[maven-release-plugin] prepare release karaf-4.2.16
diff --git a/archetypes/assembly/pom.xml b/archetypes/assembly/pom.xml
index 20cc235..30dfd7e 100644
--- a/archetypes/assembly/pom.xml
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diff --git a/archetypes/blueprint/pom.xml b/archetypes/blueprint/pom.xml
index 7008442..63c1039 100644
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diff --git a/archetypes/bundle/pom.xml b/archetypes/bundle/pom.xml
index e60f00d..be9050c 100644
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diff --git a/archetypes/command/pom.xml b/archetypes/command/pom.xml
index 5d3d61c..142fa89 100644
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diff --git a/archetypes/feature/pom.xml b/archetypes/feature/pom.xml
index 84daf48..e696ead 100644
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diff --git a/archetypes/kar/pom.xml b/archetypes/kar/pom.xml
index ca7f491..5734c75 100644
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diff --git a/archetypes/pom.xml b/archetypes/pom.xml
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diff --git a/assemblies/apache-karaf-minimal/pom.xml b/assemblies/apache-karaf-minimal/pom.xml
index 4e6e2d7..1f3c52f 100644
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diff --git a/assemblies/apache-karaf/pom.xml b/assemblies/apache-karaf/pom.xml
index 98a1822..367c052 100644
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diff --git a/assemblies/features/base/pom.xml b/assemblies/features/base/pom.xml
index fcdc553..02f3abe 100644
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diff --git a/assemblies/features/enterprise-legacy/pom.xml b/assemblies/features/enterprise-legacy/pom.xml
index 299e80a..38db6f9 100644
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diff --git a/assemblies/features/enterprise/pom.xml b/assemblies/features/enterprise/pom.xml
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diff --git a/assemblies/features/framework/pom.xml b/assemblies/features/framework/pom.xml
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diff --git a/assemblies/features/pom.xml b/assemblies/features/pom.xml
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diff --git a/assemblies/features/spring-legacy/pom.xml b/assemblies/features/spring-legacy/pom.xml
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diff --git a/assemblies/features/spring/pom.xml b/assemblies/features/spring/pom.xml
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diff --git a/assemblies/features/standard/pom.xml b/assemblies/features/standard/pom.xml
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diff --git a/assemblies/features/static/pom.xml b/assemblies/features/static/pom.xml
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diff --git a/assemblies/pom.xml b/assemblies/pom.xml
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diff --git a/audit/pom.xml b/audit/pom.xml
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diff --git a/bom/pom.xml b/bom/pom.xml
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diff --git a/bundle/blueprintstate/pom.xml b/bundle/blueprintstate/pom.xml
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diff --git a/bundle/core/pom.xml b/bundle/core/pom.xml
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diff --git a/bundle/pom.xml b/bundle/pom.xml
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diff --git a/bundle/springstate/pom.xml b/bundle/springstate/pom.xml
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diff --git a/client/pom.xml b/client/pom.xml
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diff --git a/config/pom.xml b/config/pom.xml
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diff --git a/deployer/blueprint/pom.xml b/deployer/blueprint/pom.xml
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diff --git a/deployer/features/pom.xml b/deployer/features/pom.xml
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diff --git a/deployer/kar/pom.xml b/deployer/kar/pom.xml
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diff --git a/deployer/pom.xml b/deployer/pom.xml
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diff --git a/deployer/spring/pom.xml b/deployer/spring/pom.xml
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diff --git a/deployer/wrap/pom.xml b/deployer/wrap/pom.xml
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diff --git a/diagnostic/boot/pom.xml b/diagnostic/boot/pom.xml
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diff --git a/diagnostic/core/pom.xml b/diagnostic/core/pom.xml
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diff --git a/diagnostic/pom.xml b/diagnostic/pom.xml
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diff --git a/docker/pom.xml b/docker/pom.xml
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diff --git a/event/pom.xml b/event/pom.xml
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diff --git a/examples/karaf-branding-example/pom.xml b/examples/karaf-branding-example/pom.xml
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