Merge branch '2.18' into 2.19

Author: cowtowncoder

.github/workflows/dep_build_v2.yml

@@ -11,12 +11,11 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   build:
     # Do we want wide matrix build? For now, limited
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         java_version: ['8', '17', '21']
-        os: ['ubuntu-22.04']
     env:
       JAVA_OPTS: "-XX:+TieredCompilation -XX:TieredStopAtLevel=1"
     steps:

.github/workflows/dep_build_v3.yml

@@ -11,12 +11,11 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   build:
     # Do we want wide matrix build? For now, limited
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         java_version: ['17', '21']
-        os: ['ubuntu-22.04']
     env:
       JAVA_OPTS: "-XX:+TieredCompilation -XX:TieredStopAtLevel=1"
     steps:

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        java_version: ['8', '11', '17', '21', '23']
-        os: ['ubuntu-22.04']
+        java_version: ['8', '11', '17', '21', '23'] 
+        os: ['ubuntu-24.04']
         include:
           - java_version: '8'
-            os: 'ubuntu-22.04'
+            os: 'ubuntu-24.04'
             release_build: 'R'
           - java_version: '8'
             os: 'windows-latest'