[MJAVADOC-552] Author tag is removed, even though it should be excluded using the fixTags-setting

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.0.1
• Fix Version/s: 3.1.0
• Component/s: fix
• Environment: Windows 7 x64 ; Apache Maven 3.5.4
• Assignee: Robert Scholte
• Reporter: Je Jo
• Created: 19/Dec/18 14:24
• Updated: 29/Dec/18 11:39
• Resolved: 29/Dec/18 11:22

Description

The javadoc:fix goal overrides the @author tag(s) by default, which is a pity if several developers deserve credit

/**
 * Class developed by several authors.
 * 
 * @author Developer, One
 * @author Developer, Two
 * @author Developer, Three
 * @version 1.0.9, 2018-12-19
 * @since 0.0.1
 */

for the work.

That is why I tried to specifically exclude the @author tag by adding the configuration:

<!-- Exclude the @author tag from editing, else several author tags of the same class will be replaced by one single @author tag. -->
<fixTags>version,since,param,return,throws,link</fixTags>

Instead of ignoring the @author tag, i.e. leaving it as it is, it is completely removed!

This effectively makes the javadoc:fix goal unusable to me.