[HADOOP-14848] Switch from JDiff to japicmp

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 3.0.0-alpha4
• Component/s: build
• Labels: compatibility
• Target Version/s: 3.5.0
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Andrew Wang
• Created: 07/Sep/17 23:02
• Updated: 04/Jan/24 12:22

Description

JDiff is old and not maintained. It complicates our build by requiring xerces, and also a lot of Maven logic to custom patch it and stitch it up.

japicmp was proposed as a more up-to-date tool that also has a Maven plugin. It's also ALv2 which is a nice bonus.

Issue Links

• relates to: HADOOP-14835 mvn site build throws SAX errors