Github user afs commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/jena/pull/355#discussion_r167362604
--- Diff: pom.xml ---
@@ -735,6 +735,7 @@
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.7.0</version>
<configuration>
+ <showDeprecation>false</showDeprecation>
--- End diff --
This crept in. We don't build with `-Xlint:deprecation` and all the output
is
```
[INFO] ....java: Some input files use or override a deprecated API.
[INFO] ....java: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
```
so it does not given much information. Being an old codebase, and valuing
legacy continuity, using/overriding deprecation happens.
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