Index: trunk/tools/pmd/josm-ruleset.xml
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--- trunk/tools/pmd/josm-ruleset.xml	(revision 19519)
+++ trunk/tools/pmd/josm-ruleset.xml	(revision 19520)
@@ -107,4 +107,5 @@
   </rule>
   <rule ref="category/java/design.xml">
+    <exclude name="PublicMemberInNonPublicType" reason="Fixing these issues does not improve the code quality, rather the opposite"/>
     <exclude name="AvoidCatchingGenericException"/>
     <exclude name="AvoidDeeplyNestedIfStmts"/>