Since it is not a requirement for Apache ("Test data for which the addition
of a source header would cause the tests to fail"), it should not be a
requirement for Apache NetBeans. Indeed, let's at the very least waive this
for 11.

Gj

On Sat, Mar 9, 2019 at 11:50 AM Matthias Bläsing <mblaes...@doppel-helix.eu>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Am Samstag, den 09.03.2019, 08:44 +0100 schrieb Jan Lahoda:
> > > NETBEANS-2126 Ant Web Application project - missing reference
> > > javaee-endorsed-api-7.0
> > > (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-2126)
> > >
> > > I do not know how much this counts as a blocker, I hope there is an
> easy
> > > way to fix it.
> > >
> >
> > Seems Matthias is looking at this.
>
> Correct, Laszlo already marked it as 11.0-vc3, so the backport should
> have happened.
>
> >
> > > NETBEANS-1819 Incorrect License Headers in Test Sources
> > > (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-1819)
> > >
> > > The NETBEANS-1819 could be an easy pick for anyone to take just
> requires
> > > insert header into test files and make sure that the test still works
> > > with the header.
> > >
> >
> > Frankly, I think this may be the most laborious part. Inserting the
> license
> > headers will almost surely trigger changes in the tests (but even if it
> did
> > not, it will be necessary to *run* the tests and evaluate). Of course,
> > someone can imagine some trick to do this without breaking all the tests,
> > but still does not feel so easy.
> >
> > Frankly, I wonder why we are expected to do something like that, given:
> > http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html#faq-exceptions
> >
> > > Test data for which the addition of a source header would cause the
> tests
> > to fail.
>
>
> It was our decision to treat license related issues as blockers. If
> possible we should see, that also the test sources contain correct
> license headers. It would be great if the unittests for java.editor
> could be fixed, then the addition of license headers to the data files
> is a chore, but doable.
>
> This would be great if some people with deeper knowledge of the java
> support could look into this. I gladly take over, after the unittests
> work.
>
> If we can do it before 11, great, if not, I would consider this issue
> as waivable for 11.
>
> Greetings
>
> Matthias
>
>
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