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Hi Lukas

Updating the version number of PMD is the easy task – testing if it still works is a different issue. I learned that even if all the automated unit and integration tests work, using the plugin in a real life environment with a lot of other plugins can lead to unpredictable problems. I usually tested a new version by using it myself for a week or so at work.

At the end of 2015 I switched from Eclipse to Intellij IDEA which made testing the plugin in real world environments much harder and much more time consuming. I still want to do releases but I also want to make sure the plugin works and I simply didn’t find the time to do the real world testing. This is the main reason why there hasn’t been a release since end of 2015.

Would you like to help? If you use Java, Eclipse and eclipse-pmd every day at work I can set up a beta update site which would allow you to install the latest version. All you have to do is use it for a week and let me know if any problems pop up. If everything works then I could make the long overdue release.

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Hi,

Sure I would love to try it out. I use Java and eclipse-pmd everyday.
Thanks a lot for your suggestion.

Cheers,
Lukas

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Thanks for your help. I opened a new issue for testing the release 1.9: #52

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