Chris Hostetter wrote: > : > i'm thinking we should change the nightly build to set > : > -Djavadoc.access=private so we at least expose more errors earlier. > : > (assuming we also setup the hudson to report stats on javadoc > : > warnings ... i've seen it in other instances but don't know if it > requires > : > a special plugin) > > : If it gives more errors, shouldnt it be set always and everywhere? Why > : not ... > > it doesn't just change the level of error checking -- it changes which > methods get generated docs "access" refers to the java access level > (public, protected, package, private) that should be exposed ... for > releases we only want "protected" (the default in our build file) so we > only advertise classes/methods/fields we expect consummers to use/override > -- but as a side effect the javadoc tool never checks the docs on > package/private members for correctness. > > > -Hoss > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: java-dev-h...@lucene.apache.org > > I still have the same thought though - why not? Unless it takes a lot longer to parse, why hide bad JavaDoc? We may maintain public JavaDoc for users, but we maintain private JavaDoc for developers as well.
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