Nope. It was introduced along with PMD target by Max Berger in June, 2008, see
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=666967 I only made some enhancements to it, like adding the exclusion file. G. On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Simon Pepping <spepp...@leverkruid.eu>wrote: > 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. >
