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Bug 154752

Summary: Awkward to create a new layer in a project
Product: apisupport Reporter: Jesse Glick <jglick>
Component: ProjectAssignee: Jesse Glick <jglick>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: blocker CC: bdschubert, javydreamercsw
Priority: P3 Keywords: PLAN, UI
Version: 6.x   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT Exception Reporter:
Bug Depends on: 184359    
Bug Blocks:    

Description Jesse Glick 2008-12-05 14:20:08 UTC 
You can decide to create a module with or without a layer. In fact, it is a bad idea to create a module initially with a
layer, because you might never need it, and this would just waste resources.

On the other hand, you _do_ sometimes want to add a layer to an existing project, without running any of the standard
wizards which add a layer entry. This can only be done now my manually creating the XML file and its registration in
manifest.mf, or by running one of those wizards and then undoing most of its effects.

IMHO the New Project wizard should not offer to add a layer. Instead, there should be an "Empty Layer" template in the
Module Development category.
Comment 1 rmichalsky 2008-12-05 16:13:36 UTC 
Ok, I agree. IMHO that's an enhancement.
Comment 2 Jesse Glick 2011-06-03 14:53:43 UTC 
*** Bug 199140 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Jesse Glick 2011-07-15 14:22:05 UTC 
core-main #b3b81ce11cab
Comment 5 Quality Engineering 2011-07-16 13:56:01 UTC 
Integrated into 'main-golden'
Changeset: http://hg.netbeans.org/main-golden/rev/b3b81ce11cab
User: Jesse Glick <jglick@netbeans.org>
Log: #154752: wizard to create a new XML layer.
Comment 6 Jesse Glick 2011-09-08 20:12:11 UTC 
*** Bug 201772 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***