Merge branch '2.18'

Author: cowtowncoder

avro/pom.xml

@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ abstractions.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
       <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.11.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>

release-notes/CREDITS-2.x

@@ -338,3 +338,7 @@ Joachim Lous (@jlous)
  * Requested #494: Avro Schema generation: allow mapping Java Enum properties to
    Avro String values
   (2.18.0)
+
+Robert Noack (@mr-robert)
+ * Reported #509: IonValueMapper.builder() not implemented, does not register modules
+  (2.18.0)

release-notes/VERSION-2.x

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ Active maintainers:
  (contributed by Michal F)
 #508: (avro) Ignore `specificData` field on serialization
  (contributed by @pjfanning)
+#509: IonValueMapper.builder() not implemented, does not register modules
+ (reported by Robert N)
 
 2.17.3 (not yet released)