On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 07:42:19AM +1000, Gav... wrote:
> A solution could be:
> 
> Allow ASF Buildbot to check your RAT files for you and publish them for
> review:

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> RAT reports are usually triggered on a per commit basis so the reports are
> pretty upto date right away.

Sounds great!  :)

Our original ambition was to set up something that would be checked just
before cutting a release.  Running RAT on every commit is definitely better!

> No need to have Buildbot do anything else for you, every project is quite
> entitled to just have Buildbot do RAT reports for you.

I imagine we will be back for more, later, but this is the one we are prepared
to ask for now.

> Make sure you look at the working project examples of RAT exclude files. [1]
> All you need do is maintain your own list of files to exclude from RAT
> reports, keep it is svn and Buildbot will do the rest.
> 
> Let me know if you are sold on this idea and I'll set you up. ;)

I'm sold.  :)

Here's our exclusion list:

  http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/lucy/trunk/devel/conf/rat-excludes

If we didn't nail it on the first try, I'll keep committing changes until the
report comes up clean.  :)

Cheers,

Marvin Humphrey

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