Bug#989616: netbeans: Package exists (as source only?) but not installable

[benjamin melançon]

Source: netbeans
Version: 12.1-3
Severity: serious
Tags: d-i ftbfs
Justification: fails to build from source
X-Debbugs-Cc: ben+debian at agaric.coop

Dear Maintainer,

Trying to install Netbeans i thought i found it in testing (bullseye) -
https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/netbeans

I know realize that's only the 'source', but i feel that if there is no
corresponding actual package some explanation should be identifiable on the
source page.

Moreover the tracker makes it look like everything is OK:
https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/netbeans

So, i'm trying to figure out how to 'sudo apt install netbeans' -- having that
work, of course, would be fantastic, if there's just one minor hiccup with
producing the package.

But i'm also hoping that messages on packages.debian.org, in apt, and in the
Software app can be improved.  Status and next steps being clear to all would
be very helpful for both users and potential contributors.

Thank you!!!

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 11.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (500, 'testing-security'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-7-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not
set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)