Loom 1.6

• Decompiler cache
• Generics support for injected interfaces
• Support merging pre 1.3 Minecraft versions
• Refactor/improve kotlin metadata remapping
• Print info about locked files during configuration or genSources
• Improve locking strategy for concurrent loom executions
• Update to Gradle 8.6
• Async line number remapping
• Prepare for SelfResolvingDependency's removal
• Fallback to maven central for artifacts such as sources or javadocs that are not mirrored on Mojang's repo
• Introduce SemVer version parsing for included mods/libraries
• Download intermediary using Gradle
• Add API to get named minecraft jars
• Add RemapJarTask.getOptimizeFabricModJson (disabled by default)
• Prevent Gradle from running vscode task asynchronously
• Add classname to stracktrace when Kotlin remapping fails
• Fix datagen run config having incorrect name
• Don't fail setup if a project fabric.mod.json file is invalid
• Fix idea sync task group
• Only set startFirstThread on versions using LWJGL 3
• Add interface injection unit test
• Add Offline mode / locking test
• Fix possible race condition in PrepareJarRemapTask when using MPO
• Refactor MinecraftJarConfiguration and MinecraftMetadataProvider

Generated/detailed changelog

• Remapper extension improvements by @modmuss50 in #1024
• Prepare for SelfResolvingDependency's removal & Update to Gradle 8.6 by @modmuss50 in #1038
• Improve locking strategy for concurrent loom executions by @jpenilla in #1031
• Download intermediary using Gradle by @jpenilla in #1042
• Add interface injection unit test by @modmuss50 in #1052
• Add Offline mode / locking test by @modmuss50 in #1046
• Print info about process lock owner by @jpenilla in #1040
• Update deps by @modmuss50 in #1054
• Injected Interfaces Expansion => Generics Support by @FirstMegaGame4 in #1050
• Refactor/better kotlin metadata by @LlamaLad7 in #1061
• Add API to get named minecraft jars. by @modmuss50 in #1063
• Check Minecraft java version by @modmuss50 in #1059
• Use last 16 chars for checksum by @Flemmli97 in #1064
• Cleanup MinecraftJarConfiguration by @modmuss50 in #1070
• Refactor MinecraftMetadataProvider to create it earlier by @modmuss50 in #1072
• Print info about locked files during configuration or genSources by @modmuss50 in #1066
• Fix possible race condition in PrepareJarRemapTask by @modmuss50 in #1065
• Optimise fabric.mod.json files by @modmuss50 in #1068
• Experimental Decompiler cache by @modmuss50 in #1043
• Async line number remapping by @modmuss50 in #1074
• Support merging pre 1.3 Minecraft versions. by @SpaceWalkerRS in #1026
• Only set startFirstThread on versions using LWJGL 3 by @modmuss50 in #1076
• Introduce SemVer version parsing to included mods/libraries by @onebeastchris in #1075

New Contributors

• @FirstMegaGame4 made their first contribution in #1050
• @LlamaLad7 made their first contribution in #1061
• @Flemmli97 made their first contribution in #1064
• @SpaceWalkerRS made their first contribution in #1026
• @onebeastchris made their first contribution in #1075

Full Changelog: 1.5...1.6