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changelog-3.0.0.md

New Features

  • New ringo-admin tool, deprecated rp.
  • Rhino 1.7.14 with improved JavaScript support:
    • Native Promise
    • Template Literals
    • Short-hand Property Names
    • Object.values / Object.entries / Object.fromEntries
    • Exponential Operator
    • JSON Superset
    • globalThis
  • Java 11 and 17 Compatibility.

Core Modules

  • Updated to Log4j 2 in ringo/logging.
  • Changed binary.toByteString(), see #431
  • Added fs.getAttributes().
  • Added engine.loadJars().

What's Changed

  • New logging configurations following the Log4j update.
  • Switched to Gradle as build tool.
  • Modernized Ringo's core modules, e.g. using let and const.
  • Drops the Security Manager support due deprecation by Java.
  • Various shell autocompletion and suggestion fixes.
  • Adapted to Java 9+ class loading.
  • Dropped Debian package support.

Security

  • Secured Log4j2, see CVE-2021-44228.
  • Updated to latest Jetty 9 LTS.
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