Description of problem: These jars are unusable from a Maven build. "net.sourceforge.findbugs:findbugs" and "net.sourceforge.findbugs:annotations" should be good for current version.
Created attachment 570012 [details] Patch to fix the issue
findbugs-1.3.9-8.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/findbugs-1.3.9-8.fc17
Package findbugs-1.3.9-8.fc17: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing findbugs-1.3.9-8.fc17' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-4135/findbugs-1.3.9-8.fc17 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
findbugs-1.3.9-8.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.