v2.29.0

What's Changed

• chore: remove deprecated linter deadline by @nrwiersma in #505
• chore: bump github.com/klauspost/compress from 1.17.11 to 1.18.0 in the all group by @dependabot in #504
• chore: bump the all group with 2 updates by @dependabot in #507
• fix: empty and nil slice handling by @vpapp in #508
• chore: bump golangci-lint to v2 by @nrwiersma in #513
• feat: add data type conversion for generic encoding/decoding by @vpapp in #515
• Add OCF EncoderFunc for setting a single metadata key-val by @spenczar in #517
• chore: bump golang.org/x/tools from 0.31.0 to 0.32.0 in the all group by @dependabot in #520
• feat(cli): add possibility to fetch latest schema from schema registry by @ekazakas in #519
• feat: add data type conversion for generic encoding/decoding unions by @vpapp in #521
• chore: bump linter by @nrwiersma in #529
• chore: bump golangci/golangci-lint-action from 7 to 8 in the all group by @dependabot in #530
• chore: update CI workflow by @nrwiersma in #531
• chore: fix code formatting by @nrwiersma in #532
• migrate mapstructure to use go-viper by @peczenyj in #528
• feat(gen): add ability to pass type metadata by @ljank in #526
• chore: bump golang.org/x/tools from 0.32.0 to 0.33.0 in the all group by @dependabot in #535
• feat(registry): add schema metadata properties to schema info by @ljank in #536
• ParseFiles: avoid avoidable allocation by @extemporalgenome in #539
• Add WithBlockSize to trigger early flushes by @brunsgaard in #538
• fix(schema): reject duplicate field names, duplicate enum symbols, an… by @dylanlauzy in #541
• chore: bump golang.org/x/tools from 0.33.0 to 0.34.0 in the all group by @dependabot in #544
• fix(schema): use sorted map keys by @jwtryg in #543
• support union marshal and unmarshal interface by @Emptyless in #522

New Contributors

• @spenczar made their first contribution in #517
• @peczenyj made their first contribution in #528
• @ljank made their first contribution in #526
• @extemporalgenome made their first contribution in #539
• @dylanlauzy made their first contribution in #541
• @jwtryg made their first contribution in #543

Full Changelog: v2.28.0...v2.29.0