3 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/development/netbeans/README b/development/netbeans/README
index cb5d546c7488..af0d2036b822 100644
--- a/development/netbeans/README
+++ b/development/netbeans/README
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ professional cross-platform desktop, enterprise, web and mobile
 applications.
 
 NOTES:
+  ****
+  UPGRADING: If you come across an error opening your projects,
+  check the files in the folder /opt/netbeans/etc.
+  If you haven't done modifications in those files, overwrite
+  them with new.
+  ****
+
   To use an specified locale you should execute netbeans as:
 	netbeans --locale $LANGOPT
   where $LANGOPT can be 'ja','zh:CN' or 'pt:BR', default is english.
diff --git a/development/netbeans/netbeans.SlackBuild b/development/netbeans/netbeans.SlackBuild
index 274204164abe..9be6f5ebbb46 100644
--- a/development/netbeans/netbeans.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/netbeans/netbeans.SlackBuild
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@
 # Updated by Andre Barboza <bmg.andre@gmail.com>
 
 PRGNAM=netbeans
-VERSION=7.3.1
+VERSION=${VERSION:-8.0}
 ARCH=noarch
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
 BUNDLE=${BUNDLE:+-$BUNDLE}
-DATE="201306052037"
+DATE="201403101706"
 
 CWD=$(pwd)
 TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
diff --git a/development/netbeans/netbeans.info b/development/netbeans/netbeans.info
index 48ac77028d24..54dd384e7964 100644
--- a/development/netbeans/netbeans.info
+++ b/development/netbeans/netbeans.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="netbeans"
-VERSION="7.3.1"
+VERSION="8.0"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.netbeans.org"
-DOWNLOAD="http://download.netbeans.org/netbeans/7.3.1/final/zip/netbeans-7.3.1-201306052037.zip"
-MD5SUM="6f92a4a7f1077599acc553c3b7e00de8"
+DOWNLOAD="http://download.netbeans.org/netbeans/8.0/final/zip/netbeans-8.0-201403101706.zip"
+MD5SUM="06ebb16d404ae39df6186ab838840c60"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="jdk"