2.0.0 - publishing with Ivy + sensible Gradle 8.x compatibility

Notable changes in 2.0

• support publishing with Ivy - #222
• add closeStagingRepositories and releaseStagingRepositories summary tasks - #236
• deprecate build support for Java 8 (build target still set to 8, but building with JDK <11 might fail) - #171
• improve support for build cache and compatibility with Gradle 8.x
• last, but not least - new team member - @TWiStErRob - welcome aboard!

Backward incompatible changes

• closeAndReleaseStagingRepository has been renamed to closeAndReleaseStagingRepositories for consistency

Full list of changes since 1.3.0: v1.3.0...v2.0.0

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Changes in 2.0.0-final (since rc-2):

• simplify build configuration
• enhance documentation
• improve E2E tests execution on CI
• build itself with Gradle 8.6
• dependency upgrade

Full list of changes: v2.0.0-rc-2...v2.0.0

Thanks to all the contributors to this release: @TWiStErRob, @3flex, @Goooler.