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Bug 65433

Summary: [50cat] after installion projects not found
Product: ide Reporter: rolf_schumacher <rolf_schumacher>
Component: Import SettingsAssignee: Jiri Rechtacek <jrechtacek>
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX    
Severity: blocker CC: jchalupa
Priority: P3    
Version: 5.x   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Linux   
Issue Type: DEFECT Exception Reporter:

Description rolf_schumacher 2005-09-29 21:20:23 UTC
[ JDK VERSION : 1.5.0_05 ]

installed nb-5.0beta

What I expeted:
See my projects that I last opened in nb-5.0dev.

What I got:
Just the Welcome, no projects

What I did:
Switched back to nb-5.0dev.
All the projects where there.
Switched to nb-5.0beta again.
Could easily import my projects.

looked into .netbeans of my home directory
5.0beta directory is there along with dev directory.
Comment 1 _ pkuzel 2005-09-30 13:59:50 UTC
Who is responsible projects or windowsystem? 
Anyway different userdir = all setting gone, there should be import action on 
the first start with fresh userdir. 
Comment 2 Jan Chalupa 2005-10-02 16:46:31 UTC
Dev builds are what they are -- development builds with no guaranteed
compatibility. Anything bad can happen to the user settings between two
subsequent builds. There are good reasons why no dev settings (including last
opened projects) aren't imported into 5.0 beta, which gets a separate clean
userdir. Power users are free to override this mechanism by reusing the userdir
using the -userdir option at their own risk.

It is possible to import compatible settings from NB 4.1 (the last stable
release) into 5.0 beta. Migration from arbitrary dev builds is not and will not
be supported. Sorry.