The moment you have been waiting for has finally arrived. This release crystallizes LibertyBans 1.1.0, finalizing its API, and crowning a train of releases that began over two years ago. The community of users and contributors that have brought us to this point is indescribable, and I would like to take a moment to thank everyone who's ever contributed to LibertyBans -- whether through bug reports, maintenance, feature additions, or just ideas and feature requests. Community support, feedback, and social development are the lifeblood of a free software project, and LibertyBans is and will always remain a free software project.

There are no breaking changes in this release compared to previous release candidates (1.1.0-RC3, 1.1.0-RC2, 1.1.0-RC1). However, if you are upgrading from 1.0.x, please read the relevant guide for compatibility considerations.

Improvements:

• The plugin can now run on Sponge API 12 and 13, while API 8 and 9 are still supported. Thanks to Mups for raising this as an issue and helping investigate the details (#297)
• The plugin jar doubles as a standalone application, which can be run easily with java -jar LibertyBans_Release-1.1.0.jar and no further complications. Typing "stop" will stop the program; other text will be sent as console commands. The standalone instance is a testament to software artistry, and it has uses too. It can be helpful, for example, to edit the contents of a LibertyBans database without starting up a full Minecraft server (101ea56)

Other:

• LibertyBans now requires JDK 21 at build time, which is relevant for contributors to the codebase. Runtime and API requirements have not changed (101ea56)

For the astute reader; yes, I accidentally thought it was May.