fix: Remove Merge trait bound and make product_specific_common_config field public (#946)

* remove merge trait and make product_specific_common_config public

* adapt changelog

* Update crates/stackable-operator/src/role_utils.rs

Co-authored-by: Sebastian Bernauer <[email protected]>

* Update crates/stackable-operator/CHANGELOG.md

Co-authored-by: Sebastian Bernauer <[email protected]>

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Co-authored-by: Sebastian Bernauer <[email protected]>

Author: maltesander

crates/stackable-operator/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Remove `Merge` trait bound from `erase` and make `product_specific_common_config` public ([#946]).
+
+[#946]: https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs/pull/946
+
 ## [0.84.0] - 2025-01-16
 
 ### Added

crates/stackable-operator/src/role_utils.rs

@@ -163,9 +163,11 @@ pub struct CommonConfiguration<T, ProductSpecificCommonConfig> {
     // No docs needed, as we flatten this struct.
     //
     // This field is product-specific and can contain e.g. jvmArgumentOverrides.
-    // It is not accessible by operators, please use [`Role::get_product_specific_common_configs`] to read the values.
+    //
+    // If [`JavaCommonConfig`] is used, please use [`Role::get_merged_jvm_argument_overrides`] instead of
+    // reading this field directly.
     #[serde(flatten, default)]
-    pub(crate) product_specific_common_config: ProductSpecificCommonConfig,
+    pub product_specific_common_config: ProductSpecificCommonConfig,
 }
 
 impl<T, ProductSpecificCommonConfig> CommonConfiguration<T, ProductSpecificCommonConfig> {
@@ -324,7 +326,7 @@ impl<T, U, ProductSpecificCommonConfig> Role<T, U, ProductSpecificCommonConfig>
 where
     T: Configuration + 'static,
     U: Default + JsonSchema + Serialize,
-    ProductSpecificCommonConfig: Default + JsonSchema + Serialize + Clone + Merge,
+    ProductSpecificCommonConfig: Default + JsonSchema + Serialize + Clone,
 {
     /// This casts a generic struct implementing [`crate::product_config_utils::Configuration`]
     /// and used in [`Role`] into a Box of a dynamically dispatched