2.6.0

Major Updates

• [feat] Add shared extension build support
• [feat] Add extension support: brotli, memcached(linux),xz,xlswriter(windows),spx(zts build),lz4
• [feat] Add extension feature: http/3 support to curl
• [feat] Add craft.yml and bin/spc craft build command
• [bugfix] Fix extension and library build bugs:
  • Fix postgresql macOS 15.4 build bug
  • Fix attr and libacl build bug
  • Fix xlswriter for Windows build bug
  • Fix xslt for unix build bug

Framework major updates:

• Refactor all unix build shell, use Executor instead
• Add alt download for Downloader

What's Changed (PR)

• Allow CI build to be called by other worklows by @yoramdelangen in #698
• Fix postgresql macOS 15.4 build bug by @crazywhalecc in #705
• rename SPC_RETRY_TIME to SPC_DOWNLOAD_RETRIES to clear up what it's doing sleep 5 seconds between retries by @henderkes in #707
• Add alt download for Downloader by @crazywhalecc in #706
• Fix pack lib command with wrong compression by @crazywhalecc in #710
• Fix ghrel download link, use API directly by @crazywhalecc in #711
• Add xlswriter extension windows support by @crazywhalecc in #712
• fix attr and acl build without autogen.sh (if we don't download from git by @henderkes in #718
• Fix windows xlswriter duplicate md5 symbol bug by @crazywhalecc in #719
• Fix/xslt by @henderkes in #723
• Add build from config support (craft command) by @crazywhalecc in #713
• Fix GHA token missing bug by @crazywhalecc in #731
• update ext-spx (support zts builds) by @henderkes in #721
• Fix CraftCommand ignoring build-options during build by @vworldat in #733
• force curl to respect SSL_CERT_FILE by @henderkes in #739
• force minimum version 3.5 for cmake policies in freetype by @henderkes in #741
• add lz4 extension by @henderkes in #745
• -release (soname) compilation support for linux shared embed by @henderkes in #746
• Feature: add http/3 support to curl. by @henderkes in #743
• fix ngtcp2 with openssl on glibc <= 2.17 by @henderkes in #747
• simplify makeAutoConfArgs, fix macOS differences by @henderkes in #748
• Feat: UnixCMakeExecutor by @crazywhalecc in #750
• Trigger tests by @crazywhalecc in #752
• Extract default build env to unix shell by @crazywhalecc in #751
• Use tar gzip for windows by @crazywhalecc in #753
• Feat/autoconf executor by @crazywhalecc in #754
• Fix PIC errors when building libphp.so | extensive extension building rework by @henderkes in #726
• Better exception by @lyrixx in #760
• update documentation for glibc by @henderkes in #763
• Update version to 2.6.0 by @crazywhalecc in #762

New Contributors

• @vworldat made their first contribution in #733
• @lyrixx made their first contribution in #760

Full Changelog: 2.5.2...2.6.0