svn commit: r1793749 - /commons/cms-site/trunk/content/xdoc/releases/prepare.xml

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Author: sebb
Date: Thu May  4 08:17:49 2017
New Revision: 1793749

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1793749&view=rev
Log:
Add info on checking for SNAPSHOT depends

Modified:
    commons/cms-site/trunk/content/xdoc/releases/prepare.xml

Modified: commons/cms-site/trunk/content/xdoc/releases/prepare.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/commons/cms-site/trunk/content/xdoc/releases/prepare.xml?rev=1793749&r1=1793748&r2=1793749&view=diff
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--- commons/cms-site/trunk/content/xdoc/releases/prepare.xml (original)
+++ commons/cms-site/trunk/content/xdoc/releases/prepare.xml Thu May  4 08:17:49 2017
@@ -156,6 +156,18 @@
     japicmp could be invoked using Ant's <code>java</code> task).
       </p>
     </subsection>
+    <subsection name='Check Dependencies'>
+      <p>
+      <b>Ensure that there are no dependencies with a SNAPSHOT version.</b>
+      </p>
+      <p>
+      Ensure that dependencies (and build plugins) are updated to the latest suitable version.
+      For example:
+<pre>mvn versions:display-dependency-updates -U
+mvn versions:display-plugin-updates -U</pre>
+      Before updating a dependency version, check that it is suitable for the version of Java used by the component
+      </p>
+    </subsection>
     <subsection name='Check Javadocs And Code Style'>
         <p>
     Ensure all new classes and methods have <code>@since</code> tags.