add a note on restconf-artifacts BOM deprecation

[integration/distribution.git] / docs / platform-versions.rst

diff --git a/docs/platform-versions.rst b/docs/platform-versions.rst
index b4e35d2209d566dfb6aa6f0c01f6704cdc1df386..0d744c42480e39c32c9607375fa284cd7b14359e 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/platform-versions.rst
+++ b/docs/platform-versions.rst
@@ -64,3 +64,9 @@ Platform versions
      - 1.8.3-SNAPSHOT
 
 .. note:: Most projects get their YANG Tools version via MD-SAL.
+  ${project}-artifacts are maven `bill of materials <https://howtodoinjava.com/maven/maven-bom-bill-of-materials-dependency/>`__
+  (a.k.a. bom or BOM), whose use is strongly recommended to avoid versions
+  mismatch across multiple dependencies in poms.
+
+.. note:: the restconf-artifacts BOM present previously Sodium is no more
+   available and now part of the netconf-artifacts BOM.