Glenn, One note: You introduced findbugs as a tool, and you created the findbugs target in the build file.
Simon On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 08:28:09AM -0700, Glenn Adams wrote: > Thanks! You say: > > "I note that we have not accepted findbugs as a tool of the project. I > think that not all developers are a fan of the tool." > > Is there an alternative, and equally or more effective tool that is > acceptable to more developers, e.g., PMD? If there is, then perhaps we > should migrate to it? If not, then perhaps we should make findbugs a "tool > of the project". Since there has been a "findbugs" target in build.xml for a > while (at least it was there when I started on the project), it seems like > it is in some way a "tool of the project". > > In any case, I believe we should make regular use of findbugs or a suitable > alternative, and that no commit should occur without verifying that no new > errors/warnings are being introduced.