Release 4.0

[jin]

Tracking issue for release 4.0.

TODOs:

• Identify remaining release blockers
• Identify remaining open PRs to be rolled up into 4.0
• Write/generate changelogs (with announcement that @cheister has joined the project as a committer 🎊)
• Update README

cc @shs96c @cheister

[jin]

Tentative changelog:

git log --oneline --no-merges `git describe --abbrev=0 --tags`..HEAD | cut -c 9- | sort

• Add a provider to export the information being published (Add a provider to export the information being published #439)
• Add @cheister to CODEOWNERS (Add @cheister to CODEOWNERS #489)
• Add google cloud storage support to java_export (Add google cloud storage support to java_export #463)
• Add @maven//:outdated to check for updated versions of artifacts (Add @maven//:outdated to check for updated versions of artifacts #465)
• Add pinning step to the simple example for user journey coverage (Add pinning step to the simple example for user journey coverage #427)
• Add regression test (Add regression test for bug in artifacts that use version intervals for deps #446)
• Adds a flag to fetch javadoc targets (add a flag to fetch javadoc for maven artifacts #494) (Adds a flag to fetch javadoc targets (#494) #495)
• Add @shs96c to CODEOWNERS (Add @shs96c to CODEOWNERS #459)
• Bump bazel_toolchains to 3.5.0 (Bump bazel_toolchains to 3.5.0 #461)
• Declare COURSIER_OPTS to make it available (Declare COURSIER_OPTS to make it available #496)
• Export the MavenPublishInfo (Export the MavenPublishInfo #440)
• Fix compatibility with --incompatible_disable_depset_items (Fix compatibility with --incompatible_disable_depset_items #431)
• Fix example BUILD: missing comma (Fix example BUILD: missing comma #500)
• Fix jq path in :pin runnable (Fix jq path in :pin runnable #454)
• Handle tags in java_export rule (Handle tags in java_export rule #444)
• Introduce a deps and a setup macro (Introduce a deps and a setup macro #481)
• Make @unpinned_maven//:pin always visible (Make @unpinned_maven//:pin always visible #492)
• Only generate frames for versions of Java < 13 (Only generate frames for versions of Java < 13 #460)
• Output leading zeroes in maven export checksums (Output leading zeroes in maven export checksums #453)
• Release 3.3 (Release 3.3 #432)
• Remove digitialasset tests to fix CI.
• Remove unconditional registration of :android_platform for execution. (Remove unconditional registration of :android_platform for execution. #456)
• Rework how maven project jars are calculated (Rework how maven project jars are calculated #475)
• Spell auth scheme as "Basic" for artifactory (Spell auth scheme as "Basic" for artifactory #452)
• Update coursier.bzl (Handle '@' in username #457)
• Update coursier to 2.0.7 for Update coursier to 2.0.3 #471 (Update coursier to 2.0.7 #482)
• Update documentation to use the latest names (Update documentation to use the latest names #485)
• Update top-level description for RJE in the README. (Update top-level description for RJE in the README. #490)
• Use AddJarManifestEntry to add Target-Label to jars manifest (Use AddJarManifestEntry to add Target-Label to jars manifest #468)
• Use BUILD instead of BUILD.bazel and buildifer these BUILD files (Use BUILD instead of BUILD.bazel and buildifer these BUILD files #470)
• Use JarHelper jar entry timestamp logic in MergeJars (Use JarHelper jar entry timestamp logic in MergeJars #469)

[jin]

Proposing that #503 is the last release blocker to fix CI.

[cheister]

LGTM

[jin]

https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_jvm_external/releases/tag/4.0