On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 3:47 PM, Luis Bernardo <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I suggest also to make running findbugs part of the default ant task so > that we don't forget to do it! > Good suggestion. > > > On 8/4/14, 5:43 PM, Glenn Adams wrote: > > I have performed a brief study of the current findbugs exclusions file. At > present there are 1094 exclusions covering 101 distinct exclusions types. > Of these types, half (~50) have 3 or fewer exclusions. > > I plan to start cleaning up these exclusions by first fixing all types > having 10 or fewer exclusions. This will leave approximately 25 types of > exclusions to handle in a second fix pass. > > Eventually, I will identify in the exclusions file all exclusion types > that should not be permitted to be added, i.e., that must be fixed. I > expect that some exclusion types will remain, such as: > > - BC_UNCONFIRMED_CAST > - EI_EXPOSE_REP > - EI_EXPOSE_REP2 > - PZLA_PREFER_ZERO_LENGTH_ARRAYS > - UWF_FIELD_NOT_INITIALIZED_IN_CONSTRUCTOR > > Those that remain (and added in the future) should be subject to an > explicit design choice, and not merely to silence a warning. > > Once I sort this out, I will ask for a vote on enabling findbugs in > nightly builds. > > >
