[maven-release-plugin] prepare release karaf-4.2.9
diff --git a/archetypes/assembly/pom.xml b/archetypes/assembly/pom.xml
index e25950d..30a0419 100644
--- a/archetypes/assembly/pom.xml
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diff --git a/archetypes/blueprint/pom.xml b/archetypes/blueprint/pom.xml
index 348c3a0..8435c2a 100644
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diff --git a/archetypes/bundle/pom.xml b/archetypes/bundle/pom.xml
index 533ed04..c0a83f4 100644
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diff --git a/archetypes/command/pom.xml b/archetypes/command/pom.xml
index 59f6149..706e5fe 100644
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diff --git a/archetypes/feature/pom.xml b/archetypes/feature/pom.xml
index 536483b..e8b1db9 100644
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diff --git a/archetypes/kar/pom.xml b/archetypes/kar/pom.xml
index ae0c930..b71ffd0 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
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diff --git a/assemblies/apache-karaf/pom.xml b/assemblies/apache-karaf/pom.xml
index b13c9ca..3523c2d 100644
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diff --git a/assemblies/features/base/pom.xml b/assemblies/features/base/pom.xml
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diff --git a/assemblies/features/enterprise-legacy/pom.xml b/assemblies/features/enterprise-legacy/pom.xml
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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/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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