Oops.  I forgot to press Reply-All and instead only replied to Philip.

I thought I removed that from pmd.build.xml and findbugs.build.xml.  When I get 
to CSDL today I will check to make sure I 
did commit the changes.  I am in the process of fixing the jira.build.xml also.

~Julie

----- Original Message -----
From: Philip Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, December 9, 2005 8:52 am
Subject: [HACKYSTAT-DEV-L] Please: No More <tool>.sensor.enabled!!!!!!
To: [email protected]

> I am working on the PMD tool/sensor integration to Hackystat this 
> morning to fix the 
> dependency upon PMD tool installation. (I was the one who told 
> Julie to write it this 
> way, so this is my bad.) More details on this update later in the day.
> 
> However.  I came across the following code in pmd.build.xml:
> 
>  <!-- Check if pmd sensor is installed in Ant and enabled. -->
>  <condition property="pmd.sensor.available">
>    <and>
>      <available classname="org.hackystat.sensor.pmd.PmdSensor" />
>      <!-- Uncomment 'pmd.sensor.enabled=true' in 
> hackystat.build.properties to enable. 
> -->
>      <isset property="pmd.sensor.enabled" />
>    
>  </condition>
> 
> No matter how many times I try to delete this kind of code from the 
> build system, it 
> keeps popping up again!  (I feel like I'm playing "Whack-A-Mole").
> 
> Folks: please do not write build code that replicates the 
> information already specified 
> in the sensor.properties file.  In particular:
> 
>  <isset property="pmd.sensor.enabled" />
> 
> This is redundant and adds complexity.  The situation is really 
> very simple: The PMD 
> sensor should run if you have enabled it in your sensor.properties 
> file.  It should not 
> run if you have not enabled it in your sensor.properties file.  
> (Long ago, in a version 
> of Hackystat far, far, away, such code was needed for the daily 
> build system. But now the 
> daily build system swaps in different sensor.properties files 
> depending upon the 
> configuration it is building, so such code is no longer necessary.)
> 
> If you find such code in the build system, please either delete it 
> or tell me about it so 
> I can delete it.  Whatever you do, don't replicate it!
> 
> Yours for simpler build systems,
> Philip
> 

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