On 28 September 2015 at 15:23, Jochen Wiedmann <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 7:56 PM, P. Ottlinger <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Added includesFile, excludesFile, includesFileCharacterset, and >>> excludesFileCharacterset parameters, >>> and support thereof. >> >> >> Do we really need this parameter? I'd assume the exclude/include-File to >> have the same encoding as the environment in which RAT runs. > > > I felt like adding them now rather than triggering questions later. > Note, that you don't need to use them explicitly, because the default > is $project.build.sourceEncoding, which would exactly match your > suggestion. > > >> AFAIK we never used the changes.xml but only added new features to the >> RELEASE_NOTES.txt file .... > > I may have missed something here. When I was young, we used to use > changes.xml, and I still prefer it, because it is handled by Maven > automatically.
+1 It can be used to create the changes list on the website as well as RELEASE_NOTES. It is how Commons does it. > > Jochen > > > > -- > The next time you hear: "Don't reinvent the wheel!" > > http://www.keystonedevelopment.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/evolution-of-the-wheel-300x85.jpg
