Updated tests to include Exasol V8/ Update to vsjdbc 12.0.0 / Fix issues

.github/workflows/release_droid_prepare_original_checksum.yml

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Prepare checksum
         run: find target -maxdepth 1 -name *.jar -exec sha256sum "{}" + > original_checksum
       - name: Upload checksum to the artifactory
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: original_checksum
           retention-days: 5

.github/workflows/release_droid_release_on_maven_central.yml

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ jobs:
           server-password: MAVEN_PASSWORD
           gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_GPG_SECRET_KEY }}
           gpg-passphrase: MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE
+      - name: List secret GPG keys
+        run: gpg --list-secret-keys
       - name: Publish to Central Repository
         run: mvn --batch-mode -Dgpg.skip=false -DskipTests clean deploy
         env:

.project-keeper.yml

@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ sources:
       - integration_tests
       - udf_coverage
       - maven_central
+excludes:
+  - "W-PK-CORE-153: Project-keeper version 4.1.0 is outdated. Please update project-keeper to latest version 4.2.0."
 build:
   runnerOs: ubuntu-20.04
+  freeDiskSpace: false
   exasolDbVersions:
     - "7.1.25"
+    - "8.24.0"

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@
   "sonarlint.connectedMode.project": {
     "connectionId": "exasol",
     "projectKey": "com.exasol:exasol-virtual-schema"
-  }
-}
+  },
+  "java.configuration.updateBuildConfiguration": "automatic"
+}