Release Notes for ABCL 1.6.1

Compatiblity

ABCL 1.6.1 supports building and running on openjdk6, openjdk7, openjdk8, openjdk11, openjdk13, and openjdk14.

[r15223] Fix compiler for java.lang.VerifyError with PROGN (somewhat-functional-programmer)
[r15250] ABCL now builds and runs across openjdk{6,7,8,11,13,14}
[r15256] Build autoconfiguration via ci/create-build-properties.bash
[r15252] Provide accessor in URL-STREAM for underlying java.io.InputStream
[r15226] [INCOMPLETE] Address problems with DECODE-FLOAT (Robert Dodier)

[r15229] Maven central repository now requires TLS
[r15242] jstatic: check narrowing for explicit method reference
[r15232] [r15233] [r15241] Reworking DWIM on java call sites The FFI will now find Java call sites whose types are Short or Byte with integers if they can be narrowed without losing information. This work should be considered provisional, subject to possible revision.
[r15234] Fix calling Java methods with varargs parameters
[r15233] Fix calling Java methods with short and byte parameters
[r15231] abcl-build: test the install of maven-3.6.3
[r15238] build: ensure javac compiles with UTF-8 encoding
[r15243] abcl-asdf: rework Maven usage strategy
[r15245] abcl-asdf: use WITH-AETHER macro to ensure Maven Aether is loaded
[r15251] abcl-asdf: assume that either 'which' or 'where' works

These changes may be viewed directly at CHANGES.