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Testing upgraded jars will first involve running the full test suite from the source code JUnit tests (2100+ tests over 5 hours), to verify no regressions are introduced. Then the Grouper UI, Web Services, and other submodules will need to be broadly tested to confirm all functions continue to work.
Status as of Grouper 2.4.0 Release (in 2018)
As of Grouper release 2.4.0, the libraries have been updated in the official distribution. The equivalent dependency versions in Maven pom.xml files have also been updated to match as close as possible. Grouper 2.3.0 or earlier versions have not been updated, even with patches, except to remedy specific issues.
Grouper API
Phase 1 - Identify jars identical or close matches with official versions, rename or replace with official one if needed
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