Fixing</b> - |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href='https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?keywords=3.4.1_CANDIDATE'><b>Candidates</B> |
| for Netbeans 3.4.1</a> (issues with keyword 3.4.1_CANDIDATE)</li> |
| <li><a href='https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?target_milestone=3.4.1'>Bugs |
| already <b>fixed</B> in Netbeans 3.4.1</a> (applied to codebase)</li> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| <li><b>UserGuide minor fixes</b> |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href='https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28498'>Userguide updated |
| with last remarks of users</a></li> |
| </ul> |
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| <li><b>MDR</b> (Metadata repository) - as an experimental module</li> |
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| <b>Projects</b> implementation (see http://projects.netbeans.org/ps/index.html) |
| and major project will be based on new Projects (Java module, JSP, ...) - this feature was postponed - it will be implemented in NetBeans 4.0</li> |
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| <br>A beta of the documentation for the 3.4 Open APIs has been posted. See the |
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| <p><font color="#CC3333"><b>Release 3.4 Downloads</b> </font>- |
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| <li><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/downloads/download.php?a=arch&p=1">Main NB download page</a></li> |
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| <p><font color="#CC3333"><b>The quality</b> </font>- The amount of bugs |
| in release 3.4 (dev) you can find at QA (Quality Assurance) pages: |
| <A HREF="http://qa.netbeans.org/bugzilla/graphs/summary.html"><IMG SRC="https://netbeans.org/download/Bugzilla/graphs/delta_week.png" WIDTH="300" HEIGHT="180" BORDER="1" ALT="See bugs graphs."></a> |
| <P>For more information about the quality look <a href="http://qa.netbeans.org">here</a>. |
| <p>There is an ongoing effort aimed at performance improvements. Check out the <a href="http://performance.netbeans.org/">performance pages</a>. |
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| <b><font color="#CC3333">Unofficials ;-)</font></b> |
| <p> |
| The most buzz about NetBeans 3.4.1 "Merak" is that this release should not have |
| happened, because Sun Microsystems officially stated, that since most efforts |
| are now put into the ongoing 4.0 "Yogjakarta" release, it doesn't consider to |
| release any maintenance updates to 3.4 (such as 3.3.1 or 3.3.2 in the past). |
| <p> |
| However Sun Microsystems oficially proposed that if volunteer Release |
| Coordinator comes along, it will give some amount of human time and the |
| necessary machine resources to such release. I decided to become one, and now we |
| are coming to what is to be a first-timer in netbeans.org world - volunteer |
| NetBeans release - the Merak. Hopefully the most stable NetBeans release ever |
| before. |
| <p> |
| I'd like to <a href="1/CREDITS.html">thank everybody</A> involved in bugfixing, |
| commiting, feedback gathering and technical issues. These are mostly emloyed by |
| Sun NetBeans developers, who cut off some their private time to invest into |
| NetBeans even more than they are doing now coding the 4.0 release. However |
| the outside-Sun people also helped much in preparing the Merak release, so |
| I hope for a closer union between us and them, between all of us, |
| NetBeans developers. |
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| <p> |
| <br> |
| Sincerely yours, |
| Maxym Mykhalchuk |
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| <hr> |
| <small> |
| <p><i>This page was maintained by <a href="mailto:Petr.Hamernik@czech.sun.com">Petr Hamernik</a> (release coordinator for NB3.4).</i> |
| <p><i>Now this page is mantained by <a |
| href="mailto:vbrabant@netbeans.org">Vincent Brabant</a> (volunteer NB3.4.1 |
| webmaster) and <a |
| href="mailto:mihmax@netbeans.org">Maxym Mykhalchuk</a> (release coordinator for |
| NB3.4.1).</i> |
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