v1.5.4

Hotfix release

Although Scala CLI 1.5.4 includes a few updates and improvements, it is primarily a hotfix release for versions 1.5.2 and 1.5.3, which due to technical limitations weren't available on some of our distribution channels.

Extra context:

• Scala CLI 1.5.2 release notes
• Scala CLI 1.5.3 release notes

The main list of enhancements and fixes is listed in the release notes for 1.5.2.

Support for Scala Native 0.5.6

This Scala CLI version switches the default Scala Native version to 0.5.6.

scala-cli -e 'println("Hello from Scala Native 0.5.6!")' --native
# Compiling project (Scala 3.5.2, Scala Native 0.5.6)
# Compiled project (Scala 3.5.2, Scala Native 0.5.6)
# [info] Linking (multithreadingEnabled=true, disable if not used) (949 ms)
# [info] Discovered 887 classes and 5408 methods after classloading
# [info] Checking intermediate code (quick) (40 ms)
# [info] Multithreading was not explicitly enabled - initial class loading has not detected any usage of system threads. Multithreading support will be disabled to improve performance.
# [info] Linking (multithreadingEnabled=false) (285 ms)
# [info] Discovered 499 classes and 2500 methods after classloading
# [info] Checking intermediate code (quick) (7 ms)
# [info] Discovered 478 classes and 1914 methods after optimization
# [info] Optimizing (debug mode) (429 ms)
# [info] Produced 9 LLVM IR files
# [info] Generating intermediate code (296 ms)
# [info] Compiling to native code (1464 ms)
# [info] Linking with [pthread, dl]
# [info] Linking native code (immix gc, none lto) (208 ms)
# [info] Postprocessing (0 ms)
# [info] Total (3728 ms)
# Hello from Scala Native 0.5.6!

Added by @Gedochao in #3295

Internal changes

• Pin Fedora docker image at fedora:40 by @Gedochao in #3283
• Don't fail the update-packages and windows-packages jobs on individual distributions' steps by @Gedochao in #3288

Documentation changes

• Fix broken example in //> using dep reference doc by @Gedochao in #3281
• Mention distribution limitations in the Scala CLI 1.5.3 release notes by @Gedochao in #3286
• Back port of documentation changes to main by @github-actions in #3287

Updates

• Update mill-native-image to 0.1.29 by @Gedochao in #3278
• Update expecty to 0.17.0 by @scala-steward in #3277
• Update Bloop to 2.0.5 by @Gedochao in #3276
• Update dependency to 0.2.5 by @scala-steward in #3269
• Update coursier to 2.1.17 by @Gedochao in #3275
• Update SBT to 1.10.5 by @Gedochao in #3280
• Update java-class-name to 0.1.4 by @Gedochao in #3284
• Update scala-cli.sh launcher for 1.5.3 by @Gedochao in #3285
• Update Scala Native to 0.5.6 by @Gedochao in #3295
• Update Mill to 0.11.13 by @Gedochao in #3296
• Update coursier to 2.1.17 for Linux arm64 builds by @Gedochao in #3298
• Update coursier/dependency to 0.3.1 by @Gedochao in #3297

Full Changelog: v1.5.3...v1.5.4