2.5.5 Patch release plan

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Backported

• Backport #2238 for 2.5.x Allow smart_date 3.7.0 to be used if PHP 8.0+ is available. #2242

Other

• Closes #2295: Update Drupal core to 9.4.12 (moderately critical security update). #2296
• Back to dev. (030326b)

Cherry-picked

• Closes #2195: Move Import Courses link to Quickstart section of admin menu. #2196 (7094c52)
• Update composer branch alias in preparation for 2.6.0 pre-release. #2218 (413cb79)
• Fixes #2277 Text Area, and Single Card paragraphs behavior settings migrating incorrectly. #2278 (4f1cdff)
• Fixes #2282 News, Event, Person external links do not migrate. #2283 (2660806)

Pick list

git cherry-pick 7094c52ce773acfe85f2fdf313aa550553e89f83
git cherry-pick 413cb799a0796c036faba0c12e6bae08d46b8127
git cherry-pick 4f1cdff71a2efe94cfbe6152b0bdd2360b4513cb
git cherry-pick 266080696c69744310fd83eac5a6928e162a494f

Release note snippet

- Fixes #2282 News, Event, Person external links do not migrate.
- Fixes #2277 Text Area, and Single Card paragraphs behavior settings migrating incorrectly. (#2278)
- Closes #2295: Update Drupal core to 9.4.12 (moderately critical security update). (#2296)
- Backport #2238 for 2.5.x Allow smart_date 3.7.0 to be used if PHP 8.0+ is available. (#2242)
- Closes #2195: Move Import Courses link to Quickstart section of admin menu. (#2196)
- Update composer branch alias in preparation for 2.6.0 pre-release.
- Back to dev.

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This is done
Project: https://github.com/orgs/az-digital/projects/16
Release https://github.com/az-digital/az_quickstart/releases/tag/2.5.5