Dev round up for GeoServer 2.27.0

@groldan and myself are on deck for GeoServer 2.27.0 later this month.

Starting a thread here for any PRs folks need to see reviewed ahead of release.

For those who volunteer on geoserver-security please check-in as we review what vulnerabilities have been addressed and can be disclosed alongside 2.27.0.

There are a couple of JAI integration issues I would like to see make the cut.

The change of logger from javax.media.jai to org.geoserver.jai seems temporary with upcoming change to ImageN on the roadmap. Any alternatives to consider?

The main purpose of the PR was to throw JAI runtime exceptions instead of just logging them so the logger name change was removed from the PR.

An additional PR to review would be:

I have had a request to release a new GitHub - mapfish/mapfish-print-v2: MapFish Print allows printing maps as PDFs and is used by mapfish.org, geoserver extension and core-genet work. ahead of this update cycle.

This collects a number of recent pull-requests for GeoServer integration:

Release mapfish-print-v2 2.3.3 was uneventful, synchronized the versions used with GeoServer prior to release.

There is a PR for geoserver here: [GEOS-11754] Update mapfish-print-v2 to 2.3.3 by jodygarnett · Pull Request #8381 · geoserver/geoserver · GitHub