[FLINK-33501] Rely on Maven wrapper instead of having custom Maven installation logic

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.18.0, 1.17.1, 1.19.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.19.0, 1.18.1
• Component/s: Build System / CI
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Assignee: Matthias Pohl
• Reporter: Matthias Pohl
• Created: 09/Nov/23 15:03
• Updated: 22/Jan/24 09:57
• Resolved: 28/Nov/23 14:24

Description

I noticed that we could use the Maven wrapper instead of having a custom setup logic for Maven in CI.

Issue Links

• Discovered while testing: FLINK-33468 Run Kubernetes IT test fails due to wrong Maven version
• relates to: FLINK-34194 Upgrade Flink CI Docker container to Ubuntu 22.04
• Testing discovered: FLINK-33503 Upgrade Maven wrapper to 3.2.0
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #23689
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #23690
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #23691