diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml
index 2e2d4e4903..f4f42455e3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
   check-merge-commits:
     uses: eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.releng.aggregator/.github/workflows/checkMergeCommits.yml@master
   check-versions:
-    uses: eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.releng.aggregator/.github/workflows/checkVersions.yml@master
+    uses: HannesWell/eclipse.platform.releng.aggregator/.github/workflows/checkVersions.yml@master
     with:
       botName: Eclipse PDE Bot
       botMail: eclipse-pde-bot@eclipse.org
diff --git a/.github/workflows/version-increments.yml b/.github/workflows/version-increments.yml
index 1052fe62e6..1d4a77f464 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/version-increments.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/version-increments.yml
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   publish-version-check-results:
-    uses: eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.releng.aggregator/.github/workflows/publishVersionCheckResults.yml@master
+    uses: HannesWell/eclipse.platform.releng.aggregator/.github/workflows/publishVersionCheckResults.yml@master
     with:
-      botGithubId: eclipse-pde-bot
+      botGithubId: HannesWell
     secrets:
-      githubBotPAT: ${{ secrets.PDE_BOT_PAT }}
+      githubBotPAT: ${{ secrets.HANNESWELL_PAT }}
diff --git a/eclipse-platform-parent/pom.xml b/eclipse-platform-parent/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cef91c2d4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eclipse-platform-parent/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,1259 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  Copyright (c) 2012, 2024 Eclipse Foundation and others.
+  All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+  are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Distribution License v1.0
+  which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+  https://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php
+
+  Contributors:
+  Igor Fedorenko - initial implementation
+  Thanh Ha - improvements and maintenance
+  David Williams - improvements and maintenance
+  Lars Vogel - Bug 442042
+-->
+<project
+  xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.eclipse</groupId>
+  <artifactId>eclipse-platform-parent</artifactId>
+  <version>4.34.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <!--
+    See maven-enforcer-plugin configuration to actually break the build if
+    run with older maven.
+    prerequisites section is kept for now as even if it doesn't break the build, it
+    is used by other plugins like versions-maven-plugin which check and warn
+    for using plugins with older than they require Maven version.
+    If version number changed in one place, be sure to change in the other.
+  -->
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>3.9.0</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+  <properties>
+    <!-- As of Tycho 0.22, skipTests takes priority, if maven.test.skip also specified,
+      with different value. See https://bugs.eclipse.org/442976.
+      During production builds, we run with -DskipTests=true -->
+    <skipTests>false</skipTests>
+    <maven.build.timestamp.format>yyyyMMdd-HHmm</maven.build.timestamp.format>
+    <macSigner.forceContinue>false</macSigner.forceContinue>
+    <buildTimestamp>${maven.build.timestamp}</buildTimestamp>
+    <buildType>I</buildType>
+    <buildId>${buildType}${buildTimestamp}</buildId>
+     <!--
+      releaseName should match the yearly "release train" name.
+      For example, "Mars", "Mars.1", "Luna SR2", etc.
+      It will show up in "about box",
+      such as Version: Mars (4.5), for main features.
+      See bug 328139.
+    -->
+    <releaseName>2024-12</releaseName>
+    <!--
+      The releaseNumbers below, for SDK and Platform, might be
+      thought of as the "marketing number" or "branding number",
+      and in fact are used in the branding bundle of the corresponding products.
+      In practice, the SDK number and Platform number are always the same,
+      though in theory they would not always have to be ... so we'll use
+      separate numbers. Also in practice, they are almost always the same as
+      or nearly the same as the "product feature" numbers, but for example, for
+      the initial release, some prefer we not use the trailing zero, but instead
+      merely "4.5, instead of 4.5.0". And, hypothetically, there might be a time
+      in the future when the platform for a new release was "merely service",
+      but we'd still want the "marketing number" to be increased to reflect
+      "a new yearly release".
+    -->
+    <releaseNumberSDK>4.34</releaseNumberSDK>
+    <releaseNumberPlatform>4.34</releaseNumberPlatform>
+
+    <tycho.version>4.0.9</tycho.version>
+
+    <cbi-plugins.version>1.5.0</cbi-plugins.version>
+    <surefire.version>3.5.0</surefire.version>
+
+    <!--  
+      The tycho-eclipserun-plugin will create its instance of Eclipse from this
+      'eclipiserun-repo' repository, such as for computing .api-descriptions and
+      generating API Tools reports.
+    -->
+    <eclipserun-repo>https://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/4.34-I-builds/</eclipserun-repo>
+    
+    <comparator.repo>https://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/4.34-I-builds</comparator.repo>
+
+    <!-- only used when Tycho snapshot repo is enabled in <pluginRepositories> further down -->
+    <tycho-snapshot-repo.url>https://repo.eclipse.org/content/repositories/tycho-snapshots/</tycho-snapshot-repo.url>
+
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <cbi-jdt-repo.url>https://repo.eclipse.org/content/repositories/eclipse-staging/</cbi-jdt-repo.url>
+    <cbi-ecj-version>3.39.0.v20240820-0604</cbi-ecj-version>
+
+    <!--
+      repo for released versions of CBI. Note, we intentionally use as specific a repo as possible.
+      See bug 471835.
+    -->
+    <eclipse-repo.url>https://repo.eclipse.org/content/repositories/cbi/</eclipse-repo.url>
+    <cbi-snapshots-repo.url>https://repo.eclipse.org/content/repositories/cbi-snapshots/</cbi-snapshots-repo.url>
+
+    <cbi-releases-repo.url>https://repo.eclipse.org/content/repositories/cbi-releases/</cbi-releases-repo.url>
+
+
+    <!--
+      This eclipse-p2-repo.url is specifically for the build-individual-bundles profile.
+      See that profile for longer comment.
+    -->
+    <eclipse-p2-repo.url>This_URL_set_in_build-individual-bundles_profile</eclipse-p2-repo.url>
+
+    <!--
+      If configuration is not specified at all, in signing plugin, the default
+      is 'false' (do not exclude inner jars, that is inner jars are signed).
+    -->
+    <defaultSigning-excludeInnerJars>false</defaultSigning-excludeInnerJars>
+
+    <!--
+      Valid options: error, warning, and ignore
+      jgit.dirtyWorkingTree checking was added as of Tycho 0.19.0
+      see: https://bugs.eclipse.org/419030
+    -->
+    <jgit.dirtyWorkingTree-platformDefault>ignore</jgit.dirtyWorkingTree-platformDefault>
+
+    <tycho.buildqualifier.format>'v'yyyyMMdd-HHmm</tycho.buildqualifier.format>
+    <!-- allows submodules to enable the inclusion of the pom descriptor in the final artifact -->
+    <tycho.addMavenDescriptor>false</tycho.addMavenDescriptor>
+    <!-- allows submodules to enable the mapping of p2 artifacts to maven artifacts -->
+    <tycho.mapP2Dependencies>false</tycho.mapP2Dependencies>
+    <!-- allows submodules to disable the usage of BREE for their builds -->
+    <tycho.useJDK>BREE</tycho.useJDK>
+    
+    <compare-version-with-baselines.skip>true</compare-version-with-baselines.skip>
+    <tycho.baseline.replace>all</tycho.baseline.replace>
+    <previous-release.baseline>https://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/4.33/R-4.33-202409030240/</previous-release.baseline>
+
+    <!--
+      Declaration of properties that contribute to the arg line for the tycho-surefire-plugin.
+      The properties are declared empty by default and are overridden by automatic activation
+      of the profiles 'macos' and 'jdk9-or-newer' or specific configuration in modules.
+    -->
+    <!-- any additional surefire args; to be defined by a test-plugin -->
+    <surefire.testArgLine></surefire.testArgLine>
+    <!-- platform/OS specific JVM args -->
+    <surefire.platformSystemProperties></surefire.platformSystemProperties>
+    <!-- properties related to Java modules on Java 9+ -->
+    <surefire.moduleProperties></surefire.moduleProperties>
+    <!-- properties related to Java security -->
+    <surefire.securityProperties></surefire.securityProperties>
+    <!-- system specific JVM args; if needed provided by system properties to the build command -->
+    <surefire.systemProperties></surefire.systemProperties>
+    <java.version>17</java.version>
+    <printApiMessages>false</printApiMessages>
+    <failOnJavadocErrors>false</failOnJavadocErrors>
+    <compileLogDir>${project.build.directory}/compilelogs</compileLogDir>
+  </properties>
+
+  <organization>
+    <name>Eclipse Foundation</name>
+    <url>https://www.eclipse.org/</url>
+  </organization>
+
+  <issueManagement>
+    <system>GitHub</system>
+    <url>https://github.com/eclipse-platform/.github/issues</url>
+  </issueManagement>
+
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <repository>
+      <id>repo.eclipse.org</id>
+      <name>Eclipse Repository - Releases</name>
+      <url>https://repo.eclipse.org/content/repositories/eclipse-releases/</url>
+    </repository>
+    <snapshotRepository>
+      <id>repo.eclipse.org</id>
+      <name>Eclipse Repository - Snapshots</name>
+      <url>https://repo.eclipse.org/content/repositories/eclipse-snapshots/</url>
+    </snapshotRepository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+
+    <!-- Released Tycho versions are available on maven central, which is now mirrored to Eclipse.org.
+         The tycho-snapshot-repo is only needed when using snapshots. -->
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <id>tycho-snapshots</id>
+      <url>${tycho-snapshot-repo.url}</url>
+      <releases>
+        <enabled>true</enabled>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>true</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+    </pluginRepository>
+
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <id>cbi-jdt</id>
+      <url>${cbi-jdt-repo.url}</url>
+      <releases>
+        <enabled>true</enabled>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>true</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+    </pluginRepository>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <id>cbi-snapshots</id>
+      <url>${cbi-snapshots-repo.url}</url>
+      <snapshots>
+      <enabled>true</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+    </pluginRepository>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <id>cbi-releases</id>
+      <url>${cbi-releases-repo.url}</url>
+      <releases>
+        <enabled>true</enabled>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>true</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+    </pluginRepository>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <id>eclipse</id>
+      <url>${eclipse-repo.url}</url>
+      <releases>
+        <enabled>true</enabled>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>true</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
+        <artifactId>tycho-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${tycho.version}</version>
+        <extensions>true</extensions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
+        <artifactId>target-platform-configuration</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <target>
+            <artifact>
+              <groupId>org.eclipse</groupId>
+              <artifactId>eclipse-sdk-prereqs</artifactId>
+              <version>4.34.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            </artifact>
+          </target>
+          <environments>
+            <environment>
+              <os>linux</os>
+              <ws>gtk</ws>
+              <arch>x86_64</arch>
+            </environment>
+            <environment>
+              <os>linux</os>
+              <ws>gtk</ws>
+              <arch>ppc64le</arch>
+            </environment>
+             <environment>
+              <os>linux</os>
+              <ws>gtk</ws>
+              <arch>aarch64</arch>
+            </environment>
+            <environment>
+              <os>win32</os>
+              <ws>win32</ws>
+              <arch>x86_64</arch>
+            </environment>
+            <environment>
+              <os>win32</os>
+              <ws>win32</ws>
+              <arch>aarch64</arch>
+            </environment>
+            <environment>
+              <os>macosx</os>
+              <ws>cocoa</ws>
+              <arch>x86_64</arch>
+            </environment>
+            <environment>
+              <os>macosx</os>
+              <ws>cocoa</ws>
+              <arch>aarch64</arch>
+            </environment>
+          </environments>
+          <dependency-resolution>
+            <profileProperties>
+				<!-- this is to disable some requirements only important for installtime but not for compile time in JDT-->
+                <org.eclipse.jdt.buildtime>true</org.eclipse.jdt.buildtime>
+            </profileProperties>
+          </dependency-resolution>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
+        <artifactId>tycho-source-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <archive>
+            <addMavenDescriptor>false</addMavenDescriptor>
+          </archive>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>plugin-source</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>plugin-source</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>filter-resources</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>resources</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <phase>process-resources</phase>
+            <configuration>
+              <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/resources</outputDirectory>
+              <escapeString>\</escapeString>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>saveproperties</id>
+            <configuration>
+              <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}</outputDirectory>
+              <overwrite>true</overwrite>
+              <resources>
+                <resource>
+                  <directory>saveproperties</directory>
+                  <filtering>true</filtering>
+                </resource>
+              </resources>
+            </configuration>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>copy-resources</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <!--
+          This maven-enforcer-plugin configuration to actually break the build if
+          run with older maven.
+          prerequisites section is kept for now as even if it doesn't break the build, it
+          is used by other plugins like versions-maven-plugin which check and warn
+          for using plugins with older than they require Maven version.
+          If version number changed in one place, be sure to change in the other.
+        -->
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.5.0</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>enforce-maven</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>enforce</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <rules>
+                <requireMavenVersion>
+                  <version>3.9.0</version>
+                </requireMavenVersion>
+              </rules>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+       <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho.extras</groupId>
+       <artifactId>tycho-p2-extras-plugin</artifactId>
+       <version>${tycho.version}</version>
+       <configuration>
+         <baselines>
+           <baseline>${previous-release.baseline}</baseline>
+         </baselines>
+         <comparator>zip</comparator>
+       </configuration>
+       <executions>
+         <execution> <!-- Checks versions are properly bumped from one stream to the other -->
+           <id>compare-attached-artifacts-with-release</id>
+           <goals>
+             <goal>compare-version-with-baselines</goal>
+           </goals>
+           <configuration>
+             <skip>${compare-version-with-baselines.skip}</skip>
+           </configuration>
+         </execution>
+       </executions>
+     </plugin>
+     <plugin>
+       <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
+       <artifactId>tycho-apitools-plugin</artifactId>
+       <version>${tycho.version}</version>
+       <executions>
+         <execution>
+           <id>generate</id>
+           <goals>
+             <goal>generate</goal>
+           </goals>
+           <configuration>
+             <projectName>${project.artifactId}_${qualifiedVersion}</projectName>
+           </configuration>
+         </execution>
+       </executions>
+     </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.1.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.8.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+         <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>${surefire.version}</version>
+        </plugin>
+         <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.1.3</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
+          <artifactId>target-platform-configuration</artifactId>
+          <version>${tycho.version}</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
+          <artifactId>tycho-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>${tycho.version}</version>
+          <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+              <groupId>org.eclipse.jdt</groupId>
+              <artifactId>ecj</artifactId>
+              <version>${cbi-ecj-version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+          </dependencies>
+          <configuration>
+            <compilerArgs>
+              <args>-verbose</args>
+              <args>-enableJavadoc</args>
+              <args>-encoding</args>
+              <args>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</args>
+              <args>-proceedOnError</args>
+            </compilerArgs>
+            <log>xml</log>
+            <logDirectory>${compileLogDir}</logDirectory>
+            <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
+            <excludeResources>
+              <exclude>**/package.html</exclude>
+            </excludeResources>
+            <useProjectSettings>true</useProjectSettings>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
+          <artifactId>tycho-packaging-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>${tycho.version}</version>
+          <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+              <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
+              <artifactId>tycho-buildtimestamp-jgit</artifactId>
+              <version>${tycho.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+              <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho.extras</groupId>
+              <artifactId>tycho-sourceref-jgit</artifactId>
+              <version>${tycho.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+          </dependencies>
+          <configuration>
+            <timestampProvider>jgit</timestampProvider>
+            <deriveHeaderFromSource>false</deriveHeaderFromSource>
+            <jgit.ignore>
+              pom.xml
+              .polyglot.build.properties
+              .gitignore
+            </jgit.ignore>
+            <jgit.dirtyWorkingTree>${jgit.dirtyWorkingTree-platformDefault}</jgit.dirtyWorkingTree>
+            <sourceReferences>
+              <generate>true</generate>
+            </sourceReferences>
+            <archive>
+              <addMavenDescriptor>${tycho.addMavenDescriptor}</addMavenDescriptor>
+            </archive>
+            <mapP2Dependencies>${tycho.mapP2Dependencies}</mapP2Dependencies>
+            <additionalFileSets combine.children="append">
+              <fileSet>
+                <directory>${project.build.directory}</directory>
+                <includes>
+                  <include>.api_description</include>
+                </includes>
+              </fileSet>
+            </additionalFileSets>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
+          <artifactId>tycho-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>${tycho.version}</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <enableAssertions>true</enableAssertions>
+            <argLine>${surefire.testArgLine} ${surefire.platformSystemProperties} ${surefire.systemProperties} ${surefire.moduleProperties} ${surefire.securityProperties}</argLine>
+            <quiet>true</quiet>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
+          <artifactId>tycho-source-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>${tycho.version}</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <distinctSourceRoots>true</distinctSourceRoots>
+            <archive>
+              <addMavenDescriptor>false</addMavenDescriptor>
+            </archive>
+            <reuseBrandingPlugin>false</reuseBrandingPlugin>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
+          <artifactId>tycho-p2-director-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>${tycho.version}</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
+          <artifactId>tycho-p2-repository-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>${tycho.version}</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
+          <artifactId>tycho-p2-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>${tycho.version}</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <baselineMode>warnCommon</baselineMode>
+            <enhanceLogs>true</enhanceLogs>
+            <logDirectory>${compileLogDir}</logDirectory>
+            <baselineRepositories>
+              <repository>
+                <url>${comparator.repo}</url>
+              </repository>
+            </baselineRepositories>
+            <ignoredPatterns>
+              <pattern>META-INF/ECLIPSE_.RSA</pattern>
+              <pattern>META-INF/ECLIPSE_.SF</pattern>
+              <pattern>META-INF/CODESIGN.RSA</pattern>
+              <pattern>META-INF/CODESIGN.SF</pattern>
+            </ignoredPatterns>
+            <generateDownloadStatsProperty>true</generateDownloadStatsProperty>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
+          <artifactId>tycho-versions-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>${tycho.version}</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.7.1</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.4.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.3.1</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+          <artifactId>xml-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.1.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-toolchains-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>3.2.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+            <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>3.6.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>3.10.0</version>
+            <configuration>
+                <source>17</source>
+                <legacyMode>true</legacyMode>
+                <doclint>reference,html,syntax</doclint>
+                <splitindex>true</splitindex>
+                <breakiterator>true</breakiterator>
+                <notimestamp>true</notimestamp>
+                <locale>en</locale>
+                <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+                <charset>UTF-8</charset>
+                <use>true</use>
+                <links>
+                    <link>https://docs.osgi.org/javadoc/osgi.core/8.0.0/</link>
+                    <link>https://docs.osgi.org/javadoc/osgi.cmpn/8.0.0/</link>
+                    <link>https://docs.osgi.org/javadoc/osgi.enterprise/7.0.0/</link>
+                </links>
+                <tags>
+                    <tag>
+                        <name>noimplement</name>
+                        <placement>a</placement>
+                        <head>Restriction:</head>
+                    </tag>
+                    <tag>
+                        <name>noextend</name>
+                        <placement>a</placement>
+                        <head>Restriction:</head>
+                    </tag>
+                    <tag>
+                        <name>noreference</name>
+                        <placement>a</placement>
+                        <head>Restriction:</head>
+                    </tag>
+                    <tag>
+                        <name>noinstantiate</name>
+                        <placement>a</placement>
+                        <head>Restriction:</head>
+                    </tag>
+                    <tag>
+                        <name>nooverride</name>
+                        <placement>a</placement>
+                        <head>Restriction:</head>
+                    </tag>
+                    <tag>
+                        <name>TrackedGetter</name>
+                        <placement>cm</placement>
+                        <head>TrackedGetter</head>
+                    </tag>
+                    <tag>
+                        <name>model</name>
+                        <placement>X</placement>
+                        <head>EMF generated tag</head>
+                    </tag>
+                    <tag>
+                        <name>generated</name>
+                        <placement>X</placement>
+                        <head>EMF generated tag</head>
+                    </tag>
+                    <tag>
+                        <name>ordered</name>
+                        <placement>X</placement>
+                        <head>EMF generated tag</head>
+                    </tag>
+                    <tag>
+                        <name>Immutable</name>
+                        <placement>t</placement>
+                        <head></head>
+                    </tag>
+                    <tag>
+                        <name>implNote</name>
+                        <placement>a</placement>
+                        <head><![CDATA[<em>Implementation Note:</em>]]></head>
+                    </tag>
+                    <tag>
+                        <name>implSpec</name>
+                        <placement>a</placement>
+                        <head>Implementation Requirements:</head>
+                    </tag>
+                    <tag>
+                        <name>category</name>
+                        <placement>a</placement>
+                        <head>Category:</head>
+                    </tag>
+                    <tag>
+                        <name>provisional</name>
+                        <placement>a</placement>
+                        <head>Provisional:</head>
+                    </tag>
+                    <tag>
+                        <name>jniclass</name>
+                        <placement>a</placement>
+                        <head>JNI Class:</head>
+                    </tag>
+                    <tag>
+                        <name>ThreadSafe</name>
+                        <placement>a</placement>
+                        <head>Thread Safe:</head>
+                    </tag>
+                    <tag>
+                        <name>issue</name>
+                        <placement>a</placement>
+                        <head>Issue:</head>
+                    </tag>
+                </tags>
+                <additionalDependencies>
+	                <!-- These are provided by PDE/Tycho by default but javadoc do not know that ... -->
+                    <additionalDependency>
+                        <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>org.osgi.annotation.bundle</artifactId>
+                        <version>2.0.0</version>
+                    </additionalDependency>
+                    <additionalDependency>
+                        <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>org.osgi.annotation.versioning</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.1.2</version>
+                    </additionalDependency>
+                    <additionalDependency>
+                        <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>org.osgi.service.component.annotations</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.5.0</version>
+                    </additionalDependency>
+                    <dependency>
+					    <groupId>org.eclipse.pde</groupId>
+					    <artifactId>org.eclipse.pde.api.tools.annotations</artifactId>
+					    <version>1.2.0</version>
+					</dependency>
+                    <!-- These are required unless we have no backward-compat anymore but javadoc do not know that ... -->
+                    <additionalDependency>
+					    <groupId>javax.inject</groupId>
+					    <artifactId>javax.inject</artifactId>
+					    <version>1</version>
+					</additionalDependency>
+					<additionalDependency>
+					    <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
+					    <artifactId>javax.annotation-api</artifactId>
+					    <version>1.3.2</version>
+					</additionalDependency>
+                </additionalDependencies>
+            </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+  <profiles>
+   <profile>
+      <id>java23patch</id>
+      <properties>
+        <tycho.buildqualifier.format>'v'yyyyMMdd-HHmm'_BETA_JAVA23'</tycho.buildqualifier.format>
+ 
+        <featureToPatch>org.eclipse.jdt</featureToPatch>
+
+        <!--
+          For future versions, in addition to changing this value of "featureToPatchVersion",
+          the same value needs to be edited in
+          .../java22patch/org.eclipse.jdt.java22patch/feature.xml
+          and
+          .../java22patch/org.eclipse.jdt-feature-dummy/feature.xml
+          and it of course, must "match" what ever version was produced by the build specified
+          a few lines below, as the eclipse-p2-repo-java20patch p2 repository, as well as the lower
+          bound, in 'versionRangeForPatch'.
+ 
+          Also, when new patch created, should update the wiki at
+          https://wiki.eclipse.org/Java23
+        -->
+        <!-- This needs the version of the feature to be patched. -->
+        <featureToPatchVersion>3.19.600.v20240827-1800</featureToPatchVersion>
+        <!-- Can specify an exact range here, or something of a loose range, depending on what's needed. -->
+        <versionRangeForPatch>[3.19.600.v20240827-1800,3.19.649.v20241205-1800)</versionRangeForPatch>
+        <!-- Comment this line when a patch is required on top of I-build -->
+        <comparator.repo>https://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/4.33/R-4.33-202409030240/</comparator.repo>
+      </properties>
+      <repositories>
+       <repository>
+         <id>eclipse-p2-repo-java23patch</id>
+         <url>https://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/4.33/R-4.33-202409030240/</url>
+         <layout>p2</layout>
+       </repository>
+     </repositories>
+   </profile>
+   <profile>
+      <id>build-individual-bundles</id>
+      <activation>
+        <property>
+          <!-- Enable if aggregatorBuild system-property is not set -->
+          <name>!aggregatorBuild</name>
+        </property>
+      </activation>
+      <properties>
+        <!--
+          This eclipse-p2-repo.url is specifically for the build individual bundles profile and Gerrit jobs.
+          Default is set to I-builds for main development cycle.
+          For maintenance streams should always be "M-builds".
+          Ideally, this value would be provided by the environment, see bug 489789.
+        -->
+        <eclipse-p2-repo.url>https://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/4.34-I-builds</eclipse-p2-repo.url>
+      </properties>
+      <repositories>
+        <repository>
+          <id>eclipse</id>
+          <url>${eclipse-p2-repo.url}</url>
+          <layout>p2</layout>
+        </repository>
+      </repositories>
+    </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>eclipse-sign</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.cbi.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>eclipse-jarsigner-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>${cbi-plugins.version}</version>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>sign</id>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>sign</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <phase>verify</phase>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+            <configuration>
+              <resigningStrategy>DO_NOT_RESIGN</resigningStrategy>
+              <excludeInnerJars>${defaultSigning-excludeInnerJars}</excludeInnerJars>
+              <!--
+               The default timeout is 0 seconds which means "wait forever": https://www.eclipse.org/cbi/sitedocs/eclipse-jarsigner-plugin/sign-mojo.html#timeoutMillis
+               We don't want to wait until the build finally aborts, so, setting a timeout (see bug 507369).
+               Increasing timeout from 60000 to 120000 (see bug 544823).
+              -->
+              <timeoutMillis>120000</timeoutMillis>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
+            <artifactId>tycho-p2-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>${tycho.version}</version>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>p2-metadata</id>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>p2-metadata</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <phase>verify</phase>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>bree-libs</id>
+      <build>
+        <pluginManagement>
+          <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+              <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
+              <artifactId>tycho-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+              <version>${tycho.version}</version>
+              <configuration>
+                <!--
+                  this tells Tycho to use JRE libraries that match bundle runtime execution environment see:
+                  https://tycho.eclipseprojects.io/doc/latest/tycho-compiler-plugin/compile-mojo.html#useJDK
+                -->
+                <useJDK>${tycho.useJDK}</useJDK>
+              </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+          </plugins>
+        </pluginManagement>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>partial-build</id>
+      <activation>
+        <property>
+          <name>eclipse-sdk-repo.url</name>
+        </property>
+      </activation>
+      <repositories>
+        <repository>
+          <id>eclipse-sdk-repo</id>
+          <url>${eclipse-sdk-repo.url}</url>
+          <layout>p2</layout>
+        </repository>
+      </repositories>
+    </profile>
+    <profile>
+       <id>api-check</id>
+       <activation>
+         <activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
+       </activation>
+       <build>
+         <plugins>
+             <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
+                <artifactId>tycho-apitools-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${tycho.version}</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>verify</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>verify</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                             <baselines>
+                                 <repository>
+                                     <url>${previous-release.baseline}</url>
+                                 </repository>
+                             </baselines>
+                             <skip>${skipAPIAnalysis}</skip>
+                             <skipIfReplaced>false</skipIfReplaced>
+                             <logDirectory>${compileLogDir}</logDirectory>
+                             <enhanceLogs>true</enhanceLogs>
+                             <printProblems>${printApiMessages}</printProblems>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+              </plugin>
+         </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+
+    <profile>
+      <id>fast-version-check</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>set-skip-properties</id>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>run</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+                <configuration>
+                  <exportAntProperties>true</exportAntProperties>
+                  <target>
+                    <condition property="skip.packaging.plugin" value="true" else="false">
+                      <not>
+                        <or>
+                          <equals arg1="${project.packaging}" arg2="eclipse-plugin"/>
+                          <equals arg1="${project.packaging}" arg2="eclipse-test-plugin"/>
+                        </or>
+                      </not>
+                    </condition>
+                    <condition property="skip.packaging.feature" value="true" else="false">
+                      <not>
+                        <equals arg1="${project.packaging}" arg2="eclipse-feature"/>
+                      </not>
+                    </condition>
+                    <condition property="skip.version.check" value="true" else="false">
+                      <and>
+                        <istrue value="${skip.packaging.plugin}"/>
+                        <istrue value="${skip.packaging.feature}"/>
+                      </and>
+                    </condition>
+                  </target>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
+            <artifactId>tycho-packaging-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>package-plugin-placeholder</id>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>package-plugin</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+                <configuration>
+                  <skip>${skip.packaging.plugin}</skip>
+                  <checkServiceComponentFilesExist>false</checkServiceComponentFilesExist>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+              <execution>
+                <id>package-feature-placeholder</id>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>package-feature</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+                <configuration>
+                  <skip>${skip.packaging.feature}</skip>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
+            <artifactId>tycho-p2-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>generate-p2-metadata</id>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>p2-metadata</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+                <configuration>
+                  <baselineMode>disable</baselineMode>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho.extras</groupId>
+            <artifactId>tycho-p2-extras-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>compare-artifact-version-with-release</id>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>compare-version-with-baselines</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+                <configuration>
+                  <skip>${skip.version.check}</skip>
+                  <ignoredPatterns>**</ignoredPatterns>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+
+    <profile>
+      <id>update-branding-plugins-about.mappings</id>
+      <activation>
+        <file>
+          <exists>${basedir}/about.mappings</exists>
+        </file>
+      </activation>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>process-about.mappings</id>
+                <phase>prepare-package</phase>
+                <configuration>
+                  <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}</outputDirectory>
+                  <overwrite>true</overwrite>
+                  <resources>
+                    <resource>
+                      <directory>${basedir}</directory>
+                      <includes>
+                        <include>about.mappings</include>
+                      </includes>
+                      <filtering>true</filtering>
+                    </resource>
+                  </resources>
+                </configuration>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>copy-resources</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
+            <artifactId>tycho-packaging-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>${tycho.version}</version>
+            <configuration>
+              <additionalFileSets>
+                <fileSet>
+                  <directory>${project.build.directory}</directory>
+                  <includes>
+                    <include>about.mappings</include>
+                  </includes>
+                </fileSet>
+              </additionalFileSets>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+
+    <profile>
+      <id>coverage</id>
+      <properties>
+        <!-- Since we append output of various tests, write to a common folder besides tests -->
+        <!-- it's recommended to override that to an absolute value in specific Hudson configurations
+          and Sonar integration -->
+        <jacoco.destFile>${project.basedir}/../target/jacoco.exec</jacoco.destFile>
+        <sonar.jacoco.reportPath>${jacoco.destFile}</sonar.jacoco.reportPath>
+      </properties>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>0.8.12</version>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>jacoco-agent</id>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>prepare-agent</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+            <configuration>
+              <append>true</append>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+
+    <profile>
+      <id>spotbugs</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>4.8.6.3</version>
+            <configuration>
+              <targetJDK>${java.version}</targetJDK>
+              <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
+              <effort>Max</effort>
+              <maxHeap>2000</maxHeap>
+              <threshold>medium</threshold>
+              <failOnError>false</failOnError>
+              <excludeFilterFile>spotbugs/spotbugs-exclude.xml</excludeFilterFile>
+            </configuration>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>analyze-compile</id>
+                <phase>compile</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>check</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+
+    <profile>
+      <id>pmd</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>3.25.0</version>
+            <configuration>
+            <!-- PMD options -->
+              <targetJDK>${java.version}</targetJDK>
+              <aggregate>true</aggregate>
+              <failOnViolation>false</failOnViolation>
+              <format>xml</format>
+              <rulesets><ruleset>pmd/eclipse_ruleset.xml</ruleset></rulesets>
+            <!-- CPD options -->
+              <minimumTokens>100</minimumTokens>
+              <ignoreIdentifiers>true</ignoreIdentifiers>
+            </configuration>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>analyze-compile</id>
+                <phase>compile</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>check</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+
+    <profile>
+      <id>checkstyle</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>3.5.0</version>
+            <configuration>
+              <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
+              <failsOnError>false</failsOnError>
+              <configLocation>checkstyle/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
+            </configuration>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>analyze-compile</id>
+                <phase>compile</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>check</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+
+    <profile>
+      <id>macos</id>
+      <activation>
+        <os>
+          <family>mac</family>
+        </os>
+      </activation>
+      <properties>
+        <surefire.platformSystemProperties>-XstartOnFirstThread</surefire.platformSystemProperties>
+      </properties>
+    </profile>
+
+    <profile>
+      <id>jdk9-or-newer</id>
+      <activation>
+        <jdk>[9,)</jdk>
+      </activation>
+      <properties>
+        <surefire.moduleProperties>--add-modules=ALL-SYSTEM</surefire.moduleProperties>
+      </properties>
+    </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>jdk18-or-newer</id>
+      <activation>
+        <jdk>[18,)</jdk>
+      </activation>
+      <properties>
+        <surefire.securityProperties>-Djava.security.manager=allow</surefire.securityProperties>
+      </properties>
+    </profile>
+    <profile>
+        <id>javadoc</id>
+        <build>
+            <plugins>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <executions>
+                        <execution>
+                            <id>attach-javadocs</id>
+                            <phase>package</phase>
+                            <goals>
+                                <goal>jar</goal>
+                            </goals>
+                            <configuration>
+                                <failOnError>${failOnJavadocErrors}</failOnError>
+                                <quiet>true</quiet>
+                            </configuration>
+                        </execution>
+                    </executions>
+                </plugin>
+            </plugins>
+        </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.releng.aggregator.git</connection>
+  </scm>
+</project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8eeba7dbad..4e2f720e8b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <groupId>org.eclipse</groupId>
     <artifactId>eclipse-platform-parent</artifactId>
     <version>4.34.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <relativePath>../eclipse-platform-parent</relativePath>
+    <relativePath>eclipse-platform-parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.pde</groupId>