Re: [ee4j-build] Weekly Eclipse - Java EE Infra

[Bill Shannon <bill.shannon@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Ed Bratt wrote on 02/14/18 07:40 AM:> Yamini reported issues setting up FindBugs
plug-in. Eclipse process is to file a
> bug-zilla issue and request that Eclipse Admin install the plugin. (will be same
> for all future requests.) Dmitry reported that FindBugs is discontinued and/or
> moved. We should continue to use this, as is, for contribution efforts.
> Migrating to a newer static analysis tool could be taken up by the Eclipse EE4J
> community if desired.

The FindBugs project has been forked and effectively replaced by the SpotBugs
project [1].  Converting projects that use FindBugs to instead use SpotBugs
is straightforward, although I ran into at least one compatibility bug [2].
I don't know if the Jenkins FindBugs plugin works with SpotBugs as well.


[1] https://github.com/spotbugs/spotbugs
[2] https://github.com/spotbugs/spotbugs/issues/498