[maven-release-plugin] prepare release karaf-4.3.0.RC1
diff --git a/archetypes/assembly/pom.xml b/archetypes/assembly/pom.xml
index 9ab6f71..d707423 100644
--- a/archetypes/assembly/pom.xml
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diff --git a/archetypes/blueprint/pom.xml b/archetypes/blueprint/pom.xml
index a790148..ff12029 100644
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diff --git a/archetypes/bundle/pom.xml b/archetypes/bundle/pom.xml
index 99973ce..2a636c1 100644
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diff --git a/archetypes/command/pom.xml b/archetypes/command/pom.xml
index c2111bf..e20c45a 100644
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diff --git a/archetypes/feature/pom.xml b/archetypes/feature/pom.xml
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diff --git a/archetypes/kar/pom.xml b/archetypes/kar/pom.xml
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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
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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/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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