* "Stale" job: don't close stale issues (apache#3683)

This PR also fixes the configuration and upgrades the action to the latest version.

* Fix integration-tests after apache#3704 (apache#3711)

Short story: This change fixes the int-tests in `:polaris-runtime-service`.

Long story is this:
In `:polaris-runtime-service` we intentionally declare "just" a `platform(libs.quarkus.bom)` dependency, because of the `:polaris-spark-integration-*` module.
It is however generally recommended by Quarkus to _only_ use `enforcedPlatform(libs.quarkus.bom)` to effectively prevent breaking changes coming from transitive dependencies. Which is exactly what happend after apache#3704.

Why did CI not catch this issue?
The answer is pretty simple: The effective Gradle task inputs, including the `intTestRuntimeClasspath` did not change. So the previously cached test outcomes could be reused, and the int-tests did not run.
Just adding the `runtimeClasspath` as another task-input of the `intTest` may _not_ work as intended.

Why does _removing_ `implementation(platform(libs.opentelemetry.bom))` help?
Simply because that lets the dependencies fall back to to the declared transitive dependencies. We do not have direct dependencies to OTel.

The correct fix here _would_ be to use `implementation(enforcedPlatform(libs.quarkus.bom))`, but that breaks the Spark plugin integration tests.

There is a better alternative: Let the Spark plugin tests leverage polaris-apprunner, which is meant for exactly the use case of effectively decoupling some module from the build requirements of a Quarkus application.

* CI: fix missing Gradle build scans (apache#3709)

Publishing the Gradle build scans requires the `DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY` secret. For workflow-calls, each secret to be propagated to a called workflow must be explicitly defined.

This change propagates the secrets from `ci-main.yml` to the called `ci.yml`.

* Add Polaris Community Meetings for 2026-01-22 and 2026-02-05 (apache#3715)

* Add location propertiesfrom TableMetadata into Table entity internalProperties (apache#3226)

* Compile client modules with Java 17 compatibility (apache#3712)

* Last merged commit ba048c8

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Co-authored-by: Alexandre Dutra <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: JB Onofré <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Prashant Singh <[email protected]>