v2.7.0

What's Changed

Improved

• Perf. improvements to Hash#to_json in pure implementation generator. by @vipulnsward in #203
• Remove unnecessary initialization of create_id in JSON.parse() by @Watson1978 in #454

Added

• Call super in included hook by @paracycle in #486
• Rename escape_slash in script_safe and also escape E+2028 and E+2029 by @casperisfine in #525
• Add a strict option to Generator by @casperisfine in #519

Fixed

• Fix homepage url in gemspec by @unasuke in #508
• Fix dead link to Ragel in README by @okuramasafumi in #509
• [DOC] Fix yet another dead link to Ragel by @nobu in #510
• Fix "unexpected token" offset for Infinity by @jhawthorn in #507
• Use ruby_xfree to free buffers by @casperisfine in #518

Compatibility changes

• JRuby requires a minimum of Java 8 by @headius in #516
• Rename JSON::ParseError to JSON:ParserError by @dalizard in #530
• Removed code for Ruby 1.8 by @hsbt in #540
• alias_method is private on Ruby 2.3 and 2.4 by @hsbt in #541
• remove_method of Module is private at Ruby 2.3 and 2.4 by @hsbt in #544
• [jruby] avoid using deprecated BigDecimal.new by @kares in #546
• Always indent even if empty by @headius in #517

Misc

• Update CI matrix by @hsbt in #521
• Add missing changelog entries for 1.8.5 and 1.8.6 by @r7kamura in #520
• Actions workflow - Add new OS's, Ruby 3.1, Ruby master, Windows by @MSP-Greg in #491
• Skip unsupported test on JRuby by @nobu in #532
• Skip BigDecimal tests when it's missing to load by @hsbt in #533
• Simplify by @nobu in #531
• Load extension ('json/ext') consistently in test_ext by @aeroastro in #536
• Use test-unit-ruby-core gem by @hsbt in #539
• [CI] Add Windows mswin job by @MSP-Greg in #545
• Exclude truffleruby-head from Actions by @hsbt in #551
• tests/ractor_test.rb: make assert_separately available by @lucaskanashiro in #506
• Added changes for 2.7.0 and restore entries to 2.6.3 and 2.6.2 by @hsbt in #552

New Contributors

• @unasuke made their first contribution in #508
• @okuramasafumi made their first contribution in #509
• @r7kamura made their first contribution in #520
• @MSP-Greg made their first contribution in #491
• @paracycle made their first contribution in #486
• @dalizard made their first contribution in #530
• @aeroastro made their first contribution in #536
• @jhawthorn made their first contribution in #507
• @lucaskanashiro made their first contribution in #506
• @Watson1978 made their first contribution in #454

Full Changelog: v2.6.3...v2.7.0