Added maven hacks

scripts/gradle/maven_hacks.gradle.kts

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+///////////////////////////////
+// functions to make changing the maven POM easier
+@Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
+fun org.gradle.api.publish.maven.MavenPom.removeDependenciesByArtifactId(vararg names: String) {
+    withXml {
+        (asNode().get("dependencies") as List<groovy.util.Node>).forEach {deps ->
+            (deps.children() as List<groovy.util.Node>).filter { it ->
+                val text = (it.get("artifactId") as List<groovy.util.Node>).firstOrNull()?.text()
+                if (text == null) {
+                    false
+                } else {
+                    names.contains(text)
+                }
+            }.forEach { node->
+                node.parent().remove(node)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}