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--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/uimaj-2.5.0-source-release.zip
-/uimaj-2.8.1-source-release.zip
diff --git a/dead.package b/dead.package
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index 0000000..5204a84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dead.package
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Orphaned for 6+ weeks
diff --git a/sources b/sources
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--- a/sources
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-377bb6ac02085dba20527af6daa3629f uimaj-2.8.1-source-release.zip
diff --git a/uimaj-2.8.1-jackson2.7.patch b/uimaj-2.8.1-jackson2.7.patch
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index 5859baf..0000000
--- a/uimaj-2.8.1-jackson2.7.patch
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@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-diff -Nru uimaj-2.8.1/uimaj-json/src/main/java/org/apache/uima/json/impl/JsonContentHandlerJacksonWrapper.java uimaj-2.8.1.jackson/uimaj-json/src/main/java/org/apache/uima/json/impl/JsonContentHandlerJacksonWrapper.java
---- uimaj-2.8.1/uimaj-json/src/main/java/org/apache/uima/json/impl/JsonContentHandlerJacksonWrapper.java 2015-08-04 17:06:42.000000000 +0200
-+++ uimaj-2.8.1.jackson/uimaj-json/src/main/java/org/apache/uima/json/impl/JsonContentHandlerJacksonWrapper.java 2016-08-25 10:57:52.780477994 +0200
-@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
- import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerationException;
- import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
- import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.PrettyPrinter;
-+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.util.DefaultIndenter;
- import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.util.DefaultPrettyPrinter;
- import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.util.DefaultPrettyPrinter.FixedSpaceIndenter;
-
-@@ -351,7 +352,7 @@
-
- public void withNl() {
- if (isFormattedOutput) {
-- uimaPrettyPrinter.indentObjectsWith(DefaultPrettyPrinter.Lf2SpacesIndenter.instance);
-+ uimaPrettyPrinter.indentObjectsWith(DefaultIndenter.SYSTEM_LINEFEED_INSTANCE);
- }
- }
-
diff --git a/uimaj.spec b/uimaj.spec
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-Name: uimaj
-Version: 2.8.1
-Release: 5%{?dist}
-Summary: Apache UIMA is an implementation of the OASIS-UIMA specifications
-License: ASL 2.0
-URL: http://uima.apache.org/
-Source0: http://www.apache.org/dist/uima/%{name}-%{version}/%{name}-%{version}-source-release.zip
-Patch0: uimaj-2.8.1-jackson2.7.patch
-
-BuildRequires: maven-local
-BuildRequires: mvn(ant-contrib:ant-contrib)
-BuildRequires: mvn(axis:axis)
-BuildRequires: mvn(axis:axis-jaxrpc)
-BuildRequires: mvn(com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core)
-BuildRequires: mvn(commons-io:commons-io)
-BuildRequires: mvn(junit:junit)
-BuildRequires: mvn(log4j:log4j:1.2.17)
-BuildRequires: mvn(org.apache.commons:commons-logging)
-BuildRequires: mvn(org.apache.felix:maven-bundle-plugin)
-BuildRequires: mvn(org.apache.maven:maven-core)
-BuildRequires: mvn(org.apache.maven:maven-plugin-api)
-BuildRequires: mvn(org.apache.maven:maven-project)
-BuildRequires: mvn(org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-plugin-plugin)
-BuildRequires: mvn(org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-remote-resources-plugin)
-BuildRequires: mvn(org.apache.ant:ant-apache-regexp)
-BuildRequires: mvn(org.apache.maven.plugin-testing:maven-plugin-testing-harness)
-BuildRequires: mvn(org.apache.maven.plugin-tools:maven-plugin-annotations)
-BuildRequires: mvn(org.apache.uima:parent-pom:pom:)
-BuildRequires: mvn(org.codehaus.mojo:build-helper-maven-plugin)
-BuildRequires: mvn(org.sonatype.plexus:plexus-build-api)
-BuildRequires: mvn(xmlunit:xmlunit)
-
-BuildArch: noarch
-
-%description
-Apache UIMA is an implementation of the OASIS-UIMA specifications.
-
-OASIS UIMA Committee: .
-
-Unstructured Information Management applications are software systems
-that analyze large volumes of unstructured information in order to
-discover knowledge that is relevant to an end user.
-
-An example UIM application might ingest plain text and identify
-entities, such as persons, places, organizations; or relations,
-such as works-for or located-at.
-
-%package -n jcasgen-maven-plugin
-Summary: Apache UIMA Maven JCasGen Plugin
-
-%description -n jcasgen-maven-plugin
-A Maven Plugin for using JCasGen to generate Java classes from
-XML type system descriptions.
-
-%package -n uima-pear-maven-plugin
-Summary: Apache UIMA Maven Pear Plugin
-
-%description -n uima-pear-maven-plugin
-This is a maven plugin that produces a pear artifact.
-
-%package javadoc
-Summary: Javadoc for %{name}
-
-%description javadoc
-This package contains javadoc for %{name}.
-
-%prep
-%setup -q
-# Cleanup
-find . -name "*.jar" -delete
-find . -name "*.bat" -delete
-find . -name "*.class" -delete
-find . -name "*.cmd" -delete
-
-%patch0 -p1
-
-# Build @ random fails
-%pom_remove_plugin -r :apache-rat-plugin
-# org.semver:enforcer-rule:0.9.33
-%pom_remove_plugin -r :maven-enforcer-plugin
-%pom_remove_plugin -r :maven-javadoc-plugin
-
-# Remove eclipse stuff (dont provides pom or depmap file)
-%pom_disable_module ../aggregate-%{name}-eclipse-plugins aggregate-%{name}
-%pom_remove_dep org.apache.uima:%{name}-ep-cas-editor
-%pom_remove_dep org.apache.uima:%{name}-ep-configurator
-%pom_remove_dep org.apache.uima:%{name}-ep-debug
-%pom_remove_dep org.apache.uima:%{name}-ep-jcasgen
-%pom_remove_dep org.apache.uima:%{name}-ep-pear-packager
-%pom_remove_dep org.apache.uima:%{name}-ep-runtime
-%pom_remove_dep org.apache.uima:%{name}-ep-cas-editor-ide
-%pom_remove_dep org.apache.uima:%{name}-ep-launcher
-%pom_remove_dep org.apache.uima:%{name}-examples
-%pom_disable_module ../%{name}-examples aggregate-%{name}
-
-# [ERROR] uimaj-adapter-soap/src/main/java/org/apache/uima/adapter/soap/BinaryDeserializer.java
-# cannot access org.apache.commons.logging.Log
-%pom_add_dep org.apache.commons:commons-logging %{name}-adapter-soap
-
-# Use system jvm apis
-%pom_remove_dep org.apache.geronimo.specs:geronimo-activation_1.0.2_spec %{name}-adapter-soap
-
-# Unavailable deps org.apache.uima:uima-docbook-olink:zip:olink:1-SNAPSHOT
-%pom_disable_module ../aggregate-%{name}-docbooks aggregate-%{name}
-
-# These tests @ random fails
-rm -r %{name}-core/src/test/java/org/apache/uima/internal/util/UIMAClassLoaderTest.java \
- %{name}-core/src/test/java/org/apache/uima/cas/test/SofaTest.java \
- %{name}-core/src/test/java/org/apache/uima/analysis_engine/impl/AnalysisEngine_implTest.java \
- %{name}-core/src/test/java/org/apache/uima/util/impl/JSR47Logger_implTest.java \
- jcasgen-maven-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/uima/tools/jcasgen/maven/JCasGenMojoTest.java
-# These tests fails with java8
-rm -r %{name}-tools/src/test/java/org/apache/uima/tools/viewer/CasAnnotationViewerTest.java
-
-# Unavailable test:crossref2:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
-%pom_remove_plugin :maven-invoker-plugin jcasgen-maven-plugin
-
-sed -i 's/\r//' NOTICE README
-
-%pom_xpath_set "pom:dependency[pom:artifactId = 'log4j']/pom:version" 1.2.17 %{name}-core
-
-%mvn_package :PearPackagingMavenPlugin uima-pear-maven-plugin
-%mvn_package :jcasgen-maven-plugin jcasgen-maven-plugin
-
-%build
-
-%mvn_build -- -Dproject.build.sourceEncoding=UTF-8
-
-%install
-%mvn_install
-
-%files -f .mfiles
-%doc README RELEASE_NOTES.html
-%license LICENSE NOTICE
-
-%files -n jcasgen-maven-plugin -f .mfiles-jcasgen-maven-plugin
-%license LICENSE NOTICE
-
-%files -n uima-pear-maven-plugin -f .mfiles-uima-pear-maven-plugin
-%license LICENSE NOTICE
-
-%files javadoc -f .mfiles-javadoc
-%license LICENSE NOTICE
-
-%changelog
-* Thu Jul 27 2017 Fedora Release Engineering - 2.8.1-5
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_27_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Sat Feb 11 2017 Fedora Release Engineering - 2.8.1-4
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_26_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Thu Aug 25 2016 gil cattaneo 2.8.1-3
-- jackson 2.7 build fix
-
-* Fri Feb 05 2016 Fedora Release Engineering - 2.8.1-2
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_24_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Sat Sep 05 2015 gil cattaneo 2.8.1-1
-- update to 2.8.1
-
-* Fri Jun 19 2015 Fedora Release Engineering - 2.5.0-5
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_23_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Fri Feb 13 2015 gil cattaneo 2.5.0-4
-- introduce license macro
-
-* Sun Jun 08 2014 Fedora Release Engineering - 2.5.0-3
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_21_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Fri Mar 28 2014 Michael Simacek - 2.5.0-2
-- Use Requires: java-headless rebuild (#1067528)
-
-* Wed Jan 15 2014 gil cattaneo 2.5.0-1
-- update to 2.5.0
-
-* Tue Aug 27 2013 gil cattaneo 2.4.2-1
-- update to 2.4.2
-
-* Wed Feb 06 2013 gil cattaneo 2.4.0-1
-- initial rpm