v13.4.0-RC (bug fix)

[esaulpaugh]

fix critical bug where streamed RLPItems could be corrupted;
remove Strings.encode(ByteBuffer);
throw on null ReadableByteChannel;
throw on null InputStream;
allow channel iterator to respond to interrupts;
raise default max channel buffer size to 384 KiB;
throw on partial item on timeout or EOF;
override spliterator() for TupleType;
add configurable buffer to RLPOutputStream;
change error message;
change exception type
add RLPItem#dataBuffer(), encodingBuffer();
add RLPEncoder.putString(byte[],int,int,ByteBuffer);
KVP#compareTo no longer throws for equal elements;
fix KVP ordering in Records for non-ascii keys;
skip exponential backoff if bytesRead less than -1;
fix reader not closed in readField if key not found;
fix duplicate field rejection when first val null;
RLPDecoder.stream(Iterator) no longer assumes ORDERED, NONNULL, or IMMUTABLE;
additional API hardening;
performance optimizations;
use gson v2.14.0;

Full Changelog: v13.3.1...v13.4.0-RC

SHA-256 (headlong-13.4.0-RC.jar): eb54562a47f5968b99b21e93c6af0ab0debc1f85113e60250ad990122bb78334

(Unsigned) artifacts attached.

Reproducible build instructions (use build.gradle and JDK 11, remove Created-By, set Build-Date): #77

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This discussion was created from the release v13.4.0-RC (bug fix).