Merge pull request #1778 from BladeRunnerJS/v1.6.0-release-notes

V1.6.0 release notes

README.md

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ If you are interested in contributing to the BRJS core toolkit then the followin
 
 #### Install JDK
 
-BRJS is written and compiled using Java 8, but we distribute it and run the tests against it using Java 7, courtesy of [retrolambda](https://github.com/orfjackal/retrolambda). Because of this, you will need to do the following:
+BRJS is written and compiled using Java 8. Before running the build you will need to do the following:
 
   * Install Java 8 JDKs.
   * Configure `JAVA_HOME` to point to the Java 8 JDK home directory, as you prefer.

releases/v1.6.0.json

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+{
+    "milestone": "1.6.0",
+    "name": "BladeRunnerJS 1.6.0",
+    "prerelease": false
+}

releases/v1.6.0.md

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+## BladeRunnerJS @tagVersion@
+
+BladeRunnerJS @tagVersion@ contains full Java 8 support and new features.
+
+##### Java 8
+
+BRJS was previously built and compiled with Java 8 but distributed to run against Java 7+. This is the first release that targets Java 8. We advise users to upgrade their Java versions to 8 and to ensure prod servers are upgraded where necessary.
+
+### Enhancements
+
+- `br.AliasRegistryClass` format has been simplified and now allows inline alias registration.
+- The version of Selenium that is shipped with BRJS has been upgraded to 3.0.1. 
+- The Jetty version, which BRJS uses as a dev server, has been upgraded to 9.4.2.