Create new release compatible with Java 25

[timpeeters]

New feature, improvement proposal

Would it make sense to create a new release of maven-pmd-plugin?
Currently, the latest version 3.27.0 pulls in PMD version 7.14.0 which does not support Java 25.

This results in the following error:

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-pmd-plugin:3.27.0:pmd (pmd) on project test: Failed to determine whether report can be generated: Unsupported targetJdk value '25'. -> [Help 1]

I'm aware that I can change the version of PMD used by the maven-pmd-plugin but I believe many people don't do this. Given that many codebases will be upgraded to Java 25 in the next weeks it might make sense to make this as smooth as possible? PMD version is already bumped to version 7.16.0 on the main branch so I'm hoping the effort is limited?

[slawekjaranowski]

already merged

• Bump pmdVersion from 7.14.0 to 7.15.0 #643
• Bump pmdVersion from 7.15.0 to 7.16.0 #652

one is waiting - who want to fix a build?

• Bump pmdVersion from 7.16.0 to 7.17.0 #657

[timpeeters]

I made a first attempt. Feel free to point me in the right direction if I missed something.
#661

[slawekjaranowski]

done:
https://lists.apache.org/thread/gf3o9sdph7qw2ntqbpr3tvg684988yog