Closes gh-22408

See gh-22382

See gh-22371

See gh-22370

Closes gh-22348

Closes gh-22271

Fixes gh-22169

Closes gh-22189

* gh-22110:
  Improve error handling in JDK upgrade checks

Closes gh-22110

See gh-22110

* gh-22163:
  Remove duplicated icon from git-repo-windows resource definition

Closes gh-22163

See gh-22163

Closes gh-22084

Closes gh-22003

Update the releasescript to ensure that a distribution has been started
before starting it again. This functionality was accidentally removed
during the updates for gh-21474.

See gh-21474

Cherry-pick release script updates from 2.3.x

See gh-21474

Closes gh-21887

Closes gh-21886

Closes gh-21780

See gh-21716

Update the pipeline YAML to use ((milestone)) rather than ((branch))
when tagging docker images.

See gh-21716

Use YAML anchors and aliases to reduce the amount of repetition
in our CI pipeline YAML.

Closes gh-21716

Closes gh-21774

Closes gh-21777

Closes gh-21814

Closes gh-21813

Closes gh-21812

Closes gh-21811

Closes gh-21810

Closes gh-21809

Closes gh-21808

Closes gh-21807

Closes gh-21806

Closes gh-21805

Closes gh-21804