[GitHub] [maven-javadoc-plugin] bmwiedemann commented on a change in pull request #67: [MJAVADOC-619] Maven Javadoc bottom claims copyright for future years

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bmwiedemann commented on a change in pull request #67:
URL: https://github.com/apache/maven-javadoc-plugin/pull/67#discussion_r624562883



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File path: src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/AbstractJavadocMojo.java
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@@ -922,9 +924,12 @@
      * Specifies the text to be placed at the bottom of each output file.<br/>
      * If you want to use html, you have to put it in a CDATA section, <br/>
      * e.g. <code>&lt;![CDATA[Copyright 2005, &lt;a href="http://www.mycompany.com">MyCompany, Inc.&lt;a>]]&gt;</code>
-     * <br/>
+     * <br>
+     * <strong>Note:<strong>If the project has the property <code>project.build.outputTimestamp</code>, its year will
+     * be used as {currentYear}. This way it is possible to generate reproducible javadoc jars.
+     * <br>
      * See <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/tools/windows/javadoc.html#bottom">bottom</a>.
-     * <br/>
+     * <br>

Review comment:
       If this is XHTML, then `<br/>` is the correct way to write a standalone (unpaired) tag that is already closed. Same for the other two `<br>` above.
   In case of doubt, pass the rendered output to http://validator.w3.org/




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