#52 [findbugs] runs JUnit tests

[Jeff Jensen]

The Maven findbugs plugin runs the JUnit tests. The
standalone findbugs program (not the plugin) does not
run JUnit tests.

The plugin docs don't mention this and I don't see any
property to turn it off.

We have a large codebase and this is a very undesired
action.

Tests do not run unless a plugin says to run them.

For example, running "maven site:deploy" with these
reports:
<report>maven-javadoc-plugin</report>
<report>maven-jxr-plugin</report>
<report>maven-tasklist-plugin</report>
<report>maven-faq-plugin</report>
<report>maven-checkstyle-plugin</report>
<report>maven-findbugs-plugin</report>
<report>maven-pmd-plugin</report>
<report>maven-simian-plugin</report>
<report>maven-junit-report-plugin</report>
<report>maven-cobertura-plugin</report>
<report>maven-jdepend-plugin</report>

should result in the JUnit tests only running during
these two:
<report>maven-junit-report-plugin</report>
<report>maven-cobertura-plugin</report>

But findbugs is running the test goal for some reason
too. In the log, findbugs also starts running the
tests. I think it should not do so, or at least have a
property to turn that off.

Also, can't use "maven.test.skip=true" because that
causes the tests not to run for junit and cobertura too.

[Eric Pugh]

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Could you attach a copy of your log? And, if you remove junit and
cobertura, do the tests still run?

[Jeff Jensen]

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Yes, even if I narrow all reports to just the findbugs one,
they run. I will attach a log of just that - only findbugs
running, on a relatively new small project (one test). You
will see it runs too.

[Jeff Jensen]

Log of only running findbugs report on small project with one JUnit test file, showing the run of JUnit test

[Jeff Jensen]

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findbugs plugin 0.8.4 and 0.9.1 do not have this problem.

I was using 1.0-SNAPSHOT from ibiblio, believing it was the
latest and greatest. It is not.

[Eric Pugh]

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I have deleted the bogus 1.0-SNAPSHOT from the maven-plugins.sf.net
repository to prevent this in the future.

[Jeff Jensen]

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Thank you for that cleanup! the 1.0-SNAPSHOT still exists
in ibiblio:

http://www.ibiblio.org/maven/maven-plugins/plugins/

There is also this dir, which I wonder if it should be
completely deleted?

http://www.ibiblio.org/maven/findbugs/jars/

[Eric Pugh]

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unfortunantly I don't have much control over ibiblio... I will post a request
to MAVEN UPLOADS to have that dealt with.. Properly do the other one
as well...