Gradle 8.7 Released

- Embedded Kotlin upgrade to 1.9.22
- Java 22 support

Total 81 issues fixed

gradle wrapper --gradle-version 8.7 \
               --distribution-type bin \
               --gradle-distribution-sha256-sum 544c35d6bd849ae8a5ed0bcea39ba677dc40f49df7d1835561582da2009b961d

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First issue of Kotlin Magazine 🔥️️️️️️

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It's never too late to consider updating projects to version 2.0.0-RC1 and conducting tests.

https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin/releases/tag/v2.0.0-RC1
https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issues/KT

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Kotlin 2.0.10-RC (Bugfixes for 2.0.0)

https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin/releases/tag/v2.0.10-RC

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Kotlin 2.0.10

https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin/releases/tag/v2.0.10

Kotlin 2.0.20-RC Released

The Kotlin 2.0.20-RC brings a range of new features, enhancements, and deprecations as Kotlin continues to evolve toward the full 2.0 release. Key updates include:

- Data Class Copy Function Visibility: The .copy() function in data classes will now have the same visibility as the constructor, with migration warnings introduced.
- Context Receivers: Gradual deprecation of context receivers, which will be replaced by context parameters in future releases.
- Kotlin Multiplatform: Static accessors for source sets are now available, improving IDE experience and usability.
- Kotlin/Native: Experimental support for concurrent marking in the garbage collector, aimed at reducing GC pause times.
- Kotlin/Wasm: Migration from default to named exports, with warnings now upgraded to errors.
- Compose Compiler: Various improvements, including the default enablement of strong skipping mode for better performance and stability.

GitHub Changelog
Kotlinlang.org: What's new in Kotlin 2.0.20-RC

Context Receivers → Context Parameters migration plan:

Kotlin 2.0.20 – new warning in build introduced: CONTEXT_RECEIVERS_DEPRECATED, with -Werror we have to manually suppress it for each file
Kotlin 2.1.0 – Disable warning globally https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-8087 freeCompilerArgs.add("-Xsuppress-warning=CONTEXT_RECEIVERS_DEPRECATED”)
Kotlin 2.1.20 – Removing Context Receivers from compiler
Kotlin 2.2.0 – Context Parameters introduced behind flag https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-67119

Plan for people heavily using Context Receivers, and don’t want to refactor out them completely:

1. Stay on Kotlin 2.0.1x until 2.1.0 released
2. Migrate to 2.1.0 up to 2.1.1x
2. Migrate to 2.2.0

Kotlin 2.0.20-RC2 Released with a bunch of fixes, try now!