Hello, As part of the changes for the upcoming 1.9.0 version. We introduced automatic code formatting for the Java codebase by relying on a maven plugin called Spotless that we can use to enforce and auto format new contributions by relying in an Eclipse Java code formatter [2].
Contributors can configure the formatter in their favorite IDE, but the easiest way is to rely in the maven plugin from the command line tool. You can find more details in how to use it to prepare your PRs/patches in the "How to contribution" webpage [3]. As a consequence of this change being merged today various PRs need to be updated / rebased. So if you have something pending or if you are working on a new contribution please pay attention to this. Sorry for the inconvenience and hope you find this new approch to code formatting useful. [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-2353 [2] https://github.com/apache/avro/blob/master/lang/java/eclipse-java-formatter.xml [3] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AVRO/How+To+Contribute
