docs: update changelog for 5.6.3

Author: vlsi

src/dist/src/dist/expected_release_jars.csv

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-29904,accessors-smart-2.4.11.jar
-30651,annotations-24.0.1.jar
+29901,accessors-smart-2.5.0.jar
+30570,annotations-24.1.0.jar
 6806,apiguardian-api-1.1.2.jar
-121863,asm-9.5.jar
-582588,base-portable-jvm-3.2.0.jar
+123598,asm-9.6.jar
 485898,batik-anim-1.16.jar
 424607,batik-awt-util-1.16.jar
 704905,batik-bridge-1.16.jar
@@ -24,20 +23,21 @@
 113369,bsf-2.4.0.jar
 389033,bsh-2.0b6.jar
 912143,caffeine-2.9.3.jar
-224450,checker-qual-3.35.0.jar
-353793,commons-codec-1.15.jar
+230830,checker-qual-3.42.0.jar
+360738,commons-codec-1.16.0.jar
 588337,commons-collections-3.2.2.jar
 751914,commons-collections4-4.4.jar
 211301,commons-dbcp2-2.9.0.jar
-474305,commons-io-2.12.0.jar
+501218,commons-io-2.15.1.jar
 267634,commons-jexl-2.1.1.jar
 462124,commons-jexl3-3.2.1.jar
-587402,commons-lang3-3.12.0.jar
-61829,commons-logging-1.2.jar
+760623,commons-jvm-4.1.0.jar
+657952,commons-lang3-3.14.0.jar
+70816,commons-logging-1.3.0.jar
 2213560,commons-math3-3.6.1.jar
-316431,commons-net-3.9.0.jar
-145516,commons-pool2-2.11.1.jar
-238400,commons-text-1.10.0.jar
+322780,commons-net-3.10.0.jar
+150048,commons-pool2-2.12.0.jar
+246659,commons-text-1.11.0.jar
 1547509,darklaf-core-2.7.3.jar
 20650,darklaf-extensions-rsyntaxarea-0.3.4.jar
 93477,darklaf-macos-2.7.3.jar
@@ -47,94 +47,94 @@
 89456,darklaf-theme-2.7.3.jar
 69133,darklaf-utils-2.7.3.jar
 217795,darklaf-windows-2.7.3.jar
+353322,datamodel-jvm-4.1.0.jar
 98115,dec-0.1.2.jar
+95287,deprecated-in-v4-jvm-4.1.0.jar
 320748,dnsjava-2.1.9.jar
-16826,error_prone_annotations-2.20.0.jar
+16829,error_prone_annotations-2.24.0.jar
 1736381,freemarker-2.3.32.jar
 32359,geronimo-jms_1.1_spec-1.1.1.jar
-8038657,groovy-3.0.17.jar
-15178,groovy-datetime-3.0.17.jar
-7405,groovy-dateutil-3.0.17.jar
-132953,groovy-jmx-3.0.17.jar
-128879,groovy-json-3.0.17.jar
-16838,groovy-jsr223-3.0.17.jar
-78915,groovy-sql-3.0.17.jar
-94160,groovy-templates-3.0.17.jar
-291717,groovy-xml-3.0.17.jar
+8046016,groovy-3.0.20.jar
+15172,groovy-datetime-3.0.20.jar
+7400,groovy-dateutil-3.0.20.jar
+132982,groovy-jmx-3.0.20.jar
+128872,groovy-json-3.0.20.jar
+16832,groovy-jsr223-3.0.20.jar
+78909,groovy-sql-3.0.20.jar
+94157,groovy-templates-3.0.20.jar
+291709,groovy-xml-3.0.20.jar
 123360,hamcrest-2.2.jar
 1499,hamcrest-core-2.2.jar
 109741,hamcrest-date-2.0.8.jar
 181512,httpasyncclient-4.1.5.jar
 785639,httpclient-4.5.14.jar
-839626,httpclient5-5.2.1.jar
+861640,httpclient5-5.3.jar
 327891,httpcore-4.4.16.jar
 368896,httpcore-nio-4.4.16.jar
-852871,httpcore5-5.2.jar
-236827,httpcore5-h2-5.2.jar
+855013,httpcore5-5.2.4.jar
+237145,httpcore5-h2-5.2.4.jar
 41727,httpmime-4.5.14.jar
-75567,jackson-annotations-2.15.2.jar
-549207,jackson-core-2.15.2.jar
-1620088,jackson-databind-2.15.2.jar
+78480,jackson-annotations-2.16.1.jar
+578125,jackson-core-2.16.1.jar
+1637611,jackson-databind-2.16.1.jar
 78030,javax.activation-1.2.0.jar
 142391,jcharts-0.7.5.jar
 16555,jcl-over-slf4j-1.7.36.jar
-490571,jmespath-core-0.5.1.jar
-7066,jmespath-jackson-0.5.1.jar
+489286,jmespath-core-0.6.0.jar
+7090,jmespath-jackson-0.6.0.jar
 403497,jodd-core-5.0.13.jar
 220475,jodd-lagarto-5.0.13.jar
 19858,jodd-log-5.0.13.jar
 26047,jodd-props-5.0.13.jar
 277582,json-path-2.8.0.jar
-120205,json-smart-2.4.11.jar
-443295,jsoup-1.16.1.jar
+120233,json-smart-2.5.0.jar
+473788,jsoup-1.17.1.jar
 249924,jtidy-r938.jar
 384581,junit-4.13.2.jar
 32033,kotlin-logging-jvm-2.0.5.jar
-1670469,kotlin-stdlib-1.8.22.jar
-221491,kotlin-stdlib-common-1.8.22.jar
-963,kotlin-stdlib-jdk7-1.8.22.jar
-969,kotlin-stdlib-jdk8-1.8.22.jar
-1548432,kotlinx-coroutines-core-jvm-1.7.1.jar
-9964,kotlinx-coroutines-swing-1.7.1.jar
-792176,kotlinx-html-jvm-0.7.3.jar
-199113,lets-plot-batik-3.2.0.jar
-4918373,lets-plot-common-3.2.0.jar
-344375,log4j-1.2-api-2.20.0.jar
-313296,log4j-api-2.20.0.jar
-1847550,log4j-core-2.20.0.jar
-23862,log4j-slf4j-impl-2.20.0.jar
+1718956,kotlin-stdlib-1.9.22.jar
+959,kotlin-stdlib-jdk7-1.9.10.jar
+965,kotlin-stdlib-jdk8-1.9.10.jar
+1551152,kotlinx-coroutines-core-jvm-1.7.3.jar
+9964,kotlinx-coroutines-swing-1.7.3.jar
+996,lets-plot-batik-4.1.0.jar
+996,lets-plot-common-4.1.0.jar
+356564,log4j-1.2-api-2.22.1.jar
+335001,log4j-api-2.22.1.jar
+1900022,log4j-core-2.22.1.jar
+24583,log4j-slf4j-impl-2.22.1.jar
 519087,mail-1.5.0-b01.jar
 106949,miglayout-core-5.3.jar
 22576,miglayout-swing-5.3.jar
-419054,mongo-java-driver-2.11.3.jar
+613352,mongo-java-driver-2.14.3.jar
 29680,mxparser-1.2.2.jar
-5052937,neo4j-java-driver-4.4.11.jar
+5223562,neo4j-java-driver-4.4.13.jar
 65261,oro-2.0.8.jar
 1314621,ph-commons-10.2.5.jar
 530791,ph-css-6.5.0.jar
-1256127,plot-api-jvm-4.4.1.jar
-1169629,plot-base-portable-jvm-3.2.0.jar
-1096918,plot-builder-portable-jvm-3.2.0.jar
-206691,plot-common-portable-jvm-3.2.0.jar
-923713,plot-config-portable-jvm-3.2.0.jar
+133403,platf-awt-jvm-4.1.0.jar
+81351,platf-batik-jvm-4.1.0.jar
+1353287,plot-api-jvm-4.5.0.jar
+1614468,plot-base-jvm-4.1.0.jar
+1283358,plot-builder-jvm-4.1.0.jar
+969648,plot-stem-jvm-4.1.0.jar
 11640,reactive-streams-1.0.4.jar
 1383644,rhino-1.7.14.jar
-1297243,rsyntaxtextarea-3.3.3.jar
-5098540,Saxon-HE-11.5.jar
+1297525,rsyntaxtextarea-3.3.4.jar
+5104657,Saxon-HE-11.6.jar
 283536,serializer-2.7.3.jar
 41125,slf4j-api-1.7.36.jar
 320794,svgSalamander-1.1.4.jar
 10192,swing-extensions-laf-support-0.1.3.jar
 2539,swing-extensions-visual-padding-0.1.3.jar
 736051,tika-core-1.28.5.jar
 1588025,tika-parsers-1.28.5.jar
-183438,vis-svg-portable-jvm-3.2.0.jar
 3455761,xalan-2.7.3.jar
 1446149,xercesImpl-2.12.2.jar
 220536,xml-apis-1.4.01.jar
 85686,xml-apis-ext-1.3.04.jar
-676840,xmlgraphics-commons-2.8.jar
+678189,xmlgraphics-commons-2.9.jar
 7188,xmlpull-1.1.3.1.jar
-1027769,xmlresolver-4.6.4-data.jar
-157695,xmlresolver-4.6.4.jar
+1027769,xmlresolver-5.2.1-data.jar
+165689,xmlresolver-5.2.1.jar
 644649,xstream-1.4.20.jar

xdocs/changes.xml

@@ -62,17 +62,96 @@ Summary
 <li><a href="#Bug fixes">Bug fixes</a></li>
 </ul>
 
+  <ch_section>Improvements</ch_section>
+  <h3>General</h3>
+  <ul>
+    <li><pr>6199</pr>Enable use of <code>${...}</code> expressions for <code>TransactionController</code> "generate parent sample", and "include timers" checkboxes</li>
+    <li><pr>6199</pr>Enable use of <code>${...}</code> expressions for <code>ThreadGroupGui</code> "scheduler" checkbox</li>
+    <li><pr>6199</pr>Enable use of <code>${...}</code> expressions for <code>HTTP Request</code> "retrieve embedded resources", "download resources concurrently", and "store as MD5" checkboxes</li>
+  </ul>
+
  <!-- =================== Bug fixes =================== -->
 
 <ch_section>Bug fixes</ch_section>
 
 <h3>General</h3>
 <ul>
+  <li><issue>6043</issue><pr>6044</pr>JMeter 5.6 shows 0 as a min response time in summary report</li>
   <li>Restored binary API compatibility with pre-5.6.2: restore public methods to non-static as they were before 5.6.2 <code>JavaSamplerContext.getJMeterVariables</code>,
     <code>JavaSamplerContext.getJMeterProperties</code>, <code>BoundaryExtractor.extractAll</code>,
     <code>AuthManager.setupCredentials</code>, <code>HttpRequestHdr.getMultipartConfig</code>, (regression since 5.6.2)</li>
+  <li><issue>6165</issue><pr>6192</pr>The Constant Throughput Timer is throwing a NullPointerException when using variables (vars.get) in "Target Throughput"-field</li>
+  <li><issue>6162</issue>The Constant Timer is throwing a NullPointerException when using variables (vars.get) in "delay"-field</li>
+  <li><pr>6193</pr>Log errors happening while JMeter starts the test (previously, errors from TestStateListener.testStarted were not logged)</li>
 </ul>
 
+<ch_section>Non-functional changes</ch_section>
+<ul>
+  <li><pr>6166</pr>Use Gradle to 8.5 for building JMeter</li>
+  <li>Require Java 17 for building JMeter </li>
+  <li><pr>6199</pr>Improved API for programmatic test plan creation, see default implementations of <code>createTestElement</code>, <code>modifyTestElement</code>,
+    and new <code>makeTestElement</code> and <code>assignDefaultValues</code> methods in <code>JMeterGUIComponent</code>.
+    <code>AbstractJMeterGuiComponent.configureTestElement</code> is now discouraged</li>
+  <li><pr>6212</pr>Refactor: migrate existing Groovy tests to Kotlin, remove Groovy compiler from the build pipeline</li>
+  <li><pr>6214</pr>Refactor JUnit 3 and JUnit 4 tests to JUnit 5, remove JUnit 4 test dependency</li>
+</ul>
+
+  <ch_section>Dependency upgrades</ch_section>
+  <ul>
+    <li>Update com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations to 2.16.1 (was 2.15.2)</li>
+    <li>Update com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core to 2.16.1 (was 2.15.2)</li>
+    <li>Update com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind to 2.16.1 (was 2.15.2)</li>
+    <li>Update com.fifesoft:rsyntaxtextarea to 3.3.4 (was 3.3.3)</li>
+    <li>Update com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations to 2.24.0 (was 2.20.0)</li>
+    <li>Update commons-codec:commons-codec to 1.16.0 (was 1.15)</li>
+    <li>Update commons-io:commons-io to 2.15.1 (was 2.12.0)</li>
+    <li>Update commons-logging:commons-logging to 1.3.0 (was 1.2)</li>
+    <li>Update commons-net:commons-net to 3.9.0 (was 3.10.0)</li>
+    <li>Update io.burt:jmespath-core to 0.6.0 (was 0.5.1)</li>
+    <li>Update io.burt:jmespath-jackson to 0.6.0 (was 0.5.1)</li>
+    <li>Update net.minidev:accessors-smart to 2.5.0 (was 2.4.11)</li>
+    <li>Update net.minidev:json-smart to 2.5.0 (was 2.4.11)</li>
+    <li>Update net.sf.saxon:Saxon-HE to 11.6 (was 11.5)</li>
+    <li>Update org.apache.commons:commons-lang3 to 3.14.0 (was 3.12.0)</li>
+    <li>Update org.apache.commons:commons-pool2 to 2.12.0 (was 2.11.1)</li>
+    <li>Update org.apache.commons:commons-text to 1.11.0 (was 1.10.0)</li>
+    <li>Update org.apache.httpcomponents.client5:httpclient5 to 5.3 (was 5.2.1)</li>
+    <li>Update org.apache.httpcomponents.core5:httpcore5-h2 to 5.2.4 (was 5.2)</li>
+    <li>Update org.apache.httpcomponents.core5:httpcore5 to 5.2.4 (was 5.2)</li>
+    <li>Update org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-1.2-api to 2.22.1 (was 2.20.0)</li>
+    <li>Update org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api to 2.22.1 (was 2.20.0)</li>
+    <li>Update org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core to 2.22.1 (was 2.20.0)</li>
+    <li>Update org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j-impl to 2.22.1 (was 2.20.0)</li>
+    <li>Update org.apache.xmlgraphics:xmlgraphics-commons to 2.9 (was 2.8)</li>
+    <li>Update org.checkerframework:checker-qual to 3.42.0 (was 3.35.0)</li>
+    <li>Update org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-datetime to 3.0.20 (was 3.0.17)</li>
+    <li>Update org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-dateutil to 3.0.20 (was 3.0.17)</li>
+    <li>Update org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-jmx to 3.0.20 (was 3.0.17)</li>
+    <li>Update org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-json to 3.0.20 (was 3.0.17)</li>
+    <li>Update org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-jsr223 to 3.0.20 (was 3.0.17)</li>
+    <li>Update org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-sql to 3.0.20 (was 3.0.17)</li>
+    <li>Update org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-templates to 3.0.20 (was 3.0.17)</li>
+    <li>Update org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-xml to 3.0.20 (was 3.0.17)</li>
+    <li>Update org.codehaus.groovy:groovy to 3.0.20 (was 3.0.17)</li>
+    <li>Remove org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-common:1.8.22</li>
+    <li>Update org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7 to 1.9.10 (was 1.8.22)</li>
+    <li>Update org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8 to 1.9.10 (was 1.8.22)</li>
+    <li>Update org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib to 1.9.22 (was 1.8.22)</li>
+    <li>Update org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core-jvm to 1.7.3 (was 1.7.1)</li>
+    <li>Update org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-swing to 1.7.3 (was 1.7.1)</li>
+    <li>Update org.jetbrains.lets-plot:base-portable-jvm to 4.1.0 (was 3.2.0)</li>
+    <li>Update org.jetbrains.lets-plot:lets-plot-common to 4.1.0 (was 3.2.0)</li>
+    <li>Update org.jetbrains.lets-plot:lets-plot-kotlin-jvm to 4.5.0 (was 4.4.1)</li>
+    <li>Update org.jetbrains.lets-plot:plot-common-portable-jvm to 4.1.0 (was 3.2.0)</li>
+    <li>Update org.jetbrains:annotations to 24.1.0 (was 24.0.1)</li>
+    <li>Update org.jsoup:jsoup to 1.17.1 (was 1.16.1)</li>
+    <li>Update org.mongodb:mongo-java-driver to 2.14.3 (was 2.11.3)</li>
+    <li>Update org.neo4j.driver:neo4j-java-driver to 4.4.13 (was 4.4.11)</li>
+    <li>Update org.ow2.asm:asm to 9.6 (was 9.5)</li>
+    <li>Update org.xmlresolver:xmlresolver to 5.2.1 (was 4.6.4)</li>
+    <li>Update org.xmlresolver:xmlresolver:data to 5.2.1 (was 4.6.4)</li>
+  </ul>
+
  <!--  =================== Thanks =================== -->
 
 <ch_section>Thanks</ch_section>
@@ -166,12 +245,12 @@ With Java 15 the JavaScript implementation <a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jep
       <source>
 mkdir lib/modules
 pushd lib/modules
-wget https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/openjdk/nashorn/nashorn-core/15.3/nashorn-core-15.3.jar
-wget https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/ow2/asm/asm/9.5/asm-9.5.jar
-wget https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/ow2/asm/asm-commons/9.5/asm-commons-9.5.jar
-wget https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/ow2/asm/asm-util/9.5/asm-util-9.5.jar
-wget https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/ow2/asm/asm-tree/9.5/asm-tree-9.5.jar
-wget https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/ow2/asm/asm-analysis/9.5/asm-analysis-9.5.jar
+wget https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/openjdk/nashorn/nashorn-core/15.4/nashorn-core-15.4.jar
+wget https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/ow2/asm/asm/9.6/asm-9.6.jar
+wget https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/ow2/asm/asm-commons/9.6/asm-commons-9.6.jar
+wget https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/ow2/asm/asm-util/9.6/asm-util-9.6.jar
+wget https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/ow2/asm/asm-tree/9.6/asm-tree-9.6.jar
+wget https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/ow2/asm/asm-analysis/9.6/asm-analysis-9.6.jar
 popd
 export JVM_ARGS="--module-path $PWD/lib/modules"
 ./bin/jmeter