Remove apache-rat dependency completely? #15185
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This is a quick check if anybody minds...
I've had a few attempts to refactor apache rat code (that checks file licenses) and I have to say my conclusion is that it'd be much simpler to just write a simple, specialized task instead of bringing up rat's machinery.
What we need is very simple:
- scan source files with some inclusion/exclusions (gradle task/ file collections would handle this),
- check if these source files are covered under any of the approved licenses; the list of licenses is very small and they have basic substring-based matchers.
- fail if we can't match any of the licenses.
That's it really. We don't need any fancy report, aggregation or exotic licenses. Going through ant/xml report parsing is costly and reimplementing the same on top of rat's current API proved to be a headache (for me). I'd rather just implement it as a basic incremental gradle task, with permitted license string matchers embedded inside.
If anybody can think of a reason this is a bad idea - please let me know.
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