With the release of Geode 1.10.0 the window opens to apply Nick's Geode dependency update process with time to shake it out before the 1.11.0 release.
His proposal can be found here: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/GEODE/%5BDiscussion%5D+Geode+dependency+update+process Additionally the original email discuss thread can be found searching for subject: "[DISCUSS] Geode dependency update process (review by 8/28/2019)" His proposal suggests that the dependency update task be something that the Geode Release Manager would do post release. While it may be that a RM can eventually do this until the actual update process, verification and documenting is defined it seems like this should be a geode community effort the first time around. Nick has generously offered to head up the initial process and to use the Geode 1.10.0 release as an opportunity to kickoff his proposal. Thanks Nick!