[misc] Avoid all log rule validation hidding the real error if the logs are supposed to be checked after the failure

(cherry picked from commit 11258761)

* Fail safe in case the input is null (e.g. the previous or the next value is null)

Removed the offending part of the test.

Fix the deprecated uses of @Component

Merge branch 'component-deprecated' of github.com:woshilapin/xwiki-commons into component-deprecated

- Made sure the deprecated jsr250-api transitive dependency is excluded and that we explicitly depend on the newer annotation-api in the module that was the entrypoint.
- Added version management for annotation-api in commons.

XCOMMONS-766: Also handle checking and formatting of Attachment Authors in the Maven XAR Plugin Mojos

* add related improvements
* add tests

[release] Update clirr previous version to 6.4.2 and remove clirr excludes that have been included in 6.4.2.

* fix mistake introduced in previous commit

* add missing category support