plutoengine/UPDATE_NOTES.md

## 20.2.0.0-alpha.3
* `[SDK]` Restructured the repository
  * All build scripts are now written in Kotlin
  * **Added runnabled examples**
  * **Upgraded to Java 17** to take advantage of new language features and a more efficient JVM
  * **The repostiory now contains examples**
  * **Moved all classes to the `org.plutoengine` package**
* `[PlutoComponent]` **Added PlutoComponent as a new module**
    * `[PlutoLib]` `PlutoLib` now depends on `PlutoComponent`
* `[PlutoUSS2]` **Added USS2 as a new module**
    * `[PlutoLib]` `PlutoLib` now depends on `PlutoUSS2`
* `[PlutoLib]` **Greatly simplified the API and moved PlutoEngine specific classes to `PlutoRuntime`**
  * ***Moved* the module system to `PlutoRuntime`**
    * *Removed* `ResourceSubscriber`,
  * *Removed* `cz.tefek.pluto.io.pluto.pp`
  * *Removed* `RAID`
  * *Moved* `Logger`, `OutputSplitStream` to `PlutoRuntime`
  * *Removed* `Severity`, use `SmartSeverity` instead
  * *Removed* `TextIn`, `TextOut`, `ResourceImage` and `ResourceInputStream`
    * Use Java's NIO instead
  * *Removed* `StaticPlutoEventManager` as the implementation was too obscure
      * The module system now uses its own event management
      * *Removed* the `EventData` class
* `[PlutoRuntime]` **Added PlutoRuntime as a new module**
    * **Completely rewrote the module system**
      * *Removed* support for external mods as the feature needs a complete overhaul
    * **Revamped resource system now based on NIO**
    * *Moved* the logging system from `PlutoLib` to `PlutoRuntime`
    * Made `OutputSplitStream` public as it is now reusable
    * **Added the Version API**
      * Added the `IVersion` interface
        * Added support for version objects
        * As a result, all fields in `Pluto` except the version string are no longer compile-time constants
* `[PlutoDisplay]` **Renamed `PlutoStatic` to `PlutoDisplay`**
  * Added the `ModGLFW` virtual module
  * `DisplayErrorCallback` and simplified the callbacks in `Display`
* `[PlutoCommandParser]` **Module discontinued as a part of PlutoEngine, it will still be developed seprately**
* `[PlutoTexturing]` Renamed to `PlutoTexture`
    * Removed `Texture#load(String)` and `Texture#load(String, MagFilter, MinFilter, WrapMode...)`


* `[PlutoLib]` Added the `@ConstantExpression` annotation
* `[PlutoLib]` The transitive dependency JOML is now provided by `PlutoLib` instead of `PlutoStatic`
* `[PlutoLib]` Created a simple Color API
    * `[PlutoLib]` Added the 8-bit RGBA `Color` class as a counterpart to AWT's `Color` class
    * `[PlutoLib]` Added the `RGBA` and `RGB` single precision float color objects
    * `[PlutoLib]` Added the respective `IRGBA` and `IRGB` read-only interfaces
    * `[PlutoLib]` Added the `HSBA` and `HSB` single precision float color objects
    * `[PlutoLib]` Added methods to convert between HSBA, RGBA, HSB and RGB
    * `[PlutoShader]` Added the `UniformRGBA` and `UniformRGB` shader uniform types
* `[PlutoCore]` Made `PlutoApplication`'s constructor private
* `[PlutoLib]` `MiniTimeParseException` no longer contains a hardcoded String message
* `build.gradle` *Removed* the prepackaged JVM wrapper introduced in the previous alpha
  as it caused numerous issues
    * In the future, JDKs will be packaged with the SDK

## 20.2.0.0-alpha.2
* `build.gradle` Extracted the version numbers into separate variables
* `build.gradle` **[experimental]** `gradlew` should now automatically download JDK11 when needed
* `build.gradle` Updated the build scripts and added source Maven publication
* `[PlutoLib]` Renamed the `cz.tefek.pluto.eventsystem` package to `cz.tefek.pluto.event`
    * Moved all subpackages
* `[PlutoLib]` Minor code cleanup in `cz.tefek.pluto.modloader.event`
* `[Pluto]` Moved `TPL` from `cz.tefek.pluto.tpl` to `cz.tefek.pluto.io.tpl`
* `[PlutoMesher]` Renamed all occurrences of `attrib` to `attribute`
    * Renamed `VertexArray#createArrayAttrib` to `VertexArray#createArrayAttribute`
    * Renamed `VertexArray#getVertexAttribs` to `VertexArray#getVertexAttributes`
* `[PlutoCore]` Made `PlutoApplication.StartupConfig` fields private, options
  can now only be modified only through public setters
* `[PlutoLib]` Added the `ThreadSensitive` annotation
* `[PlutoLib]` Renamed `MiniTimeCouldNotBeParsedException` to `MiniTimeParseException`
* `[PlutoCore]` Refactored `InputBus` and added several convenience methods
    * `[PlutoCore]` Refactored input callbacks
* `[PlutoStatic]` Slight cleanup in the `Display` and `DisplayBuilder` classes

## 20.2.0.0-alpha.1
* `[PlutoLib#cz.tefek.pluto.io.logger]` Refactored the Logger subsystem
    * Renamed `Logger#logException` to `Logger#log` to  match the rest
      of log methods and updated references to this method accordingly
    * Streamlined `StdOutSplitStream` and `StdErrSplitStream` into a more generalized
      `OutputSplitStream`
    * `Logger`'s output filenames now look cleaner with `log--YYYY-MM-DD--HH-MM-SS.txt`
    * `[Logger#setup]` can now throw `IOException`
        * `[PlutoCore]` As a result, `[PlutoApplication#run]` can now throw `Exception`
* `[PlutoLib]` Updated JavaDoc in `ResourceAddress`, `TPL`, `TPNImage`
* `[PlutoLib]` Code cleanup in `MiniTime`, `TPL`
    * `[PlutoLib]` Deprecated `TPL#load(String)` in favor of `TPL#load(ResourceAddress)`, 
      `TPL#load(File)` and `TPL#load(Path)`
        * `[PlutoTexturing]` Deprecated the `String` variant of `Texture#load`
          to reflect this change
        * `[PlutoSpritesheet]` Removed the usage of this method
          in `DisposablePlaceholderSprite`
    * `[PlutoLib]` Added an option to flip loaded images with `TPL#loadImageSpecial`
      and added respective `TPL#loadSpecial` for every `TPL#load`
    * `[PlutoLib]` *Removed* `TPJImage`
        * `[PlutoLib]` Removed `TPL#loadPixels`
        * `[PlutoCore]` Updated `GLFWImageUtil` to remove the usage of `TPJImage`
* `[PlutoCore]` `[PlutoApplication]` now properly closes the `Logger` on exit
* `[PlutoLib]` Various typo fixes
* `[Pluto*]` Deprecated `Severity` for `SmartSeverity` and replaced all usages
* `[Pluto*]` Replaced `CRLF` with `LF` in all Java source files