[commons-release-plugin] branch master updated: Update vote template for validating candidates

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The following commit(s) were added to refs/heads/master by this push:
     new f46d2ef  Update vote template for validating candidates
f46d2ef is described below

commit f46d2efe5cced85bd76b4b84a2a9cedb9cb84ac4
Author: aherbert <ah...@apache.org>
AuthorDate: Fri Dec 2 12:38:41 2022 +0000

    Update vote template for validating candidates
    
    Add URL to download the src archive (the main artifact of the vote).
    
    Add help for accessing multi-module project reports for users unfamiliar
    with the site layout.
---
 .../resources/commons-xdoc-templates/vote-txt-template.txt     | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main/resources/commons-xdoc-templates/vote-txt-template.txt b/src/main/resources/commons-xdoc-templates/vote-txt-template.txt
index 5cedc3b..40f0112 100755
--- a/src/main/resources/commons-xdoc-templates/vote-txt-template.txt
+++ b/src/main/resources/commons-xdoc-templates/vote-txt-template.txt
@@ -97,11 +97,15 @@ Requirements: Git, Java, Maven.
 
 You can validate a release from a release candidate (RC) tag as follows.
 
-1) Clone and checkout the RC tag
+1a) Clone and checkout the RC tag
 
 git clone https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-@ID@.git --branch @TAGNAME@ @TAGNAME@
 cd @TAGNAME@
 
+1b) Download and unpack the source archive from:
+
+@DISTURL@/source
+
 2) Check Apache licenses
 
 This step is not required if the site includes a RAT report page which you then must check.
@@ -148,4 +152,8 @@ Check the site reports in:
 - Windows: target\site\index.html
 - Linux: target/site/index.html
 
+Note that the project reports are created for each module.
+Modules can be accessed using the 'Project Modules' link under
+the 'Project Information' menu (see <path-to-site>/modules.html).
+
 -the end-