Release 1.7.0

This is a stable release based on the latest GeoServer 2.25.0 release.

What's Changed

Features

Graduated pgconfig Catalog and Config storage backend as stable and the preferred/recommended catalog back-end.

• pgconfig: fix bug in default store handling by @groldan in #425
• ExtendedCatalogFacade improvements for handling generic CatalogInfos by @groldan in #427
• pgconfig: TileLayer catalog on PostgreSQL by @groldan in #431
• Disable catalog and config caching facades during maintenance operations. by @groldan in #437
• pgconfig: encode null values in JSON for Postgres jsonb_populate_record() to update automatic columns by @groldan in #428

Build and dependencies

• Set Java 21 as the required and used Java version by @groldan in #422
• Upgrade to GeoServer 2.25.0 final by @groldan in #438
• Upgrade gs-acl to 2.0.1 by @groldan in #436
• Configure ACL service to use rabbitmq and client to do caching by @groldan in #435

Misc

• Set HTTP client factory as geotools hint by @vuilleumierc in #426
• Improvment of Podman's deployment guide by @ppradela in #430
• resolve SonarCloud reported issues by @groldan in #432
• Change standalone profile's default config location to /etc/geoserver/ by @groldan in #434

New Contributors

• @vuilleumierc made their first contribution in #426
• @ppradela made their first contribution in #430

Full Changelog: v1.6.1...v1.7.0