A classic Monty Python "I'm not dead yet!" Gary
On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 11:23 AM, Bruno P. Kinoshita < brunodepau...@yahoo.com.br.invalid> wrote: > I think the maintainer of FindBugs replied yesterday to the HackerNews > thread > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12885549 > > Looks like there will be some activity in the next weeks :) hopefully > someone > else will be added as project admin too > > Bruno > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Stian Soiland-Reyes <st...@apache.org> > > To: Commons Developers List <dev@commons.apache.org> > > Sent: Monday, 7 November 2016 6:32 AM > > Subject: FindBugs project announced as 'dead', blaims code rot and lack > of maintainers > > > > See > > https://mailman.cs.umd.edu/pipermail/findbugs-discuss/ > 2016-November/004321.html > > > > In particular the author is not happy about the BCEL integration: > > > >> The other major reasons for the FindBugs current bad state: > >> > >> 1) The code is very complex, has "organically grown" over a > > decade, is > >> not documented and has poor public interfaces. Most of the code > consists > >> of the very low level bytecode related stuff, tightly coupled with the > >> ancient BCEL library, which doesn't scale and is not multi-thread safe. > >> No one enjoys maintaining this code, at least not me. I see no future > >> for FindBugs with the BCEL approach, and see no way to get rid of it > >> without investing lot of effort, and without breaking every detector > and > >> possibly many 3rd party tools. This is the biggest issue we have with > >> FindBugs today, and most likely the root cause for all the evil. This > >> code can't be fixed, it must be rewritten. > > > > ..but the main problem seems to be lack of maintaners. > > > > > > -- > > Stian Soiland-Reyes > > http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9842-9718 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > -- E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1617290459/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1617290459&linkCode=as2&tag=garygregory-20&linkId=cadb800f39946ec62ea2b1af9fe6a2b8> <http:////ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=garygregory-20&l=am2&o=1&a=1617290459> JUnit in Action, Second Edition <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1935182021/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1935182021&linkCode=as2&tag=garygregory-20&linkId=31ecd1f6b6d1eaf8886ac902a24de418%22> <http:////ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=garygregory-20&l=am2&o=1&a=1935182021> Spring Batch in Action <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1935182951/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1935182951&linkCode=%7B%7BlinkCode%7D%7D&tag=garygregory-20&linkId=%7B%7Blink_id%7D%7D%22%3ESpring+Batch+in+Action> <http:////ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=garygregory-20&l=am2&o=1&a=1935182951> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com Home: http://garygregory.com/ Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory
