Apache Maven 3.9.7 released

The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the
Apache Maven 3.9.7

Apache Maven is a software project management and comprehension tool. Based
on the concept of a project object model (POM), Maven can manage a
project's build, reporting and documentation from a central piece of
information.

Maven 3.9.7 is available via https://maven.apache.org/download.cgi

The core release is independent of plugin releases. Further releases of
plugins will be made separately.

If you have any questions, please consult:

- the web site: https://maven.apache.org/
- the maven-user mailing list: https://maven.apache.org/mailing-lists.html
- the reference documentation: https://maven.apache.org/ref/3.9.7/

For more information read
https://maven.apache.org/docs/3.9.7/release-notes.html

Release Notes - Maven - Version 3.9.7

** Bug
    * [MNG-8106] - Maven Metadata corruption if repository directory role
overlaps
    * [MNG-8121] - NullPointerException at
org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.Metadata.merge
(Metadata.java:293)
** New Feature
    * [MNG-5726] - Update OS Activation To Allow Wildcards In OS Version
    * [MNG-8030] - Backport: Add ability to ignore dependency repositories:
mvn -itr
** Improvement
    * [MNG-8019] - Streamline update policy of pluginRepository/repository
of Maven Central in Super POM
    * [MNG-8029] - improve documentation of mirror in settings
    * [MNG-8031] - Backport: Make Maven transfer listener used with
Resolver more concurrent friendly
    * [MNG-8081] - default profile activation should consider available
system and user properties
    * [MNG-8085] - swtich from png+imagemap to svg
    * [MNG-8117] - Improve prerequisite evaluation and plugin version
selection logging
** Task
    * [MNG-7309] - Remove redundant MojoDescriptor parameterMap
    * [MNG-8011] - Minimize and make generic the README.txt
    * [MNG-8055] - Investigate possible solutions for build number diffs on
deploy
** Dependency upgrade
    * [MNG-8094] - Resolver 1.9.19
    * [MNG-8100] - Upgrade default plugin bindings
    * [MNG-8101] - Upgrade Parent to 42
    * [MNG-8109] - Resolver 1.9.20
    * [MNG-8115] - Upgrade minimal set of dependencies
    * [MNG-8125] - (build) Bump buildhelper-maven-plugin to 3.6.0 (was
3.4.0)
    * [MNG-8126] - Bump logback classic to 1.2.13 (was 1.2.12)
    * [MNG-8127] - Bump guava to 33.2.0-jre

Have fun!
- The Maven Team