[HUDI-8066] cherry pick Flink 1.18 into 0.14.2#11780

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danny0405 merged 4 commits intoapache:release-0.14.2from HuangZhenQiu:HUDI-8066-cherry-pick-flink1.18

Sep 18, 2024

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Commits on Aug 15, 2024

[HUDI-6993] Support Flink 1.18 (apache#9949 )

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Commits on Aug 22, 2024

[HUDI-7173] Fix hudi-on-flink read issues involving schema evolution and decimal types (apache#10247 )

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Commits on Aug 29, 2024

change back to 0.14.2-SNAPSHOT
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Commits on Sep 17, 2024

[HUDI-8067] Use exec to run the IT (apache#11751 )

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