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Ready to be reviewed. Several questions (in light blue) need answers. Section 6, checking provenance, needs technical input.

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Introduction

This document is intended for first-time reviewers of Apache Taverna, particularly those reviewers who desire additional information about the review process and tools used. It assumes you have already read How to Review a Release and Vote.

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Contents

• Getting Started
• Verify Your Environment
• Download the Release Candidate
• BEFORE You Unzip the Release Candidate
• AFTER You Unzip the Release Candidate But BEFORE You Build
• Build
• AFTER the (Successful) Build
• Tips

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Getting Started

First read How to Review a Release and Vote.

In addition to the prerequisites listed in the README file, you will also need:

• A command line interface (e.g., UNIX Terminal, GitBash (Windows), or PowerShell (Windows).
• GPG - for verifying PGP key signatures. (See download page for Windows and other OS versions. See also Apache verification information and GPG Windows information.)

You may find the following tools useful.

• MD5 and SHA Checksum Utility
• Online Difference Checker (for text files)

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Verify your environment

Use the command line interface to verify you have the correct versions of Maven and Java as stated in the README file. Use the following commands to check Maven (mvn) and Java versions.

        mvn --version

        java --version

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