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So I installed 6.5 Beta today, and it asked me if I wanted to import settings from a previous version. I accepted. Yet none of my settings (like additional Update centers/plugins) came over. None. What settings are imported if not update centers? Seems only previously opened projects are imported. Having to re-add 3rd-party update centers, re-install plugins, etc. is an impediment to upgrading.
[Sun JDK 1.6.0_7] [Version 200808141419] This is larger than just the Beta. I just installed the nightly and when I attempted to launch it asked if I wanted to import my settings from 6.1. When I said yes, it generated the following exception and terminated before starting. java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.netbeans.core.startup.Main$1ImportHandler.run(Main.java:385) at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:199) at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:597) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:284) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:184) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:174) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:169) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:161) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:122) Caused by: org.openide.filesystems.FSException: Root /home/esmith/.netbeans/6.1/config does not exist. at org.openide.filesystems.FSException.io(FSException.java:103) at org.openide.filesystems.LocalFileSystem.setRootDirectory(LocalFileSystem.java:128) at org.netbeans.upgrade.AutoUpgrade.doUpgrade(AutoUpgrade.java:195) at org.netbeans.upgrade.AutoUpgrade.main(AutoUpgrade.java:82) ... 13 more
Created attachment 67492 [details] full CLI capture from failed invocation.
I tried to launch NB a couple of times before I realized what was happening. Note that in the CLI capture, there is no reported Cause for the exception. Apparently it tries to dump the cause, but dies before it can output it.
Reassigning to "core" for evaluation.
To santafen: This behaviour is intended. Update centers are always tied to specific NetBeans version and that's why it doesn't make sense to import older update center to a newer NetBeans version. Also plugins are designed for a particular version and incompatible changes in NetBeans core may stop these plugins from working. You can check what is imported in this document http://wiki.netbeans.org/NB65SettingsMigration. To esmithbss: Please, next time do not mix two different problems into one issue. The cause of your problems can be read in attached exception "Root /home/esmith/.netbeans/6.1/config does not exist." Please, assure that mentioned folder really exists. If it doesn't exist, your 6.1 folder has been somehow corrupted and you cannot import your settings at all. If you encounter other problems, please file a separate issue. Thanks.