4.14.0

• Milestone 4.14.0
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What's Changed

• BIRT now requires Java 17 or higher
• Removed old Maven build log by @Mailaender in #1232
• Added image data URL handling to the excel cell content handler (#1237) by @speckyspooky in #1239
• Fix Birt Viewer Frameset inside a Iframe by @vpease in #1233
• Update ReportMultiBookPage.java by @wimjongman in #1250
• Enhancement to add new options of diagonals and antidiagonals #996 by @speckyspooky in #1224
• Change the default value for overflow to visible as CSS specs say and… by @hvbtup in #1262
• Background image with new option of dpi scaling and BIRT-properties #1255 by @speckyspooky in #1256
• Renewing of the PerfectHash values due to new properties of diagonal and antidiagonal #1224 by @speckyspooky in #1264
• Added missing comments of involved classes and solved eclipse warnings of type assignments (#1224) by @speckyspooky in #1271
• Removed "AccessController.doPrivileged()" marked as "deprecated for removal" (#1267) by @speckyspooky in #1290
• Update the library versions used of dependencies used by the build by @merks in #1291
• Provide shared launchers for all tests by @merks in #1296
• Improve the target platform with the latest dependencies by @merks in #1299
• Ensure that com.sun.el is available for report preview functionality by @merks in #1302
• Update pom, feature, and bundle versions to 4.14.0 by @merks in #1303
• BIRT-preview root-tag not correct initialized #1304 by @speckyspooky in #1305
• Use ${cbi-version} for eclipse-jarsigner-plugin by @merks in #1306
• Provide support for promotion via JustJ's p2 manager by @merks in #1309
• Conditionally disable test that fails running on centos by @merks in #1310
• Conditionally disable test that fails running on centos by @merks in #1311
• Update all the features to use the shared license feature by @merks in #1312
• Eliminate the blocking of signing by @merks in #1314
• Get rid of org.eclipse.birt.releng.util by @merks in #1316
• Issue 974 by @merks in #1317
• Ensure that all features can be installed in 2023-06 by @merks in #1324
• Improvement of the BIRT-viewer, small styling renew, fix issues on CSS-level #1307 by @speckyspooky in #1321
• Excel streaming xlsx option with new configuration UserProperty "ExcelEmitter.StreamingXlsx" #1322 by @speckyspooky in #1323
• Use an orbit legacy repo with PGP-signed content by @merks in #1325
• Reorder the repositories for the target by @merks in #1326
• Prepare the index.jsp for 4.14 and renew the styling #1329 by @speckyspooky in #1330
• Fix shy #1313 by @hvbtup in #1319
• Update the target platform for after the 4.28 release by @merks in #1336
• Include org.eclipse.birt.chart.osgi.runtime in birt-runtime-osgi by @merks in #1342
• For birt-runtime-osgi copy javax.xml.soap jar to the lib folder by @merks in #1347
• Copy more content into the lib folder of birt-runtime-osgi by @merks in #1349
• Added new images and fixed typo #1329 by @speckyspooky in #1345
• WebViewer, enhance parameter display options with date picker (#1356) by @speckyspooky in #1359
• Enhance parameter type radio dynamic (#1360) by @speckyspooky in #1361
• Update BIRT.product to use the latest Mylyn feature IDs by @merks in #1367
• Fix warnings and typos which was detected at #1356 and #1360 by @speckyspooky in #1364
• Fix prepared statement setNull() #1365 by @speckyspooky in #1371
• Fix align issue of "inline" elements (#1372) by @speckyspooky in #1373
• Improve the exception dialog of the birt viewer (#1378) by @speckyspooky in #1381
• Fix issue of NullPointerException on html-img-tag based on data-URL by @speckyspooky in #1383
• Enhancement to improve the svg-image-handling and the usage of data-url #1386 by @speckyspooky in #1387
• Fix eclipse warnings of missing comments and usage of raw types (#1386) by @speckyspooky in #1390
• Remove Mylyn features from product and regenerate the target platform by @merks in #1405
• Images with dimension unit percentage should be sized on the original (#1401) by @speckyspooky in #1406
• Update the setup to use a non-broken WTP repository by @merks in #1411
• Update the setup to use the repaired WTP latest release repository by @merks in #1413
• Remove Cassandra Scripted Data Source & the Hector PlugIn (#1418) by @speckyspooky in #1419
• Update Tidy.jar to 1.0.5 by @merks in #1422
• Added github action to clean up cached data and log data (#1425) by @speckyspooky in #1426
• Improved handling of space characters at file-url and svg-images base64-encoded (#1416) by @speckyspooky in #1417
• IPlatform:org.eclipse.birt.core.framework.Platform.platform is not in… by @94satya in #1429
• Fix issue with spudsoft auto filter to avoid cell range issue (#998) by @speckyspooky in #1431
• Excel, Spudsoft, Improvement of the list element handling (#1432) by @speckyspooky in #1433
• Remove ECF from products by @merks in #1439
• Fix variable mis-switch so that images will be displayed correctly (#1437) by @speckyspooky in #1438
• Fix of images handling of HTML embedded images which cause NullPointerException (#1436) by @speckyspooky in #1440
• Update the target platform to use newer dependencies. by @merks in #1444
• Remove copy of javax.xml.rpc by @merks in #1446
• Fix area line margin-top of first line after page break (#1443) by @speckyspooky in #1449
• Update toolchain to use Tycho 4.0.x and Maven 3.9.x #1458 by @claesrosell in #1459
• Replace deprecated actions in our CI workflow #1460 by @claesrosell in #1461
• java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError when starting WebViewer #1451 by @claesrosell in #1464
• Issue #1447 without osgi layer by @claesrosell in #1462
• org.eclipse.birt.promote fails on master builds #1470 by @claesrosell in #1471
• Fix excel-issue of removed row then remove also regsitered merge regions from sheet (#1455) by @speckyspooky in #1467
• Web-viewer of the HTML-preview crashed in dev #1466 by @claesrosell in #1473
• Improve the setup to generate a correct target platform by @merks in #1475
• Export packages with versions from the org.apache.axis bundle by @merks in #1476
• Use batik instead of flute for CSS parsing by @merks in #1481
• Fixes some UI strangeness in Birt Designer by @claesrosell in #1479
• Fix the font alias name to lower case handling (#1385) by @speckyspooky in #1485
• Enhance of the export viewer dialog to add the excel single sheet option (#645) by @speckyspooky in #1483
• Replace BIRT's axis copy with the new one from Orbit by @merks in #1490
• Add DENSE_RANK aggregate function by @claesrosell in #1484
• Update genReport.sh by @slhotellier in #1222
• Charts - inconsistent line thickness when imageDPI > 72 #1428 by @claesrosell in #1469
• PdfEmitter, Enhancement: Enable options to set the PDF/Version & archiving formats PDF/A (A1A & A1B) #1486 by @speckyspooky in #1487
• Regenerate the target platform after DataTools changes by @merks in #1493
• Fix excel issue to set the row height and column width of unit "px" correctly (#1496) by @speckyspooky in #1497
• Fixing different eclipse warnings (missing comments, unused parameters, static constants access) (#1486) by @speckyspooky in #1495
• Simplify/minimize the target platform by @merks in #1503

New Contributors

• @Mailaender made their first contribution in #1232
• @vpease made their first contribution in #1233
• @94satya made their first contribution in #1429
• @slhotellier made their first contribution in #1222

Full Changelog: 4.13.0...4.14.0