[67cat] [j2ee] WebSphere?

[Glenn Holmer]

Is there support for WebSphere in 6.7?  I'm not seeing it anywhere.

The reason I ask is that there's a discussion about NetBeans on the
AS/400 Java mailing list just now, and I'd love to convert some Eclipse
users :)

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[Petr Jiricka]

Hi Glenn,

WebSphere support is currently available on the update center for  
"dev" builds (6.7 pre-RC and 6.8), but not for 6.7 RC builds. The  
reason is that there are some major bugs reported, which we were not  
able to resolve so far:
http://www.netbeans.org/issues/buglist.cgi?issue_id=155521,161284

It seems to us that most users will be hitting these bugs, which  
renders the WebSphere plugin almost unusable. However, we would  
appreciate if you could try out the WebSphere plugin for dev builds,  
and see if it works for you. If it does, then great, and we can  
publish the plugin on the update center for 6.7 RC/FCS. If it does not  
work and you hit major problems, then we of course welcome any help in  
investigating and/or fixing issues with the plugin.

BTW, which version of WebSphere do you use?

Thanks,
Petr

On Jun 17, 2009, at 3:21 PM, Glenn Holmer wrote:

> Is there support for WebSphere in 6.7?  I'm not seeing it anywhere.
>
> The reason I ask is that there's a discussion about NetBeans on the
> AS/400 Java mailing list just now, and I'd love to convert some  
> Eclipse
> users :)
>
> --
> ____________________________________________________________
> Glenn Holmer                          gholmer@...
> Software Engineer                        phone: [phone]
> Weyco Group, Inc.                          fax: [phone]
>
>
>

[Glenn Holmer]

On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 16:38 +0200, Petr Jiricka wrote:

> Hi Glenn,
>
> WebSphere support is currently available on the update center for  
> "dev" builds (6.7 pre-RC and 6.8), but not for 6.7 RC builds. The  
> reason is that there are some major bugs reported, which we were not  
> able to resolve so far:
> http://www.netbeans.org/issues/buglist.cgi?issue_id=155521,161284
>
> It seems to us that most users will be hitting these bugs, which  
> renders the WebSphere plugin almost unusable. However, we would  
> appreciate if you could try out the WebSphere plugin for dev builds,  
> and see if it works for you. If it does, then great, and we can  
> publish the plugin on the update center for 6.7 RC/FCS. If it does not  
> work and you hit major problems, then we of course welcome any help in  
> investigating and/or fixing issues with the plugin.
>
> BTW, which version of WebSphere do you use?

Thanks for replying.  We don't use WebSphere, but I imagine many of the
people on the AS/400 Java list do; that was the reason for my question.
Is it OK to copy your comments to that mailing list?  You may get some
help testing from the folks there.

BTW, how to access the dev UC to get that module?

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Glenn Holmer                          gholmer@...
Software Engineer                        phone: [phone]
Weyco Group, Inc.                          fax: [phone]

[Petr Jiricka]

On Jun 17, 2009, at 5:13 PM, Glenn Holmer wrote:

On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 16:38 +0200, Petr Jiricka wrote:

Hi Glenn,

WebSphere support is currently available on the update center for  

"dev" builds (6.7 pre-RC and 6.8), but not for 6.7 RC builds. The  

reason is that there are some major bugs reported, which we were not  

able to resolve so far:

http://www.netbeans.org/issues/buglist.cgi?issue_id=155521,161284

It seems to us that most users will be hitting these bugs, which  

renders the WebSphere plugin almost unusable. However, we would  

appreciate if you could try out the WebSphere plugin for dev builds,  

and see if it works for you. If it does, then great, and we can  

publish the plugin on the update center for 6.7 RC/FCS. If it does not  

work and you hit major problems, then we of course welcome any help in  

investigating and/or fixing issues with the plugin.

BTW, which version of WebSphere do you use?

Thanks for replying.  We don't use WebSphere, but I imagine many of the
people on the AS/400 Java list do; that was the reason for my question.
Is it OK to copy your comments to that mailing list?  You may get some
help testing from the folks there.

Sure, feel free to forward.

BTW, how to access the dev UC to get that module?

You just need a "dev" build of NetBeans, not an "RC" build. Then just use Tools -> Plugins.

Or it may actually work in the RC builds as well, in the Settings tab of the Plugins dialog, you need to add an update center pointing to this URL:

http://updates.netbeans.org/netbeans/updates/dev/uc/final/main/catalog.xml.gz

Petr

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Weyco Group, Inc.                          fax: [phone]