Use a Gradle version catalog for dependency versions #2968

[IRus]

1. Moved all versions from gradle.properties into version catalog
2. Updated build files and TestConfig to use version catalog

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[jaschdoc]

Hey @IRus, thank you for the PR! This is really helpful. However, it's a little error-prone to do in one go, so do you think you would be able to split the PR into smaller PRs where we move at most 5 dependencies into the catalog at a time? That way it's much easier to confirm that it's correct.

[IRus]

@jaschdoc Sure thing, maybe do migration module-by-module? Starting with less critical

[jaschdoc]

Sounds good!

[jaschdoc]

I will close this PR for now :)