6.7 is out, and although going to the web and finding some .nbm-s and copying over a few update center URL-s isn't the biggest chore...it's still a chore.
Any tips for this? Is there maybe a hidden directory somewhere that I can just copy into the new 6.7 install?
Edit: for people like me who use both, I've asked this question in Eclipse-land as well: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1059732/a-new-version-of-eclipse-just-came-out-is-there-anything-i-can-do-to-avoid-havi
If only there was a plugin collector plugin like Firefox in Netbeans :P
In the 'modules' sub-directory of the < install_dir >/< nb version >/, you will see the JARs of the modules you installed. But, there is no metadata information apparently there. And, I don't think only copying the JARs will help. Even if it does, couple of things: you will not be able to update the modules, when there are recent versions available and the old modules may simply not be compatible with the new release.
So, the best thing, even though repeated work, is to install them from the Plugin manager.
PS: You may consider asking this on the 'nbusers' mailing list.