Failed release (due undocumented feature of jitpack that would use ancient exec-maven-plugin from 2014), use 1.5.1 instead

What's Changed

• improve stat() calls in API by @kevodwyer in #227
• Bump actions/setup-java from 1 to 3 by @dependabot[bot] in #230
• Bump actions/checkout from 1 to 3 by @dependabot[bot] in #229
• Bump actions/checkout from 3 to 4 by @dependabot[bot] in #231
• Bump actions/setup-java from 3 to 4 by @dependabot[bot] in #232
• build: Run CI once a week by @vorburger in #238
• ci: uci/copy-templates by @web3-bot in #244
• Bump actions/checkout from 4 to 5 by @dependabot[bot] in #246
• Bump actions/setup-java from 4 to 5 by @dependabot[bot] in #247
• Bump actions/checkout from 5 to 6 by @dependabot[bot] in #248
• fix: obvious typo by @cstamas in #249
• fix: name resolve accepts any (resolvable) name by @cstamas in #250
• build: Run (also) Maven-based build on CI by @vorburger in #241
• fix: Remove broken failing test of @deprecated DNS method by @vorburger in #239
• chore: Simplify project by removing the Ant-based build; Maven only is fine by @vorburger in #254
• Tidy up by @cstamas in #255
• Update Kubo version tested against by @cstamas in #253
• docs: Clarify on README now to run tests by @vorburger in #236
• Bump org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin from 2.19.1 to 3.5.4 by @dependabot[bot] in #261
• Bump org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-jar-plugin from 3.0.2 to 3.5.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #260
• Bump com.github.multiformats:java-multiaddr from v1.4.12 to v1.4.13 by @dependabot[bot] in #259
• Bump org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin from 3.8.0 to 3.14.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #258
• Maintenance: lock down Maven by @cstamas in #265
• Set build time requirements by @cstamas in #267
• Auto format source and POM by @cstamas in #266
• Fix: move to Junit Jupiter 6.x by @cstamas in #268
• Fix: ignore reformat by @cstamas in #270
• Fix: modularize by @cstamas in #269
• Bump com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-maven-plugin from 3.1.0 to 3.2.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #273
• Add jitpack.yml to signal need for Java 21 by @cstamas in #275

New Contributors

• @vorburger made their first contribution in #238
• @web3-bot made their first contribution in #244
• @cstamas made their first contribution in #249

Full Changelog: v1.4.4...1.5.0

Updates MultiAddr dependency

Updates MultiAddr dependency

This release targets compatibility with kubo v0.18.1

This release targets compatibility with kubo v0.17.0

This release restores support for Java 8 (#172)

This release fixes a number of breaking changes made in ipfs v0.5.0.

These include:

• Requiring HTTP POST on api calls
• changing return values of pin.update to multihash rather than multiaddr

This also fixes errors in base32 support, and includes support for base 36 and base 64.

It also implements a new call block.rm