Github ci (backport)

.github/workflows/ci.yml

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+name: ci
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [master,releases/1.6.x]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "**/*.md"
+      - "docs/**"
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "**/*.md"
+      - "docs/**"
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        java: [ '8', '11', '17' ]
+    name: Java ${{ matrix.Java }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Setup java
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          distribution: 'zulu'
+          java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
+          cache: 'maven'
+      - name: Build with Maven
+        # See https://maven.apache.org/ref/3.8.6/maven-embedder/cli.html
+        run: mvn --batch-mode -V --fail-at-end --errors install