Update to use Central Portal

Author: cowtowncoder

base/pom.xml

@@ -308,18 +308,17 @@ of Jackson: application code should only rely on `jackson-bom`
         </executions>
       </plugin>
 
-      <!-- 13-May-2025: Enable Sonatype Central Portal publishing -->
-      <!-- not yet
+      <!-- 26-May-2025: Enable Sonatype Central Portal publishing -->
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
         <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
       </plugin>
-      -->
 
       <!-- 12-Oct-2019, tatu: Copied from
            https://github.com/stephenc/git-timestamp-maven-plugin/blob/master/pom.xml#L327-L337
         -->
       <!-- 30-May-2023, tatu: Upgrade 1.6.8 -> 1.6.13 -->
+      <!-- 26-May-2025, tatu: No longer used/needed after move to Central Portal:
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -331,6 +330,7 @@ of Jackson: application code should only rely on `jackson-bom`
           <stagingProfileId>b34f19b9cc6224</stagingProfileId>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      -->
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>

pom.xml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-parent</artifactId>
     <!-- note: does NOT change for every version of bom -->
-    <version>2.18.2</version>
+    <version>2.18.3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>jackson-bom</artifactId>
@@ -445,14 +445,16 @@ of Jackson components maintained by FasterXML.com
   <!-- Alas, need to include snapshot reference since otherwise can not find
        snapshot of parent... -->
   <repositories>
+    <!-- 26-May-2025, tatu: No longer needed after move to Central Portal:
     <repository>
       <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
       <name>Sonatype Nexus Snapshots</name>
       <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
       <releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
       <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
     </repository>
-    <!-- 13-May-2025, tatu: soon moving to Central Portal -->
+    -->
+    <!-- 26-May-2025, tatu: Moved to Sonatype Central Portal -->
     <repository>
       <id>central-snapshots</id>
       <name>Sonatype Central Portal (snapshots)</name>