IzPack 5.1.3 released

Dear community,


release 5.1.3 of our latest stable branch is available now.

Highlights:

• JDK 9/10 support for installation
• Bug fixes and improvements

This release adds the following list of changes in particular:

New features

• [IZPACK-1602] - RegistrySpec rootFallback
• [IZPACK-1619] - Allow previous nav button to be disabled on ShortcutPanel
• [IZPACK-1620] - Ability to change Next text for summary panel

Bug

• [IZPACK-1469] - WebDir tag is creating packages but installation is failing
• [IZPACK-1527] - enableOverrideArtifact=true make version append twice to artifact name
• [IZPACK-1552] - Property substitution issue
• [IZPACK-1583] - Configurations actions merge decides based on first attribute
• [IZPACK-1588] - Java 9: java.lang.ClassCastException: java.base/jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader cannot be cast to java.base/java.net.URLClassLoader
• [IZPACK-1592] - In Izpack 5.1.2 a variable within a localized combo box label is not substituted correctly
• [IZPACK-1593] - Travis: Reactivate GUI integration tests
• [IZPACK-1596] - Izpack-maven-plugin does not allow attaching of artifact without classifier
• [IZPACK-1601] - Install fails for izpack-dist-5.1.2.jar and other izpack installers on Java 9
• [IZPACK-1603] - NullPointerException in SetupShortcut when checkbox is unchecked
• [IZPACK-1604] - Warning at shortcut creation : "Shortcut [...] has URL but type ('') is not 'Link'
• [IZPACK-1606] - UserInputPanel : Combo fields won't show the id in console installations
• [IZPACK-1613] - Wrong system language displayed with Java 9
• [IZPACK-1616] - Exception if reg entry with REG_EXPAND_SZ is empty
• [IZPACK-1618] - BuildResource are not copied in AntActionUninstallerListener
• [IZPACK-1623] - NoClassDefFoundError in installer when compiled using Java 9
• [IZPACK-1624] - Ignored element within archive when present

For detailed information see also the Github changelog of version 5.1.3 compared to 5.1.2.

The new release should be replicated to all mirrors of Sonatype Nexus or Maven Central soon, be patient.

This time, there should be mentioned contributions sent by Adam Jurčík, Adam Retter, Adrien Lesur, Andreas Kuhtz, Austin Wells, Frank Cornelis, Luca Baraldi, Oto Soares, Patrick Reinhart, Paulo Lobo, Philip Ritzkopf, Samir Hadzic, Simon Erhardt and Zdeněk Vaník (in alphabetical order) and all the reports and hints from the mailing lists and our issue tracker.

As always, You're invited to contribute to the code and documentation, or simply write us some news regarding this free project.

Fingers crossed.