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This version provides a new rule called NoSnapshotsInDependencyManagementRule, which - you might already have guessed - checks that there are no snapshot dependencies in the dependency management block of a Maven POM.

The Problem

If you are building with Maven, it is easy to make a release of project with snapshot dependencies. Not in the dependencies block, the Maven Release Plugin takes care of that, but in the dependency management block (and unfortunately in some other places, like the skin artifact for building the Maven site).

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Solution

This rule for the Maven Enforcer Plugin checks that no dependencies listed in the management block are snapshots. So, especially for BOMs, you will never again have a release that fails to have set the dependency management information to proper releases.