ci: decomission of sortpom-maven-plugin

The following issue won't be fixed:
Closes #1174

Part of #1669

Author: php-coder

.github/workflows/static-analysis.yml

@@ -90,31 +90,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check license header
         run: ./src/main/scripts/execute-command.sh check-license
 
-  check-pom:
-    name: Check pom.xml
-    # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idruns-on
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    steps:
-      - name: Clone source code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.1 # https://github.com/actions/checkout
-        with:
-          # Whether to configure the token or SSH key with the local git config. Default: true
-          persist-credentials: false
-      - name: Install JDK
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4.0.0 # https://github.com/actions/setup-java
-        with:
-          distribution: 'adopt' # https://github.com/actions/setup-java#supported-distributions
-          java-version: '8'     # https://github.com/actions/setup-java#supported-version-syntax
-      - name: Restore existing cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v4.0.0 # https://github.com/actions/cache
-        with:
-          # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/caching-dependencies-to-speed-up-workflows#input-parameters-for-the-cache-action
-          key: maven-repository-${{ hashFiles('pom.xml') }}
-          path: ~/.m2/repository
-          restore-keys: maven-repository-
-      - name: Check pom.xml
-        run: ./src/main/scripts/execute-command.sh check-pom
-
   run-shellcheck:
     name: Run ShellCheck
     # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idruns-on

pom.xml

@@ -683,8 +683,6 @@
 		<!-- Redefine default value from spring-boot-dependencies -->
 		<slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
 
-		<sortpom.plugin.version>2.5.0</sortpom.plugin.version>
-		
 		<spock.version>1.0-groovy-2.0</spock.version>
 		<spotbugs.plugin.version>3.1.11</spotbugs.plugin.version>
 
@@ -753,23 +751,6 @@
 
 		<plugins>
 
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>com.github.ekryd.sortpom</groupId>
-				<artifactId>sortpom-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>${sortpom.plugin.version}</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<lineSeparator>\n</lineSeparator>
-					<predefinedSortOrder>default_0_4_0</predefinedSortOrder>
-					<keepBlankLines>true</keepBlankLines>
-					<indentBlankLines>true</indentBlankLines>
-					<sortDependencies>scope,groupId,artifactId</sortDependencies>
-					<sortPlugins>groupId,artifactId</sortPlugins>
-					<sortProperties>true</sortProperties>
-					<!-- Use tabs instead of spaces for indentation -->
-					<nrOfIndentSpace>-1</nrOfIndentSpace>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-			
 			<!--
 				Usage:
 				./mvnw spotbugs:check (checks the sources and produces report to the console)

src/main/scripts/execute-command.sh

@@ -27,12 +27,6 @@ case ${1:-} in
 			--batch-mode \
 			license:check
 		;;
-	'check-pom')
-		exec "$MVN" \
-			--batch-mode \
-			sortpom:verify \
-			-Dsort.verifyFail=stop
-		;;
 	'checkstyle')
 		exec "$MVN" \
 			--batch-mode \
@@ -104,7 +98,6 @@ case ${1:-} in
 		echo >&2 "Where <command> is one of:"
 		echo >&2 '- ansible-lint'
 		echo >&2 '- check-license'
-		echo >&2 '- check-pom'
 		echo >&2 '- checkstyle'
 		echo >&2 '- codenarc'
 		echo >&2 '- enforcer'