[jira] [Issue Comment Edited] (FLUME-900) RELEASENOTES file needs to be ignored by RAT

["E. Sammer (Issue Comment Edited) (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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E. Sammer edited comment on FLUME-900 at 12/21/11 11:22 PM:
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I just double checked the RAT codebase[1] and RELEASE(-|_)NOTES(.txt)? is the valid match for being considered a "note" (i.e. exempt from a license). Maybe just rename, Prasad?

[1] http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/rat/main/trunk/apache-rat-core/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/document/impl/guesser/NoteGuesser.java
                
      was (Author: esammer):
    I just double checked the RAT codebase[1] and RELEASE(-|_)NOTES(.txt)? is the valid match for being considered a "note" (i.e. exempt from a license). Maybe just rename, Prasad?
                  
> RELEASENOTES file needs to be ignored by RAT
> --------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: FLUME-900
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLUME-900
>             Project: Flume
>          Issue Type: Bug
>    Affects Versions: NG alpha 3
>            Reporter: E. Sammer
>            Assignee: Prasad Mujumdar
>            Priority: Blocker
>             Fix For: NG alpha 3
>
>
> The RELEASENOTES file trips up the RAT check. I think it's safe to add it to the ignore list.

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