A SaxonC 12.4.1 maintenance release has been published. This release fixes a build error on the Windows platform and includes one additional patch.
I’m an ardent believer in build automation and reproducibility through scripting. We’ve made a lot of progress in this area, but Windows is still a bit “hands on.” Problem is, it was my hands and I messed up.
A while back, we considered upgrading to a newer version of GraalVM. In the course of testing that, I upgraded the version on the Windows build machine. But ultimately, we decided not to make that upgrade.
Despite having an explicit note in my release checklist:
- ☑ Check the version of GraalVM
I missed it on the Windows box. A lot of good detective work went into trying to figure out what was going on, but in the end, just building with the “right” version of GraalVM fixed it. Apologies to the team and everyone else for that.
The 12.4.1 release also includes a partial fix for issues relating to UTF-8 string-based C API functions. Unfortunately, a more complete fix was deemed too risky for what was otherwise an “emergency” release. That fix will have to wait for next time.
For a more complete list of what’s new in 12.4, please see the original release announcement.