spring-io/initializr — pull request #58 by sdeleuze (2014-12-15 10:46:18+00:00)
Title: Move <properties> element before <dependencies> one

I think element should be at the top of the pom.xml file since it is a short one (even with before, we still see the one) likely to be often customized (in order to specify the spring version for example).