Update `spring-boot-maven-plugin` `settings.xml` so that milestone and
snapshot dependencies can be resolved.

See gh-23936

See gh-23936

Closes gh-25078

Use the dependencies BOM to ensure versions used in the `MavenBuild`
test class are always aligned.

Closes gh-23936

Closes gh-25076

Update `build.gradle` files to ensure that `junit-platform-launcher` is
a `testRuntimeOnly` dependency. This ensures that tests can be run from
Eclipse.

Closes gh-25074

Closes gh-25072

Fixes gh-24149

Closes gh-25066

Since 2.3.8 and 2.4.2 the format includes the directory.

Closes gh-24856

Closes gh-25064

Update reference docs to make it clearer when the square bracket map
binding notation should be used.

Closes gh-23390

Closes gh-25061

Update documentation to make it clearer that Spring MVC does not use the
`ApplicationConversionService` unless configured explicitly.

Closes gh-22718

Update `CharSequenceToObjectConverter` so that conversion that would
apply using an `ObjectTo...` converter now favors `toString()` based
conversion.

Prior to this commit, when converting a `CharSequence` to a `Collection`
the `ObjectToCollectionConveter` would be picked instead of the
`StringToCollectionConverter`. This resulted in a `Collection`
containing a single `String` value, rather than the expected list
of values split around ",".

Fixes gh-25057

Closes gh-25050

* gh-25048:
  Fix duplicate anchor id

Closes gh-25048

See gh-25048

Closes gh-25044

Update the "Logging" reference documentation with a section about
shutting down the logging system.

Closes gh-24507

Closes gh-25042

* pr/25012:
  Document missing code to run Gradle bootRun task

Closes gh-25012

See gh-25012

Closes gh-25040

* pr/24982:
  Polish 'Add note about exploded jars and banner properties'
  Add note about exploded jars and banner properties

Closes gh-24982

See gh-24982

Add a note to the "Customizing the Banner" explaining that you need
to be using the `JarLauncher` to use the `application.*` properties.

See gh-24982

Closes gh-25038

* pr/24336:
  Polish 'Add a tip about actuator endpoints'
  Add a tip about actuator endpoints

Closes gh-24336

See gh-24336

Update the "Externalized Configuration" section with a tip that about
the actuator `env` and `configprops` endpoints.

See gh-24336

Closes gh-25020

Closes gh-25028

Closes gh-25013

Closes gh-25018