Hi David > > On Sep 3, 2008, at 8:22 AM, Pierre-Arnaud Marcelot wrote: > >> Hi Alex, >> >> I also noticed this. >> >> I don't trust the RAT plugin. I only use it to generate the report >> and then verify by hand the files. >> I think the decision of releasing something should not be based on >> the number or "wrong" files this plugin indicates... > > I agree. I think it's extremely useful to run it to find all the > questionable files but often some of them are correct even if flagged > by rat. I've set it up in geronimo to be easy to run but not a part > of any profile. > > In particular I think it scans target directories and flags stuff like > generated source (that doesn't need apache headers) resulting in lots > of spurious noise. See also http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=691891 . IMO it's a bug in the rat plugin when having multiprojects.
Felix
