What about to Donate the SourceCode to Apache NetBeans about nb-darcula

[geertjanw]

OK, looks like it will still take quite some time, the 4th donation scheduled for around September, but am trying to see if we can squeeze this in too.

[Chris2011]

I really like darcula and I use it every day, but it still has some UI downsides. It is a mix of some old NetBeans stuff like gradients and flat and clean design. IMHO we should focus on flatlaf: https://github.com/JFormDesigner/FlatLaf it still has HiDPI support, looks flat (no shadows, no gradients, this is what flat means) and it comes from the JFormDesigner developers, so I guess there are more people involved in that, than here. The license is already Apache 2.0.

Here you can see a very first quick experiment by adding it into my plugin:

It looks very nice and clean, but still has some problems. But I think this is the way to go instead of using this code here.

Here is the comparison between the FlatDarculaLaf (left) and the nb-darcula (right):

It has these look and feels:

• Flat Light
  (class com.formdev.flatlaf.FlatLightLaf)
• Flat Dark
  (class com.formdev.flatlaf.FlatDarkLaf)
• Flat IntelliJ
  (class com.formdev.flatlaf.FlatIntelliJLaf)
  looks like IntelliJ theme from IntelliJ IDEA 2019.2+
• Flat Darcula
  (class com.formdev.flatlaf.FlatDarculaLaf)
  looks like Darcula theme from IntelliJ IDEA 2019.2+

Here is the site of the project: https://www.formdev.com/flatlaf/

[lkishalmi]

Well, he says that he would like to donate but has a busy time in his life right now.
I've prepared the integration into NB build/module system as of https://github.com/lkishalmi/incubator-netbeans/tree/nb-darcula he cloned that. All he needs to do is become an ASF Committer then file a PR.

[lkishalmi]

Well @Revivius Is quite busy these days. Actually that's what he is telling. Fortunately/unfortunately some of his code depends on the NB Dark LaF modules, which are not donated yet (they missed the first donation train). As that issue has been resolved it is legally not possible to release the code under Apache license.
We might ask @geertjanw that is it possible to change the schedule on that donation.

[Chris2011]

That would be awesome :)

[gilbertoca]

@lkishalmi @geertjanw another plugin very popular and with problems as well is the "Display readme files in project view" [1][2]

[1]https://github.com/markiewb/readmeinprojectview
[2]http://plugins.netbeans.org/plugin/50171/

[Chris2011]

@gilbertoca so please make a ticket there. Your request has nothing todo with this plugin.

[yusufbaspinar]

Dear Revivius,
Thank you for your contribution to NetBeans comunity.

[Chris2011]

@lkishalmi Is it correct, that you had a talk with @Revivius in private about that? Anything new here?

[Chris2011]

Ahh ok, thx for the info :)

[zimmi]

Hi, I hope you are doing well!
Are there any news regarding the donation?
Darcula is my favorite theme and it would be great if it could be made an "official" part of NetBeans.
I'd also like to thank @Revivius for developing it. It must have saved a significant amount of cumulative eyesight over the years.

[GeertjanWielenga]

Sorry, I think this is the first I hear of this. Which undonated code exactly?

[lkishalmi]

@GeertjanWielenga Yes this is the first time I spoke of that, I was keeping that "secret" in the back of my mind.
Things like this: https://github.com/lkishalmi/netbeans/blob/nb-darcula/platform/c.revivius.nb.darcula/src/com/revivius/nb/darcula/DarkIconFilter.java
Probably there is one or two more.
And the undonated code would be the dark LaF-s (dark Metal and Nimbus) which is scheduled for the V. donation according to: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Apache+Transition

[geertjanw]

Where in this repo are the files found, which specific files in this repo are we talking about: https://hg.netbeans.org/releases/file

[geertjanw]

Ah, OK, I see, this: https://hg.netbeans.org/core-main/file/tip/o.n.swing.laf.dark

[lkishalmi]

Yes, that one!

[lkishalmi]

FlatLaf won. It will be released in NetBeans 11.3