I don't know what is the reason. I guess RAT was immature at the time
ApacheLicenceHeaderTest
was introduced (~ 2007).
I don't think it is worth it to change something that never led to any
problems.
Martin Grigorov
Wicket Training and Consulting
https://twitter.com/mtgrigorov
On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 9:15 PM, Tobias Soloschenko <
tobiassolosche...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Good point. I just cloned a subproject / did my changes and it came with
> this. +1 to use maven if there is no special use case.
>
> kind regards
>
> Tobias
>
> > Am 24.09.2017 um 19:41 schrieb Maxim Solodovnik :
> >
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I'm wonder why "hand made" tools like ApacheLicenceHeaderTest.java
> > are being used to check file headers?
> >
> > Maybe special maven plugin like
> >org.apache.rat
> >apache-rat-plugin
> >0.12
> > Should be used instead?
> >
> > --
> > WBR
> > Maxim aka solomax
>