maven: implement replaces-base to avoid calling central #5908
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It's often the case with proxy-style registries that users do not want Dependabot to try to reach Maven Central.
With this PR I've implemented the "replaces-base" functionality first used in the Python ecosystem. This means the registry with that setting will be used everywhere that Maven Central was used previously by Dependabot.
The order by which Dependabot chooses to query will still be the order the registries appear in dependabot.yml. I think this makes more sense that making the "replaces-base" registry go last as it mirrors what the Maven executable would do with a settings.xml present with the dependabot.yml registries defined, overwriting central by ID.