General Links on issues, voting, patch info:

• http://www.netbeans.org/community/issues.html
• http://www.netbeans.org/scdocs/votehelp.html
• NetBeansPatchesInfo
• Patches Dashboard

How to include issues into patch

• we are using Status Whiteboard (SW) field in IssueZilla for marking issues
• an issue must include the commit log for the trunk (added by the engineer who did the commit) before being nominated for a patch
• an issue must be fixed and verified by QE or by reporter in the trunk before being nominated for a patch
• [VERSION]fixes[NUMBER OF PATCH]-candidate should be added to the SW field to nominate an issue (e.g, 65fixes1-candidate)
• a low priority issue (eg, P3) must include an explanation as to why its backport is necessary and how safe it is
• the sustaining user should be added to the CC list for every nominated issue
• when an issue is fixed in sustaining's branch, SW is changed from candidate to fixed (e.g., from 65fixes1-candidate to 65fixes1-fixed)
• if an issue's fix fails, SW is changed from fixed back to candidate (e.g., from 65fixes1-fixed to 65fixes1-candidate)
• when an issue is verified in sustaining's branch, SW is changed from fixed to verified (e.g., from 65fixes1-fixed to 65fixes1-verified)

NetBeans Patches - Plans

• Plan for NetBeans 6.5 Patch 1

NetBeans Patches - Released

• 6.1
• 6.0 / 6.0.1
• 5.5.1
• 5.5