Updates to latest versions and off snapshot Elasticsearch (#235) #25

	---
	name: create_release

	# We create a release version on a trigger tag, regardless of if the commit is
	# documentation-only.
	on: # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
	push:
	tags: # e.g. release-1.2.3
	- 'release-[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+**'

	jobs:
	create_release:
	runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # newest available distribution, aka noble
	steps:
	- name: Checkout Repository
	uses: actions/checkout@v4
	with:
	# Prevent use of implicit GitHub Actions read-only GITHUB_TOKEN
	# because maven-release-plugin pushes commits to master.
	token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
	- name: Setup java
	uses: actions/setup-java@v4
	with:
	distribution: 'zulu' # zulu as it supports a wide version range
	java-version: '17' # until Spark 4 per SPARK-43831
	- name: Cache local Maven repository
	uses: actions/cache@v4
	with:
	path: ~/.m2/repository
	key: ${{ runner.os }}-jdk-17-maven-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}
	restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-jdk-17-maven-
	- name: Create Release
	env:
	# GH_USER=<user that created GH_TOKEN>
	GH_USER: ${{ secrets.GH_USER }}
	# GH_TOKEN=<hex token value>
	# * makes release commits and tags
	# * needs repo:status, public_repo
	# * referenced in .settings.xml
	GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
	run: \| # GITHUB_REF will be refs/tags/release-MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH
	build-bin/git/login_git &&
	build-bin/maven/maven_release $(echo ${GITHUB_REF} \| cut -d/ -f 3)

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