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Bug 228003 - please don't require JDK 7 on OS X until the retina display issue is fixed
Summary: please don't require JDK 7 on OS X until the retina display issue is fixed
Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: platform
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Launchers&CLI (show other bugs)
Version: 7.4
Hardware: Macintosh (x86) Mac OS X
: P1 normal (vote)
Assignee: Jiri Rechtacek
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Reported: 2013-03-27 14:14 UTC by athompson
Modified: 2013-04-11 14:22 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Description athompson 2013-03-27 14:14:24 UTC 
JDK 7 doesn't work well with retina Macs ATM (everything is blurry). Please don't require it on OSX as it pretty much makes Netbeans unusable, especially for those with already questionable vision.
Comment 1 athompson 2013-03-27 14:15:54 UTC 
To clarify, the daily builds as of 201303262300 won't start, stating that Netbeans now requires JDK 7.
Comment 2 Jan Becicka 2013-03-28 07:23:21 UTC 
JDK 7 is required, because NetBeans source base uses JDK 7 language features and JDK 7 APIs. There is no easy way (if any) how to go back. It is not just about some launcher setting.

Just for the record
http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=8000629
Comment 3 John Jullion-ceccarelli 2013-03-28 13:58:08 UTC 
Yup, we had to upgrade in the dev builds in order to support JDK 8 compiler and start working on JDK 8 tooling. We are working with the Java team to provide full Retina support before the next major release of NetBeans.
Comment 4 athompson 2013-03-28 15:43:46 UTC 
The changes can't be *that* big between one day and the next. The previous daily build worked fine. Obviously, the further you go along, the harder it will be.
Comment 5 athompson 2013-03-28 15:49:36 UTC 
(In reply to comment #3)
> Yup, we had to upgrade in the dev builds in order to support JDK 8 compiler and
> start working on JDK 8 tooling. We are working with the Java team to provide
> full Retina support before the next major release of NetBeans.

Well, tell 'em to hurry it up, then!  :)  Otherwise I won't be able to use the daily builds as much and you won't be blessed with my brilliant and insightful personal opinions about how things are shaping up. Then where would you be?
Comment 6 athompson 2013-03-28 17:28:59 UTC 
Are there any development/testing builds of the JDK that fixes this problem that I can grab somewhere? I promise not to leak it...
Comment 7 John Jullion-ceccarelli 2013-03-28 18:16:35 UTC 
No dev builds yet that contain this fix AFAIK. Will post to this bug once there are.
Comment 8 athompson 2013-04-10 18:49:25 UTC 
I guess since there's a compelling reason to use JDK 7, you can resolve as "Won't Fix".
Comment 9 Jiri Rechtacek 2013-04-11 09:38:43 UTC 
(In reply to comment #8)
> I guess since there's a compelling reason to use JDK 7, you can resolve as
> "Won't Fix".

That's right. Thanks
Comment 10 athompson 2013-04-11 14:22:01 UTC 
Yup. I guess I'll just have to get used to seeing Netbeans the way you non Mac users see every app.  :P