On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 4:03 PM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:

> CP 28 moved Cobertura to a profile called "reporting".
>
> The profile was activated by default, but could be disabled by using
>
> -DskipReports=true
> or
> -P!reporting
>
> IIRC, the idea was to move expensive (long-running) reports to a profile
> that could be disabled if necessary.
>
> However Cobertura causes problems with some projects, and the project seems
> to be unmaintained, so perhaps it would be sensible to disable Cobertura by
> default.
> In which case the profile and property should be renamed to reflect the
> fact that it only affects Cobertura.
>
> Possibly even drop Cobertura entirely from the parent POM.
>
> However, I think it is important that some code coverage tool is used.
>

OK, but which one? I know some projects use Clover but I'd rather we use
another FOSS tool. I know Jacoco has been mentioned.. maybe [math] wants to
be the guinea pig?

Gary

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