> -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Burrell Donkin [mailto:rdon...@apache.org] > Sent: Wednesday, 29 June 2011 12:16 AM > To: rat-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: Future For Rat...? > > (back again from visiting my brother) > > <snip> > > On 06/17/11 14:28, sebb wrote: > > On 17 June 2011 14:01, Stefan Bodewig <bode...@apache.org> wrote: > >> On 2011-06-15, Robert Burrell Donkin wrote: > >>> I'm involved with some release and build wrangling over at James > >>> (and probably in the OO.o podling as well). I'm likely to need to > >>> start on some new tools related to Rat (similar to tools they have > >>> over in Lucene-land which might come this way). > >> > >> What kind of tools are these and how do they relate to Rat? I still > >> have difficulties seeing what sort of TLP that could be. > > > > There are other possible release-related tools. > > > > For example, checking hashes and sigs. > > Checking source archive content against SVN. > > Checking jars contain N &L files, and that the manifest has suitable > > Specification and/or Implementation entries > > > > Also, checking SVN properties (eol-style etc). > > and a few more from me :-) > > new types of higher level rules > * manifest checking rules > * dependency checking rules > * NOTICE/LICENSE existing within compressed archives > > binary wrangling > * LICENSE and NOTICE generation and verification > * support for license compatibility rules > * support for non-textual licensing meta-data > > smart license correction > * support for orderly additional licensing > > bulk comprehension tools suitable for checking large releases > * more flexible tools for verifying maven repository releases with large > numbers of components > * interaction comprehension > > support for languages other than Java > * one particular use case is better integration with subversion hooks > * separate concerns about rule logic from document wrangling > * curses based GUI for large scale comprehension > * integration into make and rake based builds > > and about tooling for OpenOffice.org
in what way? (and why single out one project) Thanks Gav... > > Robert
