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Which one is better (in support, complexity, ...) for plugin development, Netbeans or Eclipse?

I would like to create a new plugin for a programming language because there is no IDE when I asked this question. I think the development of the IDE is much easier if I try to use one of the available platforms, such as Netbeans or Eclipse or ... As I noticed, the Eclipse plugin (if this plugin is not updated) will not be able to start after 1 or 2 years. I mean, Eclipse is developing a way that old plugins should follow in order to maintain compatibility.

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Sorry, I can only answer 1/2 of your question.

I developed (small) eclipse plugins and Eclipse RCP. Both were a breeze. I agree with @Zoltan's comment, I understand your dependencies correctly and do not use any unsupported back-door function in aplugin that you do not control, and your problems should be minimal. Even if you run into a dependency problem, the configuration is simple enough so you can quickly make an updated version of your plugin.

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I cannot answer your original question, as I have not developed for Netbeans.

As backward compatibility, if the version dependencies are installed correctly, and only the API from other plug-ins is used, the old plug-in should work (there are some exceptions, but in this case updating the plugin does not require much effort, since there is documentation about what has changed) .

The main drawback of Eclipse development is that documentation is sometimes scarce, but there are some available for general tasks.

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