prepare 5.42.0 release

Author: fglock

MILESTONES.md

@@ -9,6 +9,31 @@
 
 ## Completed Milestones
 
+- **v5.42.0**: 100k Tests Passed, Tie Support, and Total Compatibility
+  - Add `tie`, `tied`, `untie` operators.
+  - Add all `tie` types: scalar, array, hash, and handle.
+  - Add operators: `sysread`, `syswrite`, `kill`, `utime`, `chown`, `waitpid`, `umask`, `readlink`, `link`, `symlink`, `rename`.
+  - Add modules: `XSLoader`, `Encode`,`Config`, `Errno`, `Tie::Scalar`, `Tie::Array`, `Tie::Hash`, `Tie::Handle`, `Perl::OSType`, `Env`, `MIME::Base64`, `MIME::QuotedPrint`, `Digest::SHA`, `Digest::MD5`, `Digest`.
+  - Add key-value slices: `%c{"1", "3"}`.
+  - Add special variable: `$^X`.
+  - Add `W`, `H`, `F`, `h`, `c`, `u`, `C0`, `U0` formats to `pack`, `unpack`.
+  - Add dualvar.
+  - Add `DATA` file handle.
+  - Add Indirect method call.
+  - Add regex variables: `${^PREMATCH}`, `${^MATCH}`, `${^POSTMATCH}`.
+  - Add regex operators: `\N` not-newline, `\b{gcb}`, `\B{gcb}` boundary assertions.
+  - Add regex properties supported by Perl but missing in Java regex.
+  - Add command line switches: `-w`, `-W`, `-X`.
+  - Process `\L`, `\U`, `\l`, `\u` in regex.
+  - `Test::More` `skip` works.
+  - UTF-16 is accepted in source code.
+  - Add support for `pmc` files.
+  - Bugfix: methods can be called in all blessed reference types.
+  - Bugfix: more robust `sprintf` formatting.
+  - Bugfix: string constants can be larger than 64k.
+  - Bugfix: fixed foreach loops with global variables.
+
+
 - **v3.1.0**: Tracks Perl 5.42.0
   - Update Perl version to `5.42.0`.
   - Added features: `keyword_all`, `keyword_any`
@@ -272,29 +297,8 @@ The following areas are currently under active development to enhance the functi
 
 ## Upcoming Milestones
 
-- **v3.2.0**: Next minor version
-  - Add `tie`, `tied`, `untie` operators.
-  - Add all `tie` types: scalar, array, hash, and handle.
-  - Add operators: `sysread`, `syswrite`, `kill`, `utime`, `chown`, `waitpid`, `umask`, `readlink`, `link`, `symlink`, `rename`.
-  - Add modules: `XSLoader`, `Encode`,`Config`, `Errno`, `Tie::Scalar`, `Tie::Array`, `Tie::Hash`, `Tie::Handle`, `Perl::OSType`, `Env`, `MIME::Base64`, `MIME::QuotedPrint`, `Digest::SHA`, `Digest::MD5`, `Digest`.
-  - Add key-value slices: `%c{"1", "3"}`.
-  - Add special variable: `$^X`.
-  - Add `W`, `H`, `F`, `h`, `c`, `u`, `C0`, `U0` formats to `pack`, `unpack`.
-  - Add dualvar.
-  - Add `DATA` file handle.
-  - Add Indirect method call.
-  - Add regex variables: `${^PREMATCH}`, `${^MATCH}`, `${^POSTMATCH}`.
-  - Add regex operators: `\N` not-newline, `\b{gcb}`, `\B{gcb}` boundary assertions.
-  - Add regex properties supported by Perl but missing in Java regex.
-  - Add command line switches: `-w`, `-W`, `-X`.
-  - Process `\L`, `\U`, `\l`, `\u` in regex.
-  - `Test::More` `skip` works.
-  - UTF-16 is accepted in source code.
-  - Add support for `pmc` files.
-  - Bugfix: methods can be called in all blessed reference types.
-  - Bugfix: more robust `sprintf` formatting.
-  - Bugfix: string constants can be larger than 64k.
-  - Bugfix: fixed foreach loops with global variables.
+- **v5.42.1**: Next minor version
+
   - Planned release date: 2025-12-10.
 
 - Work in Progress

build.gradle

@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ plugins {
     // Plugin for checking dependency updates
     id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.52.0'
     // Plugin for automatically updating dependencies
-    id 'se.patrikerdes.use-latest-versions' version '0.2.18'
+    id 'se.patrikerdes.use-latest-versions' version '0.2.19'
     id 'application'
     // Plugin for creating OS packages (deb)
-    id 'com.netflix.nebula.ospackage' version '12.0.0'
+    id 'com.netflix.nebula.ospackage' version '12.1.0'
     // Plugin for creating fat/uber JARs
     id 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow' version '8.1.1'
 }
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'org.ow2.asm:asm:9.8'                           // ByteCode manipulation
     implementation 'org.ow2.asm:asm-util:9.8'                     // ASM utilities
     implementation 'com.ibm.icu:icu4j:77.1'                       // Unicode support
-    implementation 'com.alibaba.fastjson2:fastjson2:2.0.57'       // JSON processing
+    implementation 'com.alibaba.fastjson2:fastjson2:2.0.58'       // JSON processing
     implementation 'org.snakeyaml:snakeyaml-engine:2.10'           // YAML processing
-    implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-csv:1.14.0'          // CSV processing
+    implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-csv:1.14.1'          // CSV processing
     implementation 'net.java.dev.jna:jna:5.17.0'                   // Native access
     implementation 'net.java.dev.jna:jna-platform:5.17.0'          // Native access
 

pom.xml

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.alibaba.fastjson2</groupId>
             <artifactId>fastjson2</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.57.android8</version>
+            <version>2.0.58.android8</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.snakeyaml</groupId>
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-csv</artifactId>
-            <version>1.14.0</version>
+            <version>1.14.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.java.dev.jna</groupId>

src/main/perl/lib/Config.pm

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ $os_name =~ s/\s+/_/g;
     osvers => $os_version,
 
     # PerlOnJava specific
-    perlonjava => '3.0.0',
+    perlonjava => '5.42.0',
     java_version => $java_version,
     java_vendor => $java_vendor,
     java_home => $java_home,