spring-projects/sts4 4.11.0.RELEASE

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major changes to the Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse distribution

• updated to Eclipse 2021-06 release (including support for Java 16) (new and noteworthy)
• early-access builds for Apple Silicon platform (ARM M1) available

reminder

• the Eclipse-based distribution of the Spring Tools 4 requires a JDK11 (or newer) to run on
• the Eclipse-based distribution ships with an embedded JDK16 runtime, no need to install or configure a specific JDK to run the IDE on anymore

additional changes

• (Spring Boot) fixed: Live data highlights disapearing after closing and reopening editor (#616)
• (Spring Boot) fixed: In application.yml deprecated 'spring.profiles' is not showing a warning (#615)
• (Spring Boot) fixed: Rename BootLanguagServerBootApp to BootLanguageServerBootApp (#631)
• (VS Code, Spring Boot) new: new walkthrough contribution to get started with Spring Boot in VS Code
• (VS Code, Spring Boot) fixed: not work when change LightWeight mode to Standard (#628)
• (VS Code, Spring Boot) fixed: spring boot language server causing long waits for Java outline view when running in lightweight mode (#642)
• (VS Code, Spring Boot) fixed: language server processes doesn't get shutdown properly in VSCode (#636)
• (VS Code, Spring Boot) fixed: nothing shown in VS Code Outline view (#627)
• (VS Code, Spring Boot) fixed: vscode spring boot language server not starting up (#635)
• (VS Code, Spring Boot) fixed: VSCode extension JDK version (#612)
• (Eclipse) improvement: Hide from Boot Dash" has no effect (#613)
• (Eclipse) improvement: Boot Dash: flexible and configurable filters (#614)
• (Eclipse) improvement: hide projects without a main class from boot dashboard automatically (#605)
• (Eclipse) fixed: Very faint warnings in embedded property editor (#611)
• (Concourse) improvement: VSCode extension doesn't understand glob patterns in group config (#639)
• (Concourse) improvement: Step and properties not recognized (#633)

known issues

• (Eclipse): There is an issue with the internal web browser opening HTTP URLs on macOS, showing an error popup from the operating system instead of opening the HTTP URL. The best way to workaround this is to switch to an external browser in the preferences via Preferences -> General -> Web Browser and then select Use External Web Browser.

We skipped further 4.10.x release due to no major updates or bug fixes around at that time, and focused our work on the 4.11.0 release instead.