Merge branch 'develop' into stable

pom.xml

@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 			</dependency>
 			
 			<!-- Provided by ACS -->
+			<!-- versions need to be explicit for central-publishing-maven-plugin -->
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
 				<artifactId>cxf-core</artifactId>
@@ -76,11 +77,13 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
 				<artifactId>cxf-rt-transports-http</artifactId>
+				<version>${dependency.cxf.version}</version>
 				<scope>provided</scope>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
 				<artifactId>jackson-module-jaxb-annotations</artifactId>
+				<version>${dependency.jackson.version}</version>
 				<scope>provided</scope>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
@@ -98,21 +101,26 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>jakarta.jws</groupId>
 				<artifactId>jakarta.jws-api</artifactId>
+				<version>${dependency.jakarta-jws-api.version}</version>
 				<scope>provided</scope>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>jakarta.ws.rs</groupId>
 				<artifactId>jakarta.ws.rs-api</artifactId>
+				<!-- unimportant.version tries to download a milestone release that doesn't exist -->
+				<version>4.0.0</version>
 				<scope>provided</scope>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>com.sun.activation</groupId>
 				<artifactId>jakarta.activation</artifactId>
+				<version>${dependency.jakarta-ee-activation.version}</version>
 				<scope>provided</scope>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
 				<artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
+				<version>${dependency.jakarta-annotation-api.version}</version>
 				<scope>provided</scope>
 			</dependency>
 		</dependencies>
@@ -210,6 +218,14 @@
 							<publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>
 							<autoPublish>true</autoPublish>
 						</configuration>
+						<!-- for some reason this is required... -->
+						<executions>
+							<execution>
+								<id>deploy</id>
+								<phase>deploy</phase>
+								<goals><goal>publish</goal></goals>
+							</execution>
+						</executions>
 					</plugin>
 				</plugins>
 			</build>
@@ -222,10 +238,4 @@
 			<url>https://artifacts.alfresco.com/nexus/content/groups/public</url>
 		</repository>
 	</repositories>
-
-	<distributionManagement>
-		<repository>
-			<id>central</id>
-		</repository>
-	</distributionManagement>
 </project>