[MJAVADOC-619] Maven Javadoc bottom claims copyright for future years

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.1.1
• Fix Version/s: 3.3.0
• Assignee: Robert Scholte
• Reporter: Bernhard M. Wiedemann
• Created: 01/Aug/19 03:13
• Updated: 24/Jul/21 10:05
• Resolved: 07/May/21 11:05

Description

Originally filed at https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCOMPILER-380

https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-javadoc-plugin/javadoc-mojo.html#bottom

includes {{

{currentYear}

}}

https://github.com/bmwiedemann/theunreproduciblepackage/tree/master/timestamp/copyright explains why this is bad (not only for reproducible builds)

 

Debian worked already around this with

https://sources.debian.org/src/maven-javadoc-plugin/2.10.4-1/debian/patches/reproducible-footer.patch/

but I think, this warrants a more general patch.

Issue Links

• causes: MJAVADOC-684 maven-javadoc and reproducible builds
• is required by: MCOMPILER-380 docs claim copyright for future years
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #67