Play Ebean 7.0.0

Noteworthy

• #318 Drop Java 8 by @mkurz
• #320 Drop sbt 0.13 + wrong dependencies by @mkurz
• #354 Add support for scala3 by @sachgar
• #417 Play 2.9.0 by @mkurz
• #405 [7.0.x] Skip connection for datasources with omitted db configuration (backport #403) by @hertg
• #387 Respect play.evolutions[.db.default].path config for dynamic evolutions by @mkurz
• #386 Use SQL92 comment syntax by @mkurz
• #347 Recommend using application.yaml instead of ebean.properties by @mkurz

Changes

• #419 [7.0.x] Set mimaPreviousArtifacts.value to last "major" release by @mkurz
• #418 [7.0.x] Correct version in docs by @mkurz
• #413 play-docs, play-docs_2.13, ... 2.9.0-RC3 (was 2.9.0-RC2) by @scala-steward
• #414 [7.0.x] Patch updates by @scala-steward
• #412 [7.0.x] Move scala steward conf into .github folder by @mkurz
• #410 [7.0.x] jaxb-runtime 4.0.4 (was 4.0.3) by @mkurz
• #406 [7.0.x] Play 2.9.0-RC3 (was 2.9.0-RC2) (backport #404) by @scala-steward
• #401 [7.0.x] MiMa checks Scala 3 artifacts now (backport #400) by @mkurz
• #399 [7.0.x] Adjust branch for GHA workflows by @mkurz
• #398 Play 2.9 release candidate 2 by @mkurz
• #394 Play 2.9 release candidate by @mkurz
• #397 h2 2.2.224 (was 2.2.222) by @mkurz
• #396 sbt 1.9.6 by @mkurz
• #395 Group Scala Steward patch updates into single PR by @mkurz
• #393 sbt 1.9.5 by @mkurz
• #385 Scala 3.3.1 / 2.13.12 by @mkurz
• #389 With Play 2.9 filters-helpers has a play- prefix by @mkurz
• #380 sbt 1.9.2 by @mkurz
• #375 Latest Play by @mkurz
• #374 Scala / sbt / Play upgrades by @mkurz
• #370 🔄 synced file(s) with playframework/.github by @ihostage
• #368 Add Copyright header into all files by @ihostage
• #367 Sync headerEmptyLine setting with core repo by @ihostage
• #369 Add Javafmt plugin by @ihostage
• #365 Update copyright by @mkurz
• #364 Switch to Jakarta persistence by @mkurz
• #363 Scala 3.3.0-RC5 by @mkurz
• #349 Update data for pom.xml by @mkurz
• #348 Update developer information for pom.xml by @mkurz
• #346 Set up sbt dependency submission by @mkurz
• #345 scala-steward should also visit standalone docs project by @mkurz
• #338 Update README for 6.2.0 final release by @mkurz
• #321 Revert "Workaround scala-xml dependency problem" / sbt 1.8.0-RC1 by @mkurz
• #329 Link to .github/RELEASING.md by @mkurz
• #326 Use the mergify config from the .github repo by @mkurz
• #325 Latest Scala/sbt versions by @mkurz
• #323 Semantic Scala version selector expression in workflows by @mkurz

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