GeoServer 2.28.4 release train

Hi GeoServer devs,

I’ll be starting the above release (with GeoTools 34.4, GWC 1.28.4) this weekend, after Andrea has completed the ImageIO-Ext prerequisite, please let me know if there are any outstanding PRs, other than:

[backport 2.28.x][GEOS-11678] refactor to use WFSXmlUtils utility class for parsing xml by pmauduit · Pull Request #9482 · geoserver/geoserver · GitHub @pmauduit
[GEOS-12099] Fix: GWC backup deadlock caused by DefaultTileLayerCatalog FileSystem… by caocuongngo · Pull Request #9026 · geoserver/geoserver · GitHub
[GEOS-12100] Use SyncTaskExecutor to prevent deadlock in backup/restore tasklets by caocuongngo · Pull Request #9023 · geoserver/geoserver · GitHub

Thanks

Peter

GeoTools 34.4 artefacts available for testing, if anyone has time today: geotools-release-jdk17 #11 - Jenkins

GeoServer 2.28.4 build artefacts available for testing, if anyone is free: Artifacts of geoserver-release-jdk17 #25 : /distribution/2.28.4 - Jenkins

Note, again, that the Windows Installer is currently not able to be built: geoserver-2.28.4-win.zip

And the release has finally been completed, after many, many challenges this time. GeoServer 2.28.4 released