Kotlin/kotlinx-rpc 0.8.0

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Overview

This release brings a lot of changes, including breaking changes:

• Kotlin 2.2.0 Update
• Decoupling of kotlinx.serialization from the core functionality
• Simplifying lifetime schema (services lost their CoroutineScope)
• Irreversible enforcement of the strict mode

These changes significantly reduce the number of footguns and improve the overall usability of the library.

Additionally, the internal structure of kRPC protocol and our compiler plugin reduced its complexity.
That allows us to provide better quality in future releases
(and this also applies to gRPC, even though in this particular release it was not a priority).

For the full list of changes that require migration,
see the Migration Guide.

Docs update

We added three new documentation sections:

• API Reference
• Platform compatibility overview
• Changelog in the web

Features 🎉

• Serialization decoupling by @Mr3zee in #354
• Update Kotlin to 2.2.0 by @Mr3zee in #359

Breaking Changes 🔴

• [Meta] Strict mode, deprecations, lifetime by @Mr3zee in #353

Bug fixes 🐛

• Fix compilation for standalone k2 module by @Mr3zee in #350
• Fix Pupperteer Version by @Mr3zee in #355

Documentation 📗

• Platforms Table and docs by @Mr3zee in #356
• Dokka by @Mr3zee in #357
• Add Changelog.md to Docs by @Mr3zee in #358
• Onboarding by @Mr3zee in #363

Other Changes 🧹

• Advance version to 0.8.0-SNAPSHOT by @Mr3zee in #340
• Update README.md to use non-suspend flows by @brokenhappy in #342
• Fix kotlin master builds by @Mr3zee in #345
• Simplify Gradle Configs by @Mr3zee in #360

New Contributors

• @brokenhappy made their first contribution in #342

Full Changelog: 0.7.0...0.8.0