I don't know what is the reason. I guess RAT was immature at the time ApacheLicenceHeaderTest was introduced (~ 2007). I don't think it is worth it to change something that never led to any problems.
Martin Grigorov Wicket Training and Consulting https://twitter.com/mtgrigorov On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 9:15 PM, Tobias Soloschenko < [email protected]> wrote: > Good point. I just cloned a subproject / did my changes and it came with > this. +1 to use maven if there is no special use case. > > kind regards > > Tobias > > > Am 24.09.2017 um 19:41 schrieb Maxim Solodovnik <[email protected]>: > > > > Hello All, > > > > I'm wonder why "hand made" tools like ApacheLicenceHeaderTest.java > > are being used to check file headers? > > > > Maybe special maven plugin like > > <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId> > > <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId> > > <version>0.12</version> > > Should be used instead? > > > > -- > > WBR > > Maxim aka solomax >
