Merge pull request #2528 from nickel-lang/tmp-release-1.16.0

Merge in changes from 1.16.0 release

Author: jneem

.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yaml

@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ jobs:
           TARBALL_TAG: ${{ steps.build-image.outputs.imageName }}:${{ steps.build-image.outputs.imageTag }}
         run: |
           docker load -i nickel-${{ matrix.os.architecture }}-docker-image.tar.gz
-          docker tag "$TARBALL_TAG" ghcr.io/tweag/nickel:$RELEASE_TAG-${{ matrix.os.architecture}}
-          docker push ghcr.io/tweag/nickel:$RELEASE_TAG-${{ matrix.os.architecture}}
+          docker tag "$TARBALL_TAG" ghcr.io/nickel-lang/nickel:$RELEASE_TAG-${{ matrix.os.architecture}}
+          docker push ghcr.io/nickel-lang/nickel:$RELEASE_TAG-${{ matrix.os.architecture}}
 
   docker-multiplatform-image:
     name: "Assemble multi-platform Docker image"
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ jobs:
         env:
           RELEASE_TAG: ${{ github.event_name == 'release' && github.event.release.tag_name || github.event.inputs.release_tag }}
         run: |
-          docker buildx imagetools create -t ghcr.io/tweag/nickel:$RELEASE_TAG ghcr.io/tweag/nickel:$RELEASE_TAG-x86_64 ghcr.io/tweag/nickel:$RELEASE_TAG-arm64
-          docker buildx imagetools inspect ghcr.io/tweag/nickel:$RELEASE_TAG
+          docker buildx imagetools create -t ghcr.io/nickel-lang/nickel:$RELEASE_TAG ghcr.io/nickel-lang/nickel:$RELEASE_TAG-x86_64 ghcr.io/nickel-lang/nickel:$RELEASE_TAG-arm64
+          docker buildx imagetools inspect ghcr.io/nickel-lang/nickel:$RELEASE_TAG
 
   release-artifacts-macos:
     name: "Build MacOS Nickel binaries"

Cargo.lock

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ members = [
 resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "1.15.1"
+version = "1.16.0"
 authors = ["The Nickel Team <nickel-lang@protonmail.com>"]
 license = "MIT"
 edition = "2024"
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ homepage = "https://nickel-lang.org"
 readme = "README.md"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
-nickel-lang-core = { version = "0.16.1", path = "./core", default-features = false }
+nickel-lang-core = { version = "0.17.0", path = "./core", default-features = false }
 nickel-lang-flock = { version = "0.1.0", path = "./flock" }
 nickel-lang-git = { version = "0.2.1", path = "./git" }
-nickel-lang-package = { version = "0.5.1", path = "./package" }
-nickel-lang-parser = { version = "0.1.1", path = "./parser" }
+nickel-lang-package = { version = "0.6.0", path = "./package" }
+nickel-lang-parser = { version = "0.2.0", path = "./parser" }
 nickel-lang-vector = { version = "0.1.0", path = "./vector" }
 nickel-lang-utils = { version = "0.1.0", path = "./utils" }
 lsp-harness = { version = "0.1.0", path = "./lsp/lsp-harness" }

Cargo.toml

@@ -1,3 +1,33 @@
+Version 1.16 (2026-02-26)
+=========================
+
+In Nickel 1.16, unicode characters can be escaped in strings using the
+`\u{1f923}` syntax. It also fixes a few bugs in the interpreter and the language
+server, and has some performance improvements in the language server.
+
+Core language
+-------------
+
+* Allow unicode escape sequences in string literals by @L0r3m1p5um in https://github.com/nickel-lang/nickel/pull/2520
+
+Tooling
+-------
+
+* Fix panic when deserializing a too-large yaml number by @jneem in https://github.com/nickel-lang/nickel/pull/2485
+* Fix panic from unclosurized CLI overrides by @jneem in https://github.com/nickel-lang/nickel/pull/2498
+* Format nickel converted from other formats by @L0r3m1p5um in https://github.com/nickel-lang/nickel/pull/2502
+* Better localization of `std.fail_with` errors by @yannham in https://github.com/nickel-lang/nickel/pull/2505
+* Add a welcome message to the repl by @jneem in https://github.com/nickel-lang/nickel/pull/2509
+* Export NickelException in py-nickel. by @jneem in https://github.com/nickel-lang/nickel/pull/2517
+
+LSP
+---
+
+* Allow priority to be set for background evaluation in the LSP by @L0r3m1p5um in https://github.com/nickel-lang/nickel/pull/2493
+* Performance improvements for language server by @L0r3m1p5um in https://github.com/nickel-lang/nickel/pull/2510
+* Request cancellation for language server by @L0r3m1p5um in https://github.com/nickel-lang/nickel/pull/2523
+* Fix a missing closurization that was hiding some errors by @jneem in https://github.com/nickel-lang/nickel/pull/2486
+
 Version 1.15 (2025-12-10)
 =========================
 

RELEASES.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "nickel-lang-core"
-version = "0.16.1"
+version = "0.17.0"
 description = "Programmable configuration files."
 authors.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true

core/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "nickel-lang-package"
 description = "Utility library for the Nickel Package Manager"
-version = "0.5.1"
+version = "0.6.0"
 
 authors.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true

package/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "nickel-lang-parser"
 description = "The Nickel parser"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.2.0"
 authors.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 homepage.workspace = true

parser/Cargo.toml

@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ git switch "$RELEASE_BASE_BRANCH" > /dev/null
 echo "++ Prepare release branch from '$RELEASE_BASE_BRANCH'"
 
 # Directories of subcrates following their own independent versioning
-independent_crates=(core utils lsp/lsp-harness ./wasm-repl vector git flock package)
+independent_crates=(core utils lsp/lsp-harness ./wasm-repl vector git flock package parser)
 # All subcrate directories, including the ones above
 all_crates=("${independent_crates[@]}" cli lsp/nls py-nickel)
 

scripts/release.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "nickel-wasm-repl"
-version = "0.14.0"
+version = "0.15.0"
 description = "WebAssembly REPL for the Nickel programming language."
 authors.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true