fix: update Tomcat 9.x Java version range to [8,)#35
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Tomcat 9.0.x supports Java 8 and later (no upper bound), but the dependencies.json declared a closed range [8,11). This caused IDEasy to reject Java 11+ when installing Tomcat 9.x, even though Tomcat officially supports all Java versions >= 8. Fixes devonfw/IDEasy#1804
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Summary
Updates the Java version range for Tomcat 9.x from
[8,11)to[8,)intomcat/tomcat/dependencies.json.According to the official Tomcat version table, Tomcat 9.0.x supports Java 8 and later — there is no upper bound. The current closed range
[8,11)incorrectly rejects Java 11+, causing IDEasy to refuse installing Tomcat 9.x on modern Java runtimes.Changes
versionRangefor the[9.0,10.0)Tomcat range from"[8,11)"to"[8,)"Testing
python3 -c "import json; json.load(...)"Fixes devonfw/IDEasy#1804