[maven-release-plugin] prepare release karaf-4.2.4
diff --git a/archetypes/assembly/pom.xml b/archetypes/assembly/pom.xml
index 3b6d58a..4081be0 100644
--- a/archetypes/assembly/pom.xml
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diff --git a/archetypes/blueprint/pom.xml b/archetypes/blueprint/pom.xml
index 8de062e..9a07a8e 100644
--- a/archetypes/blueprint/pom.xml
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diff --git a/archetypes/bundle/pom.xml b/archetypes/bundle/pom.xml
index 529f9de..c3c1603 100644
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diff --git a/archetypes/command/pom.xml b/archetypes/command/pom.xml
index 462a195..c2f5a82 100644
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diff --git a/archetypes/feature/pom.xml b/archetypes/feature/pom.xml
index c1f7451..33a46e8 100644
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diff --git a/archetypes/kar/pom.xml b/archetypes/kar/pom.xml
index 01cc14d..dea4bcc 100644
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diff --git a/archetypes/pom.xml b/archetypes/pom.xml
index 8521ede..6de82e5 100644
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diff --git a/assemblies/apache-karaf-minimal/pom.xml b/assemblies/apache-karaf-minimal/pom.xml
index 4b59ab5..58a03e5 100644
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diff --git a/assemblies/apache-karaf/pom.xml b/assemblies/apache-karaf/pom.xml
index d4fed01..7f120d5 100644
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diff --git a/assemblies/features/base/pom.xml b/assemblies/features/base/pom.xml
index ef01114..f4f1549 100644
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diff --git a/assemblies/features/enterprise-legacy/pom.xml b/assemblies/features/enterprise-legacy/pom.xml
index 57703e4..0660a05 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/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-blueprint-example/pom.xml b/examples/karaf-blueprint-example/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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