On 1 September 2011 22:42, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 2:25 PM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 30 August 2011 21:00, Oliver Heger <oliver.he...@oliver-heger.de>
>> wrote:
>> > This is a vote to release Apache Commons Configuration 1.7 based on the
>> 2nd
>> > RC.
>> >
>> > There have been the following changes since RC1:
>> > * The ant build file has been improved (many thanks to Phil!)
>> > * The release notes mention that the optional dependency to Commons VFS
>> > requires Java 1.5+. The page listing runtime dependencies has been
>> updated
>> > correspondingly.
>> > * Minor improvements of the building page.
>> >
>> > Tag:
>> >
>> http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/proper/configuration/tags/CONFIGURATION_1_7RC2/
>>
>> There are quite a few files without AL headers.
>> Some are generated Java files, which is OK, but there are some scripts
>> and other files which could and should have AL headers (assuming that
>> they are ASF files).
>>
>> For example:
>>
>> conf/digesterRules.xml
>>
>
> Why doesn't RAT catch this?

The POM has been set up to exclude the conf directory tree; no idea
why as there is no comment in the POM.

I used RAT, but not via Maven, so it did not exclude the conf files.

> Gary
>
>
>>
>> If the file is very short (e.g. one-line css file) there is no need to
>> add the header.
>>
>> Not a blocker, but it does make checking releases harder: a lot of the
>> source files have
>>
>> @version $Revision: nnn $, $Date: xxx $
>>
>> The Date field is Locale-dependent, so my checkout of the SVN tag does
>> not agree with the checkout you used to create the source archive.
>>
>> If you really want to see a date, use $Id: $; otherwise keep the
>> $Revision: $ and drop the $Date: $
>> Thanks.
>>
>> > Distributions: http://people.apache.org/~oheger/configuration-1.7rc2/
>> >
>> > Maven artifacts:
>> > http://people.apache.org/~oheger/configuration-1.7rc2/maven/
>> >
>> > Site: http://people.apache.org/~oheger/configuration-1.7rc2/site/
>>
>> Not a blocker, but the description uses Commons Configuration as a
>> noun; for trademark purposes it needs to be used as an adjective, at
>> least initially.
>>
>> For example:
>>
>> The Commons Configuration software library provides a generic configuration
>> ...
>>
>> > [ ] +1 release it
>> > [ ] +0 go ahead I don't care
>> > [X] -1 no, do not release it because...
>>
>> Missing AL headers.
>>
>> Release otherwise looks OK, and builds/tests using Java 1.4 with Maven
>> 2.2.1.
>>
>> > Vote will remain open for 72 hours.
>> >
>> > Oliver
>> >
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