Release notes - Sonar Scanner for Gradle - 6.2

SCANGRADLE-57 Make the release process "build once" compatible

SCANGRADLE-208 Create the verification-metadata.xml file

SCANGRADLE-212 Prepare next development iteration 6.2

SCANGRADLE-215 Update Slack notification in .github/workflows/slack_notify.yml

SCANGRADLE-216 Bump orchestrator to version 5.5 or greater

SCANGRADLE-227 Fix cirrus-ci depends_on error

SCANGRADLE-135 Stop using deprecated Gradle APIs (prepare for Gradle 9)

SCANGRADLE-155 Log Sonar plugin version and execution context information

SCANGRADLE-174 Reliably detect plugin version

SCANGRADLE-221 Move Gradle "repositories" configuration into settings.gradle.kts

SCANGRADLE-222 Update "com.gradle.plugin-publish" from 0.21.0 to 1.3.1 to ensure compatibility with https://plugins.gradle.org

SCANGRADLE-223 Add a custom gradle task "downloadMavenArtifactsAndPublishToGradlePluginPortal" to not rebuild artifacts before publishing them

SCANGRADLE-224 Add a cirrus-ci "simulate_and_validate_release_to_plugin_portal_task" to help releasability validation and investigation

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