Pre-Release tasks

The following tasks should be performed at least one day before starting the actual maven release!

• Check that the latest apache-parent pom is used from http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/apache/

• Check that all maven plugins are used in the latest version

  Code Block
  $> mvn versions:display-plugin-updates

• Check that all maven dependencies are used in the latest version

  Code Block
  $> mvn versions:display-dependency-updates

Release Preparations

• Heads up on the mailing-lists

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