Upgraded outdated dependencies, updated publish workflow to create Discussion with latest release notes.

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -4,9 +4,14 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       release_type:
-        description: 'Release Type: major, minor, patch'
+        type: choice
+        description: "Release Type"
         required: true
-        default: 'minor'
+        options:
+          - major
+          - minor
+          - patch
+        default: "minor"
 
 env:
   GPG_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
@@ -15,18 +20,7 @@ env:
   NEXUS_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.NEXUS_PASSWORD }}
 
 jobs:
-  validate-input:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: ${{ github.event.inputs.release_type == 'major' ||
-      github.event.inputs.release_type == 'minor' ||
-      github.event.inputs.release_type == 'patch' }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Release Type selected for making release
-        run: echo "[${{ github.event.inputs.release_type }}] release in progress."
-
   prepare-release-snapshot:
-    needs:
-      - validate-input
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out Git repository
@@ -35,8 +29,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Java and Maven
         uses: actions/setup-java@v2
         with:
-          java-version: '15'
-          distribution: 'adopt'
+          java-version: "15"
+          distribution: "adopt"
 
       - name: Restore local Maven repository
         uses: actions/cache@v2
@@ -78,8 +72,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Java and Maven
         uses: actions/setup-java@v2
         with:
-          java-version: '15'
-          distribution: 'adopt'
+          java-version: "15"
+          distribution: "adopt"
 
       - name: Restore local Maven repository
         uses: actions/cache@v2
@@ -114,8 +108,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Java and Maven
         uses: actions/setup-java@v2
         with:
-          java-version: '15'
-          distribution: 'adopt'
+          java-version: "15"
+          distribution: "adopt"
 
       - name: Restore local Maven repository
         uses: actions/cache@v2
@@ -162,8 +156,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Java and Maven
         uses: actions/setup-java@v2
         with:
-          java-version: '15'
-          distribution: 'adopt'
+          java-version: "15"
+          distribution: "adopt"
 
       - name: Restore local Maven repository
         uses: actions/cache@v2
@@ -200,8 +194,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Java and Maven
         uses: actions/setup-java@v2
         with:
-          java-version: '15'
-          distribution: 'adopt'
+          java-version: "15"
+          distribution: "adopt"
 
       - name: Download target folder
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
@@ -281,11 +275,12 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
           GITHUB_REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
         with:
-          body_path: changelogs/latest.md
           tag_name: v${{ needs.push-pom.outputs.release-version }}
           name: Version ${{ needs.push-pom.outputs.release-version }}
           prerelease: false
           draft: false
+          discussion_category_name: Announcements
+          generate_release_notes: true
           files: |
             target/*.jar
-            target/*.pom
+            target/*.pom

.gitignore

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 /.classpath
 /.project
 
+# VS Code
+/.vscode
+
 # Other output folders
 /target/
 /bin/

pom.xml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.github.wasiqb.coteafs</groupId>
 		<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-		<version>3.6.4</version>
+		<version>3.8.0</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<scm>
@@ -31,15 +31,15 @@
 	</ciManagement>
 
 	<properties>
-		<appium-version>7.5.1</appium-version>
+		<appium-version>7.6.0</appium-version>
 		<selenium-version>3.141.59</selenium-version>
-		<coteafs.data.version>1.3.0</coteafs.data.version>
+		<coteafs.data.version>1.4.0</coteafs.data.version>
 		<coteafs.error.version>1.15.0</coteafs.error.version>
 		<commons.text.version>1.9</commons.text.version>
-		<coteafs.listeners.version>3.2.0</coteafs.listeners.version>
-		<lombok.version>1.18.20</lombok.version>
-		<log4j.version>2.14.1</log4j.version>
-		<jackson.version>2.12.4</jackson.version>
+		<coteafs.listeners.version>3.3.0</coteafs.listeners.version>
+		<lombok.version>1.18.22</lombok.version>
+		<log4j.version>2.17.0</log4j.version>
+		<jackson.version>2.13.1</jackson.version>
 		<io.version>2.11.0</io.version>
 	</properties>