Prepare pmd release 6.27.0

docs/_config.yml

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 repository: pmd/pmd
 
 pmd:
-    version: 6.27.0-SNAPSHOT
+    version: 6.27.0
     previous_version: 6.26.0
-    date: ??-????-2020
+    date: 31-August-2020
     release_type: minor
 
 # release types: major, minor, bugfix

docs/pages/next_major_development.md

@@ -125,6 +125,60 @@ the breaking API changes will be performed in 7.0.0.
 an API is tagged as `@Deprecated` or not in the latest minor release. During the development of 7.0.0,
 we may decide to remove some APIs that were not tagged as deprecated, though we'll try to avoid it." %}
 
+#### 6.27.0
+
+*   XML rule definition in rulesets: In PMD 7, the `language` attribute will be required on all `rule`
+    elements that declare a new rule. Some base rule classes set the language implicitly in their
+    constructor, and so this is not required in all cases for the rule to work. But this
+    behavior will be discontinued in PMD 7, so missing `language` attributes are now
+    reported as a forward compatibility warning.
+
+##### Deprecated API
+
+###### For removal
+
+*   {% jdoc !!core::Rule#getParserOptions() %}
+*   {% jdoc !!core::lang.Parser#getParserOptions() %}
+*   {% jdoc core::lang.AbstractParser %}
+*   {% jdoc !!core::RuleContext#removeAttribute(java.lang.String) %}
+*   {% jdoc !!core::RuleContext#getAttribute(java.lang.String) %}
+*   {% jdoc !!core::RuleContext#setAttribute(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object) %}
+*   {% jdoc apex::lang.apex.ApexParserOptions %}
+*   {% jdoc !!java::lang.java.ast.ASTThrowStatement#getFirstClassOrInterfaceTypeImage() %}
+*   {% jdoc javascript::lang.ecmascript.EcmascriptParserOptions %}
+*   {% jdoc javascript::lang.ecmascript.rule.EcmascriptXPathRule %}
+*   {% jdoc xml::lang.xml.XmlParserOptions %}
+*   {% jdoc xml::lang.xml.rule.XmlXPathRule %}
+*   Properties of {% jdoc xml::lang.xml.rule.AbstractXmlRule %}
+
+*   {% jdoc !!core::Report.ReadableDuration %}
+*   Many methods of {% jdoc !!core::Report %}. They are replaced by accessors
+  that produce a List. For example, {% jdoc !a!core::Report#iterator() %} 
+  (and implementing Iterable) and {% jdoc !a!core::Report#isEmpty() %} are both
+  replaced by {% jdoc !a!core::Report#getViolations() %}.
+
+*   The dataflow codebase is deprecated for removal in PMD 7. This
+    includes all code in the following packages, and their subpackages:
+    *   {% jdoc_package plsql::lang.plsql.dfa %}
+    *   {% jdoc_package java::lang.java.dfa %}
+    *   {% jdoc_package core::lang.dfa %}
+    *   and the class {% jdoc plsql::lang.plsql.PLSQLDataFlowHandler %}
+
+*   {% jdoc visualforce::lang.vf.VfSimpleCharStream %}
+
+*   {% jdoc jsp::lang.jsp.ast.ASTJspDeclarations %}
+*   {% jdoc jsp::lang.jsp.ast.ASTJspDocument %}
+*   {% jdoc !!scala::lang.scala.ast.ScalaParserVisitorAdapter#zero() %}
+*   {% jdoc !!scala::lang.scala.ast.ScalaParserVisitorAdapter#combine(Object, Object) %}
+*   {% jdoc apex::lang.apex.ast.ApexParserVisitorReducedAdapter %}
+*   {% jdoc java::lang.java.ast.JavaParserVisitorReducedAdapter %}
+
+* {% jdoc java::lang.java.typeresolution.TypeHelper %} is deprecated in
+ favor of {% jdoc java::lang.java.types.TypeTestUtil %}, which has the
+same functionality, but a slightly changed API.
+* Many of the classes in {% jdoc_package java::lang.java.symboltable %}
+are deprecated as internal API.
+
 #### 6.26.0
 
 ##### Deprecated API
@@ -1008,3 +1062,7 @@ large projects, with many duplications, it was causing `OutOfMemoryError`s (see
 
 *   The Java rule [`LoggerIsNotStaticFinal`](https://pmd.github.io/pmd-6.15.0/pmd_rules_java_errorprone.html#loggerisnotstaticfinal) (`java-errorprone`) has been deprecated
     and will be removed with PMD 7.0.0. The rule is replaced by [`ProperLogger`](https://pmd.github.io/pmd-6.15.0/pmd_rules_java_errorprone.html#properlogger).
+
+*   The Java rule {% rule "java/errorprone/DataflowAnomalyAnalysis" %} (`java-errorprone`)
+    is deprecated in favour of {% rule "java/bestpractices/UnusedAssignment" %} (`java-bestpractices`),
+    which was introduced in PMD 6.26.0.

docs/pages/release_notes.md

@@ -199,5 +199,10 @@ are deprecated as internal API.
 *   [#2750](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/2750): \[dart] \[cpd] Cpd Dart escaped dollar - [Maikel Steneker](https://github.com/maikelsteneker)
 
 
+### Stats
+* 189 commits
+* 68 closed tickets & PRs
+* Days since last release: 37
+
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