Merge branch '1.7' into 1.8
diff --git a/src/main/findbugs/exclude-filter.xml b/src/main/findbugs/exclude-filter.xml
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index c801230..0000000
--- a/src/main/findbugs/exclude-filter.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-<!--
-  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-  The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-  the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  limitations under the License.
--->
-<FindBugsFilter>
-</FindBugsFilter>