Upgrade to findbugs jsr305 2.0.3 + make jsr305 dependency optional about jdbi HOT 4 CLOSED

BTW, having findbugs jsr305 and findbugs annotations in the same classpath will trigger bug https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=435596

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Ah, the old jsr305 vs. annotations debate.

The problem is that annotations is a superset of jsr305. If you include the jsr305 jar in your project, then the duplicate-finder and the dependency plugin will be unhappy if you also include the annotations jar. But without the annotations jar, you can not have the findbugs annotations.

So the only choice is to not include the jsr305 jar but use the annotations jar everywhere.

The sad truth is that the skill level of the average java engineer in our industry is too low to understand this and too lazy to do the research here. So we end up with all these projects using the wrong jar.

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No need to be a dick about it. The upstream situation is very confusing and it trips up a lot of people. There's also basically no documentation on how / why the situation came about unless you've been following it for a long time.

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Sorry, that was me speaking out of frustration, not trying to be a dick about it. If you felt that way, I apologize, it was not my intention.

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