[GR-53394] Fix spurious validation error for MavenProject.

PullRequest: mx/1786

src/mx/_impl/mavenproject.py

@@ -274,7 +274,12 @@ def get_section(element: ET.Element, path: str, errorstr=None):
             return result
 
         match_not_empty(parsed_pom, "url", self.suite.url, "include suite url")
-        match_not_empty(parsed_pom, "description", getattr(self.suite, "description", ""), "suite description")
+        match_not_empty(
+            parsed_pom,
+            "description",
+            getattr(self, "description", getattr(self.suite, "description", "")),
+            "suite description",
+        )
         if devs := get_section(parsed_pom, "developers"):
             if dev := get_section(devs, "developer"):
                 for attr in ["name", "email", "organization"]:
@@ -285,7 +290,7 @@ def get_section(element: ET.Element, path: str, errorstr=None):
             if not licenses:
                 cb(f"Generated POM for {self} does not include licenses")
             expected_licenses: List[mx.License] = cast(List[mx.License], list(self.theLicense))
-            if len(licenses) != expected_licenses:
+            if len(licenses) != len(expected_licenses):
                 cb(f"Generated POM for {self} has different licenses than suite")
             for pl in licenses:
                 for l in expected_licenses:

src/mx/_impl/mx.py

@@ -18147,7 +18147,7 @@ def alarm_handler(signum, frame):
 _CACHE_DIR = get_env('MX_CACHE_DIR', join(dot_mx_dir(), 'cache'))
 
 # The version must be updated for every PR (checked in CI) and the comment should reflect the PR's issue
-version = VersionSpec("7.22.2")  # [GR-51382] Replace maxrss in favor of rsspercentiles as the default tracker
+version = VersionSpec("7.22.3")  # [GR-53394] Fix spurious validation error for MavenProject.
 
 _mx_start_datetime = datetime.utcnow()