On Wed, 2006-05-03 at 21:07 -0300, Jerônimo Backes wrote:
> Can someone answer that, please?
> 
> Netbeans 5 was released 3 or 4 months ago, and yet it is still not 
> available to install trough portage (the same for Netbeans 4.5, that 
> never appeared into portage, even 1 year after its release)
> 
> Is there some reason for this?


Yes.  The answer is at least two-fold.

# 1) There is currently a package freeze in effect while the Java team
finishes the addition/migration of Java 5 into the mainline Portage
tree.  This is particularly relevant to why Netbeans 5 is not in the
tree, as the freeze has been in effect for a few months.  I suggest
checking the mailing list archives if you want more details.

# 2) The Gentoo Java team is understaffed and very busy.  This is
compounded with all of the migration work to Java 5 in progress.  This
is probably the main reason you don't see Netbeans 4.5 in the tree, as
this condition has persisted for a while.

Some of us try to help when we can, but we are also extremely busy with
work/life and can only do so much.

When the package freeze is no longer in effect, perhaps you could
contribute an ebuild for your desired versions of Netbeans to Bugzilla
(possibly an update of the existing 4.0 build).  This is the best way to
speed along the process.

~ FCGreg