Prepare for the MP 6.1 release (#368)

* Prepare for the MP 6.1 release

* address review comments from John

pom.xml

@@ -107,14 +107,14 @@
         <jakarta-version>10.0.0</jakarta-version>
 
         <!-- MicroProfile specs  -->
-        <config-version>3.0.2</config-version>
+        <config-version>3.1-RC2</config-version>
         <ft-version>4.0.2</ft-version>
         <health-version>4.0.1</health-version>
-        <metrics-version>5.0.0</metrics-version> 
+        <metrics-version>5.1.0-RC1</metrics-version> 
         <jwt-version>2.1</jwt-version>
         <openapi-version>3.1</openapi-version> 
         <rest-client-version>3.0.1</rest-client-version>
-        <telemetry-version>1.0</telemetry-version> 
+        <telemetry-version>1.1-RC2</telemetry-version> 
 
         <!-- other props  -->
         <!-- whether autorelease maven central staging repositories - default false to allow review and manually release repositories -->

spec/src/main/asciidoc/architecture.adoc

@@ -33,6 +33,41 @@ This specification documents the component specification contents of each releas
 The specifications for each release are listed in reverse chronological order.
 
 [[microprofile6.0]]
+=== MicroProfile 6.1-RC1
+
+Based on MicroProfile's time-boxed release process, this is a minor release that does not include backward incompatible changes. Like MicroProfile 6.0, this release requires Jakarta EE Core Profile 10.
+
+If you are still dependent on Jakarta EE 9.1, please consider using the https://github.com/eclipse/microprofile/releases/tag/5.0[5.0 release of MicroProfile].
+If you are still dependent on Jakarta EE 8, please consider using the https://github.com/eclipse/microprofile/releases/tag/4.1[4.1 release of MicroProfile].
+If you are still dependent on Java EE 8, please consider using the https://github.com/eclipse/microprofile/releases/tag/3.3[3.3 release of MicroProfile].
+If you are still dependent on Java EE 7, please consider using the https://github.com/eclipse/microprofile/releases/tag/1.4[1.4 release of MicroProfile].
+
+The complete list of MicroProfile 6.1 specifications includes:
+
+* https://jakarta.ee/specifications/coreprofile/10/[Jakarta EE 10 Core Profile]
+* https://github.com/eclipse/microprofile-config/releases/tag/3.1-RC2[MicroProfile Config 3.1]
+* https://github.com/eclipse/microprofile-fault-tolerance/releases/tag/4.0.2[MicroProfile Fault Tolerance 4.0]
+* https://github.com/eclipse/microprofile-metrics/releases/tag/5.1.0-RC1[MicroProfile Metrics 5.1]
+* https://github.com/eclipse/microprofile-health/releases/tag/4.0.1[MicroProfile Health 4.0]
+* https://github.com/eclipse/microprofile-telemetry/releases/tag/1.1-RC2[MicroProfile Telemetry 1.1]
+* https://github.com/eclipse/microprofile-open-api/releases/tag/3.1[MicroProfile OpenAPI 3.1]
+* https://github.com/eclipse/microprofile-jwt-auth/releases/tag/2.1[MicroProfile JWT Authentication 2.1]
+* https://github.com/eclipse/microprofile-rest-client/releases/tag/3.0.1[MicroProfile Rest Client 3.0]
+
+The Maven coordinates for this Eclipse release are as follows:
+[source,xml]
+----
+<dependency>
+    <groupId>org.eclipse.microprofile</groupId>
+    <artifactId>microprofile</artifactId>
+    <version>6.1-RC1</version>
+    <type>pom</type>
+    <scope>provided</scope>
+</dependency>
+----
+
+Here is the link to https://github.com/eclipse/microprofile/releases/tag/6.1-RC1[the github repository] for this Eclipse-based project.
+
 === MicroProfile 6.0
 
 MicroProfile 6.0 replaces required individual Jakarta specifications in prior releases like Jakarta Restful Web Services and JSON Binding with the Jakarta EE 10 Core Profile.

spec/src/main/asciidoc/required-apis.adoc

@@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ MicroProfile 6.0 and above requires https://jakarta.ee/specifications/coreprofil
 pass:[**] Full CDI support is not required. CDI SE support is not required.
 
 [[mp-config]]
-=== MicroProfile Config 3.0
+=== MicroProfile Config 3.1
 
 MicroProfile Config provides applications and microservices means to obtain configuration properties through several environment-aware sources both internal and external to the application and made available through dependency injection or lookup.
 
 * https://microprofile.io/project/eclipse/microprofile-config
-* https://github.com/eclipse/microprofile-config/releases/tag/3.0.2
+* https://github.com/eclipse/microprofile-config/releases/tag/3.1-RC2
 
 [[mp-fault-tolerance]]
 === MicroProfile Fault Tolerance 4.0
@@ -96,13 +96,13 @@ MicroProfile JWT Authentication provides role based access control (RBAC) micros
 * https://github.com/eclipse/microprofile-jwt-auth/releases/tag/2.1
 
 [[mp-metrics]]
-=== MicroProfile Metrics 5.0
+=== MicroProfile Metrics 5.1
 
 MicroProfile Metrics provides a unified way for MicroProfile applications to export monitoring data to management agents.
 Metrics will also provide a common Java API for exposing their telemetry data.
 
 * https://microprofile.io/project/eclipse/microprofile-metrics
-* https://github.com/eclipse/microprofile-metrics/releases/tag/5.0.0
+* https://github.com/eclipse/microprofile-metrics/releases/tag/5.1.0-RC1
 
 [[mp-open-api]]
 === MicroProfile OpenAPI 3.1
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ With a lack of standardization, the net result is the lack of data portability a
 The https://opentelemetry.io[OpenTelemetry] project solves these problems by providing a single, vendor-agnostic solution.
 
 * https://microprofile.io/project/eclipse/microprofile-telemetry
-* https://github.com/eclipse/microprofile-telemetry/releases/tag/1.0
+* https://github.com/eclipse/microprofile-telemetry/releases/tag/1.1-RC2
 
 [[mp-rest-client]]
 === MicroProfile Rest Client 3.0