HOWTO on uploading NetBeans release binaries to a Maven repository.

There is a goal that converts the NetBeans module information into Maven metadata and is capable of uploading the module jar file, javadoc, sources and nbm files to local and remote repositories. See populate-repository goal description.

For a binary-only upload (jar files and nbm files only), it's possible to download the bits from official sites. See below for URLs. For the complete upload, you will need to checkout the sources of the IDE/Platform you want to upload. See this FAQ entry on HowTo checkout sources from Hg

The goal has multiple input parameters that link the goal to binaries prepared beforehand.

• netbeansInstallDirectory designates the base directory where resides the NetBeans installation that shall be uploaded. It can be either downloaded as zip or built from sources. Run "ant" in your local hg clone to build the distribution at "nbbuild/netbeans" sundirectory.
• netbeansNbmDirectory designates the base directory where the nbm files are located. Run "ant build-nbms" in your local hg clone to build the nbms at "nbbuild/nbms" directory or download it from the http://updates.netbeans.org/netbeans space eg. final 6.5 version at http://updates.netbeans.org/netbeans/6.5/final/uc/. Use a tool like wget to download the complete directory tree to a directory designated by the netbeansNbmDirectory parameter.

• netbeansSourcesDirectory designates the base directory containing zip files with module jar sources. Run "ant build-source-zips" in your local hg clone to build the nbms at "nbbuild/build/source-zips" directory.
• netbeansJavadocDirectory designates the base directory containing zip files with javadoc zips for modules with public apis. Run "ant build-javadoc" in your local hg clone to build the nbms at "nbbuild/build/javadoc" directory.