If you change the POM and you want that to be part of the release then you need another RC. In this case, you want a cleaner Clirr report for that release which means that report must be able to be generated from the release tag and sources. At least that's how it seems to me.
Gary On Aug 18, 2012, at 11:13, Oliver Heger <oliver.he...@oliver-heger.de> wrote: > Am 17.08.2012 23:58, schrieb sebb: >> On 17 August 2012 21:02, Oliver Heger <oliver.he...@oliver-heger.de> wrote: >>> Hi Gary, >>> >>> Am 17.08.2012 21:19, schrieb Gary Gregory: >>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> Are the Clirr warning about constant value changes from 1.8 be an issue >>>> for >>>> existing clients? >>>> Or, are the values only used by [configuration] itself? >>> >>> >>> the constants are only used internally. They belong to the parser for plist >>> configuration files (which is generated by JavaCC) and define its state >>> transition graph. They have changed because the parser now supports comments >>> in configuration files. >> >> If there is a need to add new constants in the future, can JavaCC be >> persuaded to add them at the end? >> This would avoid needless warnings in the Clirr report. >> >> Also, it would help if the release notes explained why the Clirr >> warnings are harmless to forestall any questions by users. > > The affected class is not even part of the code base, it is generated during > the build process. If you have a look at the source code [1], you will > probably agree that it is hardly of any use for client applications. > Therefore, I think writing a warning in the release notes will add more > confusion than it helps. > > Wouldn't it be better then to exclude the class from the Clirr report? Will > have to check whether this is possible. This could be done before publishing > the site for the next SNAPSHOT version and would not require a new RC, right? > > Oliver > > [1] > http://people.apache.org/~oheger/configuration-1.9rc1/xref/org/apache/commons/configuration/plist/PropertyListParserConstants.html > >> >>> Thanks for the review. >>> Oliver >>> >>> >>>> >>>> Thank you, >>>> Gary >>>> >>>> On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 4:09 PM, Oliver Heger >>>> <oliver.he...@oliver-heger.de>wrote: >>>> >>>>> This is a vote to release Apache Commons Configuration 1.9 based on the >>>>> first release candidate. >>>>> >>>>> Tag: >>>>> http://svn.apache.org/repos/**asf/commons/proper/**configuration/tags/** >>>>> >>>>> CONFIGURATION_1_9RC1/<http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/proper/configuration/tags/CONFIGURATION_1_9RC1/> >>>>> >>>>> Site: >>>>> >>>>> http://people.apache.org/~**oheger/configuration-1.9rc1/<http://people.apache.org/%7Eoheger/configuration-1.9rc1/> >>>>> >>>>> Binaries: >>>>> https://repository.apache.org/**content/repositories/** >>>>> >>>>> orgapachecommons-016/<https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecommons-016/> >>>>> >>>>> [ ] +1 release it >>>>> [ ] +0 go ahead I don't care >>>>> [ ] -1 no, do not release it because >>>>> >>>>> Vote will remain open for at least 72 hours. >>>>> >>>>> Oliver >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- >>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: >>>>> dev-unsubscribe@commons.**apache.org<dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org> >>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >>> >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
