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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2020-10-13 18:44:09 (GMT)
committerBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2020-10-13 18:44:09 (GMT)
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Help/dev: Add maintainer guide step for post-release policy updates
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@@ -357,3 +357,13 @@ policies added for that version. Commit with a message such as::
The files generatd by `install(EXPORT)` and `export()` commands
are known to work with policies as of CMake $prev, so enable them
in sufficiently new CMake versions.
+
+Update the ``cmake_minimum_required`` version range in CMake itself:
+
+* ``CMakeLists.txt``
+* ``Utilities/Doxygen/CMakeLists.txt``
+* ``Utilities/Sphinx/CMakeLists.txt``
+
+to end in the previous release. Commit with a message such as::
+
+ Configure CMake itself with policies through CMake $prev