[XALANJ-2635] Remove JLex.jar from the source repository

• Type: Task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Component/s: XSLTC
• Security Level: No security risk; visible to anyone (Ordinary problems in Xalan projects. Anybody can view the issue.)
• Assignee: Gary D. Gregory
• Reporter: Vladimir Sitnikov
• Created: 27/Jul/22 14:00
• Updated: 06/Feb/24 04:36
• Resolved: 06/Feb/24 04:36

Description

https://github.com/apache/xalan-java/tree/master/tools contains JLex.jar which is a binary file, and its provenance is unknown.

The ASF rules forbid compiled including compiled code to the source repository (see https://lists.apache.org/thread/otx07h6vbjrsqd9r9sqpcpjscvjwtmfc), and in this case, there's no real need to have JLex.jar in the source repository.

At the same time, the generated xalan-java/src/org/apache/xalan/xsltc/compiler/XPathLexer.java should be removed from the source control.

I suggest that JLex.jar should be removed and it should be replaced with something else.
For instance, the source code of JLex could be added as a separate subfolder, and xalan could compile JLex from sources.

It looks like the official distribution is not maintained: https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~appel/modern/java/JLex/

Issue Links

• is related to: XALANJ-2634 Improve build: add CI, run xalan-test in CI, download jars from Central