[SLING-11227] Remove dependency to maven versions plugin

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: slingfeature-maven-plugin 1.6.2
• Fix Version/s: slingfeature-maven-plugin 1.6.4
• Component/s: Feature Model, Maven Plugins and Archetypes
• Assignee: Carsten Ziegeler
• Reporter: Carsten Ziegeler
• Created: 28/Mar/22 11:26
• Updated: 01/Apr/22 10:27
• Resolved: 28/Mar/22 12:25

Description

The slingfeature-maven-plugin currently uses code from the maven versions plugin to check for updates of artifacts within a feature.
A dependency to another plugin is not a good idea, especially as this brings in old/outdated dependencies.
In addition, the usage of deprecated api should be removed