v4.2.1 | New Maven Repository, Replies, News Channels

With this release, we are addressing the sunset of the jcenter repository. (Read More)
We switched our release to a custom solution which is now hosted on https://m2.dv8tion.net/releases
See below in the Installation section for further details on the new repository.

Slash Commands, Stage Channels, and API v8 are going to be addressed in 4.3.0.

New Features

• Message Replies (#1408)
• RestAction#and and RestAction.allOf (#1320)
• News Channels and Crossposting (#1362)
• GuildMemberUpdateEvent (#1422)
• RoleTags (#1343)

You can check the full list of pull requests for more details:
4.2.1 Milestone

Thank you all for your contributions!

Deprecation

Detailed javadoc can be found in the deprecated tab of the docs

Installation

The release version is: 4.2.1_253

The latest version is:

Gradle

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
    maven {
        name 'm2-dv8tion'
        url 'https://m2.dv8tion.net/releases'
    }
}
dependencies {
    implementation("net.dv8tion:JDA:4.2.1_253")
}

Maven

<dependency>
    <groupId>net.dv8tion</groupId>
    <artifactId>JDA</artifactId>
    <version>4.2.1_253</version>
</dependency>
<repository>
    <id>dv8tion</id>
    <name>m2-dv8tion</name>
    <url>https://m2.dv8tion.net/releases</url>
</repository>