Blog post for 1.6.3

Author: filiphr

content/news/2024-11-09-mapstruct-1_6_3_bug-fix-released.adoc

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+title: "MapStruct 1.6.3 bug fix released"
+author: Filip Hrisafov
+date: "2024-11-09"
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+== tags: [release, news]
+
+It is my pleasure to announce the 1.6.3 bug fix release of MapStruct.
+This release includes 3 bug fixes.
+You may wonder where the Blog Post for 1.6.2 is.
+There was no blog post as we released it immediately after 1.6.1 due to a regression in the 1.6.1 release, when using Java records.
+
+With this release we support the use of the Java 19 `LinkedHashSet` and `LinkedHashMap` factory methods.
+
+* Redundant if condition in Java record mapping with `RETURN_DEFAULT` strategy (#3747)
+* Stackoverflow with Immutables custom builder (#3370)
+* Unused import of `java.time.LocalDate` when mapping source `LocalDateTime` to target `LocalDate` (#3732)
+* 
+
+=== Thanks
+
+Thanks to our entire community for reporting these errors. 
+
+In alphabetic order this are all the contributors that contributed to the 1.6.3 release of Mapstruct:
+
+* https://github.com/Srimathi-S[@Srimathi-S]
+
+We are also accepting donations through https://opencollective.com/mapstruct[Open Collective] or https://github.com/sponsors/mapstruct[GitHub].
+We'd like to thank all the supporters that supported us with donations in this period:
+
+* https://github.com/adessoSE[adesso SE]
+* https://github.com/atilimcetin[Atılım Çetin]
+* https://opencollective.com/bileto[Bileto]
+* https://github.com/cybozu[Cybozu]
+* https://opencollective.com/atomfrede[Frederik Hahne]
+* https://github.com/kjuyoung[Juyoung Kim]
+* https://opencollective.com/lansana[Lansana]
+* https://github.com/AnneMayor[Lee Anne]
+* https://github.com/jan-prisma[PRISMA European Capacity Platform GmbH]
+* https://opencollective.com/st-galler-kantonalbank-ag[St. Galler Kantonalbank AG]
+* https://github.com/foal[Stanislav Spiridonov]
+
+Happy coding with MapStruct 1.6.3!!
+
+=== Download
+
+You can fetch the new release from Maven Central using the following GAV coordinates:
+
+* Annotation JAR: http://search.maven.org/#artifactdetails|org.mapstruct|mapstruct|1.6.3|jar[org.mapstruct:mapstruct:1.6.3]
+* Annotation processor JAR: http://search.maven.org/#artifactdetails|org.mapstruct|mapstruct-processor|1.6.3|jar[org.mapstruct:mapstruct-processor:1.6.3]
+
+Alternatively, you can get ZIP and TAR.GZ distribution bundles - containing all the JARs, documentation etc. - https://github.com/mapstruct/mapstruct/releases/tag/1.6.3[from GitHub].
+
+If you run into any trouble or would like to report a bug, feature request or similar, use the following channels to get in touch:
+
+* Get help in our https://github.com/mapstruct/mapstruct/discussions[GitHub Discussions] or https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/mapstruct[StackOverflow]
+* Report bugs and feature requests via the https://github.com/mapstruct/mapstruct/issues[issue tracker]
+* Follow https://twitter.com/GetMapStruct[@GetMapStruct] on Twitter