Merge branch 'main' into 4.0.x

Closes gh-46025

Author: philwebb

README.adoc

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+== Contributing
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+We welcome contributions of all kinds!
+Please read our link:CONTRIBUTING.adoc[contribution guidelines] before submitting a pull request.
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 == Reporting Issues
 
 Spring Boot uses GitHub's integrated issue tracking system to record bugs and feature requests.