On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 7:56 PM, P. Ottlinger <pottlin...@apache.org> wrote:
>> Added includesFile, excludesFile, includesFileCharacterset, and >> excludesFileCharacterset parameters, >> and support thereof. > > > Do we really need this parameter? I'd assume the exclude/include-File to > have the same encoding as the environment in which RAT runs. I felt like adding them now rather than triggering questions later. Note, that you don't need to use them explicitly, because the default is $project.build.sourceEncoding, which would exactly match your suggestion. > AFAIK we never used the changes.xml but only added new features to the > RELEASE_NOTES.txt file .... I may have missed something here. When I was young, we used to use changes.xml, and I still prefer it, because it is handled by Maven automatically. Jochen -- The next time you hear: "Don't reinvent the wheel!" http://www.keystonedevelopment.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/evolution-of-the-wheel-300x85.jpg