> To maintain that objective and capitalize on the JDK 7 release themes [...] it is necessary that our engineering resources are committed to [...] NetBeans IDE 7.0.
(from http://netbeans.org/community/news/show/1507.html )
and
>However, we strongly encourage our community of NetBeans Ruby users and developers to volunteer to take on development of Ruby on Rails support for the NetBeans IDE.
(from http://wiki.netbeans.org/RubySupport )
So it's just a matter of not having enough resources to support everything.
Ruby and RoR is done basically entirely in-house by NetBeans/Oracle so it seems odd that people are enraged that something they provided for free isn't supported any longer due to normal restrictions.
I'm curious if:
1. People outside Oracle will take over RoR development (the community seems too small) OR
2. People will pledge money to keep the plugin maintained (I somehow doubt this but I would like to see it happen).
I think you're right. The intersection of interested Ruby developers + with Java experience + knowledge of the Netbeans platform + and motivation/time to maintain the plugin seems vanishingly small.
The only thing is that Ruby is still growing, and so represents possible future revenue. But Oracle aims for short-term profitability now... which you have to admit, has worked out pretty well for them.
Taking a wider view, I love the work to make things better (such as at Xerox PARC), but it hasn't made money for those companies. Which is partly why Sun no longer has any say in Java, or in general research, or indeed in anything at all.
> To maintain that objective and capitalize on the JDK 7 release themes [...] it is necessary that our engineering resources are committed to [...] NetBeans IDE 7.0. (from http://netbeans.org/community/news/show/1507.html )
and
>However, we strongly encourage our community of NetBeans Ruby users and developers to volunteer to take on development of Ruby on Rails support for the NetBeans IDE. (from http://wiki.netbeans.org/RubySupport )
So it's just a matter of not having enough resources to support everything.
Ruby and RoR is done basically entirely in-house by NetBeans/Oracle so it seems odd that people are enraged that something they provided for free isn't supported any longer due to normal restrictions.
I'm curious if:
1. People outside Oracle will take over RoR development (the community seems too small) OR
2. People will pledge money to keep the plugin maintained (I somehow doubt this but I would like to see it happen).