Apache NetBeans 18 release candidates

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Release candidates for the next release of Apache NetBeans will be available weekly until release. Your help in testing, reporting and verifying issues would be highly appreciated by the whole Apache NetBeans community.

Changes from NetBeans 17 can be seen at https://github.com/apache/netbeans/releases/tag/18-rc1

Binary / source zip

Binary and source zips are available from -

https://nightlies.apache.org/netbeans/candidate/netbeans/

Installers

Unsigned Windows, Linux DEB and Linux RPM installers are available from -

https://nightlies.apache.org/netbeans/candidate/installers/

NB. We are working on making other installers available for release candidates from the same location.

VSCode plugin

The VSCode plugin is available from -

https://nightlies.apache.org/netbeans/candidate/vsix/

IMPORTANT

These release candidates are pre-release software, and not official releases of Apache NetBeans.

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Apache NetBeans 18-rc2 is now available. Changes from 18-rc1 can be seen at https://github.com/apache/netbeans/releases/tag/18-rc2

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Apache NetBeans 18-rc3 is now available from the links above. Changes from 18-rc2 can be seen at https://github.com/apache/netbeans/releases/tag/18-rc3

This will be our last release candidate unless high/critical priority issues or pull requests are flagged. Please help us with final testing over the coming week or so! Thanks for your assistance 😄

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Apache NetBeans 18-rc4 is now available from the links above. This is a minimal update to fix a critical issue with Maven artefact generation prior to moving towards release. https://github.com/apache/netbeans/releases/tag/18-rc4