Java docsets disapeared from available docsets

[rajabiy]

Some Docsets is disappeared from available docsets window. Even I couldn't find them in API https://api.zealdocs.org/v1/docsets

[wdscxsj]

Yes, the Java docsets are currently missing.

[trollixx]

It's a side effect of how Dash now lists different versions of Java. Used to be one docset per major version, not it's just one docset for everything. I'll see if I can do a temporary workaround on the API server side or invest in #208 as that is the proper solution.

[trollixx]

I updated metadata to show Java docset again. But until #208 is implemented there's no way to install previous versions.

[trollixx]

Closing and pinning it for awareness.

[bashbers]

Is there a workaround to manually download the SE17 javadocs and place it in the .local/share/Zeal/Zeal/docsets/ folder? I'm not able to manually download any other version than latest from Dash's repository.

[trollixx]

You can manually download the docset, but it would lack some metadata Zeal needs. So you'd need to copy meta.json from another docset (or installed version of the same one), and edit it a bit. I believe someone wrote a Python script for that, but can't find it right now...