On 1/11/07, Brett Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

These can be done with the asf parent POM (though we haven't moved the
configuration up there yet, it's already possible).

A POM cannot provide code. For example, it cannot provide a jar file
with the current LICENSE.txt or NOTICE.txt. A plugin can. In other
words, my proposal would enable to use the maven-asf-plugin in the asf
parent POM.


> - Verify that all source files are carrying the ASL headers (using RAT).

That's what the RAT plugin is for, I assume?

Yes, but the RAT plugin is usefull beyond the ASF. For example, I
might use it to verify that the source files contain my companies
copyright headers, not the ASF's. My proposal would mean that the
maven-asf-plugin would use the RAT plugin. (More precisely, it's jar
file, because unfortunately a plugin cannot use another plugin
directly, doesn't it?)


> - Replace old ASL headers with current.

Probably a bit tedious to rewrite this again when there are already
sufficient tools around. However, ISTR the guy that wrote the IDEA
copyright plugin might have donated some code to do a maven plugin...

There is no reason not to do reuse such tools in the plugin. The main
idea would be to simplify the process.

Jochen


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