Release history and use in Alma

This is the last ACS development to be used in Cycle 11. Below is the list of addressed tickets.

Summary of Changes

Python 3.12 along with PyEnv v2.3.28 and PyEnv-VirtualEnv support
- Logging modified to comply with Python 3.12
- Tests compatible with unittest in Python 3.12
Security upgrades for xalan and serializer to 2.7.3
Small design change in logging statistics classes
Castor to use java regular expression library (oro dependency is no longer needed)
Added SHMEM library for BulkDataNT QoS configuration
XMLDoc attributes in CDB/RDB appear in alma branch instead of MACI/Components

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