Merge develop branch into master (Engine)

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
           - develop
           #- latest
         perl:
-          - '5.40'
+          - '5.42'
           - '5.36'
           - '5.26'
         runner:
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           perl-version: ${{ matrix.perl }}
 
+      - name: update
+        run: sudo apt update -y
+
       - name: Binary dependencies
         run: |
           # * These were taken from the installation instruction.
@@ -97,3 +100,41 @@ jobs:
       - name: Test
         run: |
           prove -lv t
+
+  build-artifact:
+    needs: run-tests
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: update
+        run: sudo apt update -y
+
+      - name: apt install
+        run: sudo apt-get install -y build-essential git libmodule-install-perl gettext
+
+      - name: build
+        run: perl Makefile.PL && make all dist
+
+      - name: Get short SHA
+        id: short_sha
+        run: |
+            if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "pull_request" ]; then
+                echo "SHORT_SHA=$(echo ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }} | cut -c1-7)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+            else
+                echo "SHORT_SHA=$(echo ${{ github.sha }} | cut -c1-7)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+            fi
+
+      - name: Get Zonemaster-Engine version
+        id: version
+        run: |
+          result=`grep "use version; our $VERSION" lib/Zonemaster/Engine.pm`
+          result+='printf $VERSION;'
+          VERSION=`perl -e "$result"`
+          echo "version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: upload artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: Zonemaster-Engine-${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}-${{ env.SHORT_SHA }}
+          path: Zonemaster-Engine-${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}.tar.gz

Changes

@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
 Release history for Zonemaster component Zonemaster-Engine
 
+v9.0.0 2026-06-29 (part of Zonemaster v2026.1 release)
+
+ [Breaking changes]
+ - Removes deprecated profile properties,
+   resolver.defaults.recurse, resolver.defaults.igntc
+   and resolver.defaults.usevc (#1532)
+ - Changes saved packets’ serialization format (#1517, #1531)
+
+ [Features]
+ - Creates independent caching of custom name server recursive
+   lookups (#1521)
+
+ [Fixes]
+ - Updates Swedish translation (#1533)
+ - Updates French translation (#1536)
+ - Replaces Perl INIT block with explicit initialization (#1530)
+ - Hardens test case Nameserver15 against creative version
+   strings (#1528)
+ - Updates test case DNSSEC10 implementation (#1523, #1539)
+
+
 v8.1.1 2026-03-04 (part of Zonemaster v2025.2.1 release)
 
  [Fixes]

Dockerfile

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache \
     perl-yaml \
     perl-yaml-libyaml \
  && cpanm --no-wget --from=https://cpan.metacpan.org/ \
+    CBOR::XS \
     Email::Valid \
     List::Compare \
     Locale::PO \

Makefile.PL

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ all_from 'lib/Zonemaster/Engine.pm';
 # "2.1.0" could be declared as "2.001" but not as "2.1"
 # (see Zonemaster::LDNS below)
 
+requires 'CBOR::XS'           => 0;
 requires 'Class::Accessor'    => 0;
 requires 'Clone'              => 0;
 requires 'Email::Valid'       => 0;
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ requires 'Net::IP::XS'        => 0.21;
 requires 'Readonly'           => 0;
 requires 'Text::CSV'          => 0;
 requires 'YAML::XS'           => 0;
-requires 'Zonemaster::LDNS'   => 5.000002; # For v5.0.2
+requires 'Zonemaster::LDNS'   => 5.001000; # For v5.1.0
 
 test_requires 'Locale::PO'        => 0;
 test_requires 'Pod::Coverage'     => 0;

README.md

@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ read on the [CPAN site].
 
 Documentation on Zonemaster-Engine is also found under the [docs] directory.
 
+## CI artifact
+
+A tarball (`Zonemaster-Engine-<version>.tar.gz`) is built and uploaded as a GitHub Actions artifact on every push and pull request. This artifact can be useful for release testing and PR review.
+To download it:
+1. Go to the [Actions tab](https://github.com/zonemaster/zonemaster-engine/actions) of the repository.
+2. Select a workflow run (e.g. for a specific PR or branch).
+3. Scroll to the bottom of the run summary to the **Artifacts** section.
+4. Download the artifact named `Zonemaster-Engine-<version>-<short_sha>`.
+The artifact name includes the module version and the first 7 characters of the commit SHA.
 
 ## Participation, Contact and Bug reporting
 

lib/Zonemaster/Engine.pm

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package Zonemaster::Engine;
 use v5.16.0;
 use warnings;
 
-use version; our $VERSION = version->declare("v8.1.1");
+use version; our $VERSION = version->declare("v9.0.0");
 
 BEGIN {
     # Locale::TextDomain (<= 1.20) doesn't know about File::ShareDir so give a helping hand.
@@ -26,20 +26,17 @@ use Zonemaster::Engine::Test;
 use Zonemaster::Engine::Recursor;
 use Zonemaster::Engine::ASNLookup;
 
-INIT {
-    init_engine();
-}
-
 our $logger;
 our $recursor = Zonemaster::Engine::Recursor->new;
 
-my $init_done = 0;
-
+my $init_done;
 sub init_engine {
     return if $init_done++;
     Zonemaster::Engine::Recursor::init_recursor();
 }
 
+init_engine();
+
 sub logger {
     return $logger //= Zonemaster::Engine::Logger->new;
 }
@@ -253,7 +250,7 @@ This manual describes the main L<Zonemaster::Engine> module. If what you're afte
 
 =item init_engine()
 
-Run the initialization tasks if they have not been run already. This method is called automatically in INIT block.
+Run the initialization tasks if they have not been run already. This method is called automatically at runtime.
 
 =item test_zone($name)