diff --git a/org.eclipse.xtext.full.releng/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.xtext.full.releng/pom.xml
index bb858714b42..bacbfa29984 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.xtext.full.releng/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.xtext.full.releng/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 		<module>..</module>
 		<module>../org.eclipse.xtext.nodeploy.parent</module>
 		<module>../org.eclipse.xtext.dev-bom</module>
+		<module>../org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil</module>
 		<module>../org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.lib</module>
 		<module>../org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.lib.gwt</module>
 		<module>../org.eclipse.xtend.lib.macro</module>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/.classpath b/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/.classpath
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c5932f42c7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/.classpath
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<classpath>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-17">
+		<attributes>
+			<attribute name="module" value="true"/>
+		</attributes>
+	</classpathentry>
+	<classpathentry kind="src" path="src"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.pde.core.requiredPlugins"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="output" path="bin"/>
+</classpath>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/.project b/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/.project
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a47c57c06a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/.project
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<projectDescription>
+	<name>org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil</name>
+	<comment></comment>
+	<projects>
+	</projects>
+	<buildSpec>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.pde.ManifestBuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.pde.SchemaBuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+	</buildSpec>
+	<natures>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.pde.PluginNature</nature>
+	</natures>
+</projectDescription>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs b/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..370ae2c6983
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+encoding/<project>=ISO-8859-1
diff --git a/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..20cc7b58804
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=17
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=17
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.assertIdentifier=error
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.enablePreviewFeatures=disabled
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.enumIdentifier=error
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.forbiddenReference=warning
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.reportPreviewFeatures=warning
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.release=enabled
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=17
diff --git a/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.launching.prefs b/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.launching.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..96809758d22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.launching.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#Wed Aug 12 21:10:17 CEST 2009
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+org.eclipse.jdt.launching.PREF_STRICTLY_COMPATIBLE_JRE_NOT_AVAILABLE=ignore
diff --git a/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs b/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..65b769d0071
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+cleanup.add_default_serial_version_id=true
+cleanup.add_generated_serial_version_id=false
+cleanup.add_missing_annotations=true
+cleanup.add_missing_deprecated_annotations=true
+cleanup.add_missing_methods=false
+cleanup.add_missing_nls_tags=false
+cleanup.add_missing_override_annotations=true
+cleanup.add_serial_version_id=true
+cleanup.always_use_blocks=true
+cleanup.always_use_parentheses_in_expressions=false
+cleanup.always_use_this_for_non_static_field_access=false
+cleanup.always_use_this_for_non_static_method_access=false
+cleanup.convert_to_enhanced_for_loop=false
+cleanup.correct_indentation=false
+cleanup.format_source_code=false
+cleanup.format_source_code_changes_only=false
+cleanup.make_local_variable_final=true
+cleanup.make_parameters_final=false
+cleanup.make_private_fields_final=true
+cleanup.make_type_abstract_if_missing_method=false
+cleanup.make_variable_declarations_final=false
+cleanup.never_use_blocks=false
+cleanup.never_use_parentheses_in_expressions=true
+cleanup.organize_imports=false
+cleanup.qualify_static_field_accesses_with_declaring_class=false
+cleanup.qualify_static_member_accesses_through_instances_with_declaring_class=true
+cleanup.qualify_static_member_accesses_through_subtypes_with_declaring_class=true
+cleanup.qualify_static_member_accesses_with_declaring_class=true
+cleanup.qualify_static_method_accesses_with_declaring_class=false
+cleanup.remove_private_constructors=true
+cleanup.remove_trailing_whitespaces=true
+cleanup.remove_trailing_whitespaces_all=true
+cleanup.remove_trailing_whitespaces_ignore_empty=false
+cleanup.remove_unnecessary_casts=true
+cleanup.remove_unnecessary_nls_tags=true
+cleanup.remove_unused_imports=false
+cleanup.remove_unused_local_variables=false
+cleanup.remove_unused_private_fields=true
+cleanup.remove_unused_private_members=false
+cleanup.remove_unused_private_methods=true
+cleanup.remove_unused_private_types=true
+cleanup.sort_members=false
+cleanup.sort_members_all=false
+cleanup.use_blocks=false
+cleanup.use_blocks_only_for_return_and_throw=false
+cleanup.use_parentheses_in_expressions=false
+cleanup.use_this_for_non_static_field_access=false
+cleanup.use_this_for_non_static_field_access_only_if_necessary=true
+cleanup.use_this_for_non_static_method_access=false
+cleanup.use_this_for_non_static_method_access_only_if_necessary=true
+cleanup_profile=_Xtext
+cleanup_settings_version=2
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+editor_save_participant_org.eclipse.jdt.ui.postsavelistener.cleanup=true
+formatter_profile=_'Xtext'
+formatter_settings_version=11
+org.eclipse.jdt.ui.exception.name=e
+org.eclipse.jdt.ui.gettersetter.use.is=true
+org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ignorelowercasenames=true
+org.eclipse.jdt.ui.importorder=java;javax;org;com;
+org.eclipse.jdt.ui.javadoc=true
+org.eclipse.jdt.ui.keywordthis=false
+org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ondemandthreshold=99
+org.eclipse.jdt.ui.overrideannotation=true
+org.eclipse.jdt.ui.staticondemandthreshold=1
+org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.custom_code_templates=<?xml version\="1.0" encoding\="UTF-8" standalone\="no"?><templates><template autoinsert\="false" context\="gettercomment_context" deleted\="false" description\="Comment for getter method" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.gettercomment" name\="gettercomment"/><template autoinsert\="false" context\="settercomment_context" deleted\="false" description\="Comment for setter method" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.settercomment" name\="settercomment"/><template autoinsert\="false" context\="constructorcomment_context" deleted\="false" description\="Comment for created constructors" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.constructorcomment" name\="constructorcomment"/><template autoinsert\="false" context\="filecomment_context" deleted\="false" description\="Comment for created Java files" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.filecomment" 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+sp_cleanup.add_default_serial_version_id=true
+sp_cleanup.add_generated_serial_version_id=false
+sp_cleanup.add_missing_annotations=true
+sp_cleanup.add_missing_deprecated_annotations=true
+sp_cleanup.add_missing_methods=false
+sp_cleanup.add_missing_nls_tags=false
+sp_cleanup.add_missing_override_annotations=true
+sp_cleanup.add_serial_version_id=false
+sp_cleanup.always_use_blocks=true
+sp_cleanup.always_use_parentheses_in_expressions=false
+sp_cleanup.always_use_this_for_non_static_field_access=false
+sp_cleanup.always_use_this_for_non_static_method_access=false
+sp_cleanup.convert_to_enhanced_for_loop=false
+sp_cleanup.correct_indentation=false
+sp_cleanup.format_source_code=false
+sp_cleanup.format_source_code_changes_only=false
+sp_cleanup.make_local_variable_final=false
+sp_cleanup.make_parameters_final=false
+sp_cleanup.make_private_fields_final=true
+sp_cleanup.make_type_abstract_if_missing_method=false
+sp_cleanup.make_variable_declarations_final=false
+sp_cleanup.never_use_blocks=false
+sp_cleanup.never_use_parentheses_in_expressions=true
+sp_cleanup.on_save_use_additional_actions=true
+sp_cleanup.organize_imports=false
+sp_cleanup.qualify_static_field_accesses_with_declaring_class=false
+sp_cleanup.qualify_static_member_accesses_through_instances_with_declaring_class=true
+sp_cleanup.qualify_static_member_accesses_through_subtypes_with_declaring_class=true
+sp_cleanup.qualify_static_member_accesses_with_declaring_class=false
+sp_cleanup.qualify_static_method_accesses_with_declaring_class=false
+sp_cleanup.remove_private_constructors=true
+sp_cleanup.remove_trailing_whitespaces=false
+sp_cleanup.remove_trailing_whitespaces_all=true
+sp_cleanup.remove_trailing_whitespaces_ignore_empty=false
+sp_cleanup.remove_unnecessary_casts=true
+sp_cleanup.remove_unnecessary_nls_tags=false
+sp_cleanup.remove_unused_imports=false
+sp_cleanup.remove_unused_local_variables=false
+sp_cleanup.remove_unused_private_fields=true
+sp_cleanup.remove_unused_private_members=false
+sp_cleanup.remove_unused_private_methods=true
+sp_cleanup.remove_unused_private_types=true
+sp_cleanup.sort_members=false
+sp_cleanup.sort_members_all=false
+sp_cleanup.use_blocks=false
+sp_cleanup.use_blocks_only_for_return_and_throw=false
+sp_cleanup.use_parentheses_in_expressions=false
+sp_cleanup.use_this_for_non_static_field_access=false
+sp_cleanup.use_this_for_non_static_field_access_only_if_necessary=true
+sp_cleanup.use_this_for_non_static_method_access=false
+sp_cleanup.use_this_for_non_static_method_access_only_if_necessary=true
diff --git a/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs b/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f897a7f1cb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+activeProfiles=
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+resolveWorkspaceProjects=true
+version=1
diff --git a/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/.settings/org.eclipse.pde.prefs b/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/.settings/org.eclipse.pde.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2bd5814c381
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/.settings/org.eclipse.pde.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#Wed Aug 12 21:14:13 CEST 2009
+compilers.f.unresolved-features=1
+compilers.f.unresolved-plugins=1
+compilers.incompatible-environment=1
+compilers.p.build=1
+compilers.p.deprecated=1
+compilers.p.discouraged-class=1
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+compilers.p.missing-packages=2
+compilers.p.missing-version-export-package=2
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+compilers.p.missing-version-require-bundle=2
+compilers.p.no-required-att=0
+compilers.p.not-externalized-att=2
+compilers.p.unknown-attribute=1
+compilers.p.unknown-class=1
+compilers.p.unknown-element=1
+compilers.p.unknown-identifier=1
+compilers.p.unknown-resource=1
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+compilers.p.unresolved-import=0
+compilers.s.create-docs=false
+compilers.s.doc-folder=doc
+compilers.s.open-tags=1
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
diff --git a/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/.settings/org.eclipse.xtend.core.Xtend.prefs b/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/.settings/org.eclipse.xtend.core.Xtend.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..be47f9e9551
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/.settings/org.eclipse.xtend.core.Xtend.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+BuilderConfiguration.is_project_specific=true
+autobuilding=true
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+generateGeneratedAnnotation=false
+generateSuppressWarnings=true
+generatedAnnotationComment=
+includeDateInGenerated=false
+outlet.DEFAULT_OUTPUT.cleanDirectory=false
+outlet.DEFAULT_OUTPUT.cleanupDerived=true
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+outlet.DEFAULT_OUTPUT.derived=true
+outlet.DEFAULT_OUTPUT.directory=xtend-gen
+outlet.DEFAULT_OUTPUT.hideLocalSyntheticVariables=true
+outlet.DEFAULT_OUTPUT.installDslAsPrimarySource=false
+outlet.DEFAULT_OUTPUT.keepLocalHistory=false
+outlet.DEFAULT_OUTPUT.override=true
+outlet.DEFAULT_OUTPUT.sourceFolder.src.directory=
+outlet.DEFAULT_OUTPUT.sourceFolder.src.ignore=
+outlet.DEFAULT_OUTPUT.sourceFolder.xtend-gen.directory=
+outlet.DEFAULT_OUTPUT.sourceFolder.xtend-gen.ignore=
+outlet.DEFAULT_OUTPUT.userOutputPerSourceFolder=
diff --git a/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..875eefb49e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Manifest-Version: 1.0
+Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
+Bundle-Name: Xtext Releng Utility
+Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil
+Bundle-Version: 2.38.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse Xtext
+Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-17
+Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.xtext.util;bundle-version="2.38.0",
+ org.eclipse.m2e.maven.runtime;bundle-version="3.9.600"
+Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil
+Eclipse-SourceReferences: eclipseSourceReferences
diff --git a/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/about.html b/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/about.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..164f781a8fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/about.html
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
+    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
+<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
+<head>
+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" />
+<title>About</title>
+</head>
+<body lang="EN-US">
+	<h2>About This Content</h2>
+
+	<p>November 30, 2017</p>
+	<h3>License</h3>
+
+	<p>
+		The Eclipse Foundation makes available all content in this plug-in
+		(&quot;Content&quot;). Unless otherwise indicated below, the Content
+		is provided to you under the terms and conditions of the Eclipse
+		Public License Version 2.0 (&quot;EPL&quot;). A copy of the EPL is
+		available at <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0">http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0</a>.
+		For purposes of the EPL, &quot;Program&quot; will mean the Content.
+	</p>
+
+	<p>
+		If you did not receive this Content directly from the Eclipse
+		Foundation, the Content is being redistributed by another party
+		(&quot;Redistributor&quot;) and different terms and conditions may
+		apply to your use of any object code in the Content. Check the
+		Redistributor's license that was provided with the Content. If no such
+		license exists, contact the Redistributor. Unless otherwise indicated
+		below, the terms and conditions of the EPL still apply to any source
+		code in the Content and such source code may be obtained at <a
+			href="http://www.eclipse.org/">http://www.eclipse.org</a>.
+	</p>
+
+</body>
+</html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/build.properties b/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/build.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..edcdfad326b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/build.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+bin.includes = .,\
+               META-INF/,\
+               about.html
+source.. = src/
+src.includes = about.html
diff --git a/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e41fa9aed32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>org.eclipse.xtext</groupId>
+		<artifactId>org.eclipse.xtext.nodeploy.parent</artifactId>
+		<version>2.38.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<relativePath>../org.eclipse.xtext.nodeploy.parent</relativePath>
+	</parent>
+	<artifactId>org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil</artifactId>
+	<packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
+
+	<name>Xtext Release Engineering Utilities</name>
+	<description>Utilities to perform maintenance work in Xtext.</description>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/org.eclipse.xtext.util/scripts/org/eclipse/xtext/util/BumpVersions.java b/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/src/org/eclipse/xtext/relengutil/BumpVersions.java
similarity index 99%
rename from org.eclipse.xtext.util/scripts/org/eclipse/xtext/util/BumpVersions.java
rename to org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/src/org/eclipse/xtext/relengutil/BumpVersions.java
index ca0367d3f55..91bd20eaabe 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.xtext.util/scripts/org/eclipse/xtext/util/BumpVersions.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil/src/org/eclipse/xtext/relengutil/BumpVersions.java
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * 
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
  *******************************************************************************/
-package org.eclipse.xtext.util;
+package org.eclipse.xtext.relengutil;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.apache.maven.model.interpolation.DefaultModelVersionProcessor;
 import org.apache.maven.model.interpolation.StringVisitorModelInterpolator;
 import org.apache.maven.model.io.xpp3.MavenXpp3Reader;
+import org.eclipse.xtext.util.MergeableManifest2;
 import org.eclipse.xtext.util.MergeableManifest2.BundleOrPackage;
 import org.eclipse.xtext.util.MergeableManifest2.BundleOrPackageList;
 
diff --git a/org.eclipse.xtext.util/.classpath b/org.eclipse.xtext.util/.classpath
index 2b7013fff54..7e325f566aa 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.xtext.util/.classpath
+++ b/org.eclipse.xtext.util/.classpath
@@ -7,6 +7,5 @@
 	</classpathentry>
 	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.pde.core.requiredPlugins"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="src" path="src/"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="src" path="scripts"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
 </classpath>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.xtext.util/build.properties b/org.eclipse.xtext.util/build.properties
index c70d829bef1..8ef6e6b46bc 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.xtext.util/build.properties
+++ b/org.eclipse.xtext.util/build.properties
@@ -4,6 +4,3 @@ bin.includes = .,\
                about.html
 source.. = src/
 src.includes = about.html
-src.excludes = scripts/
-bin.excludes = scripts/
-additional.bundles = org.eclipse.m2e.maven.runtime
diff --git a/org.eclipse.xtext.util/src/org/eclipse/xtext/util/MergeableManifest2.java b/org.eclipse.xtext.util/src/org/eclipse/xtext/util/MergeableManifest2.java
index 30f7672e1af..300e082a9b8 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.xtext.util/src/org/eclipse/xtext/util/MergeableManifest2.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.xtext.util/src/org/eclipse/xtext/util/MergeableManifest2.java
@@ -432,7 +432,10 @@ public void setLineDelimiter(String lineDelimeter) {
 		this.emptyEntryPattern = newEmptyLinePattern();
 	}
 	
-	String getLineDelimiter() {
+	/**
+	 * @since 2.38
+	 */
+	public String getLineDelimiter() {
 		return newline;
 	}
 
@@ -691,7 +694,10 @@ public boolean equals(Object obj) {
 
 	}
 
-	static class BundleOrPackageList {
+	/**
+	 * @since 2.38
+	 */
+	public static class BundleOrPackageList {
 
 		private final List<BundleOrPackage> list;
 		private final String newline;
@@ -703,7 +709,7 @@ public BundleOrPackageList(List<BundleOrPackage> list, String newline, String ve
 			this.versionString = versionString;
 		}
 
-		static BundleOrPackageList fromInput(String input, String newline, String versionString) {
+		public static BundleOrPackageList fromInput(String input, String newline, String versionString) {
 			if (input.isEmpty())
 				return new BundleOrPackageList(new ArrayList<>(), newline, versionString);
 			return new BundleOrPackageList(splitAtCharHonorQuoting(input, ',').stream().map(s -> BundleOrPackage.fromInput(s))
@@ -761,7 +767,10 @@ public String toString() {
 
 	}
 
-	static class BundleOrPackage {
+	/**
+	 * @since 2.38
+	 */
+	public static class BundleOrPackage {
 		private final String input;
 		private final List<String> split;