[ANNOUNCE] Apache Velocity Engine 2.4 released

The Apache Velocity team is pleased to announce the release of Velocity 
Engine 2.4

Velocity is a Java-based template engine which provides a simple yet 
powerful template language to reference objects defined in Java code.

This is a maintenance release. Main changes:

- Fixed an overzealous string to number conversion which induced a 
performance loss.

- Refactoring of the spring-velocity-support module.

- Review of DataSourceResourceLoader for thread safety.

- Added Java 16 record field property getters mapping.

For a full list of changes, please visit the Velocity Engine 2.4 Change 
section [1] and the JIRA changelog [2].

For notes on upgrading from Velocity Engine 2.3, see Velocity Engine 
Upgrading section [3].

Velocity Engine 2.4 is available in a binary and a source distribution [4].

https://velocity.apache.org/download.html#velocity24

It is also available in the central Maven repository under the 
'org.apache.velocity' group id.

Please feel free to test the distribution and post your comments to the 
user list [5], or, if appropriate, file a ticket with JIRA [6].

Regards,

   the Apache Velocity community.

[1]: https://velocity.apache.org/engine/2.4/changes.html
[2]: 
https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12310104&version=12352138
[3]: https://velocity.apache.org/engine/2.4/upgrading.html
[4]: https://velocity.apache.org/download.cgi#velocity-engine-24
[5]: https://velocity.apache.org/contact.html#mailing-lists
[6]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/VELOCITY