Update CI workflow to allow lint step to continue on error and adjust…

… job dependencies

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     name: lint
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04  # newest available distribution, aka noble
     if: "!contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'maven-release-plugin')"
+    continue-on-error: true  # Allow the pipeline to continue even if lint fails
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -33,7 +34,6 @@ jobs:
           build-bin/lint
 
   build:
-    needs: lint
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     if: "!contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'maven-release-plugin')"
     steps:
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
           build-bin/maven/maven_build -DskipTests
 
   test:
-    needs: build
+    needs: build  # Only depends on build now, not lint
     name: test (JDK ${{ matrix.java_version }})
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04  # newest available distribution, aka noble
     # skip commits made by the release plugin