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In order to fix properly issue #230467, please, add support for non-numeric versions like "pre", "rc" and similar. Thanks.
I have added it as a bugfix [1], feel free to reuse it if you think that it is usable. Thanks. [1] http://hg.netbeans.org/web-main/rev/a385faff0266
This old bug may not be relevant anymore. If you can still reproduce it in 8.2 development builds please reopen this issue. Thanks for your cooperation, NetBeans IDE 8.2 Release Boss