Eclipse eCAL (enhanced Communication Abstraction Layer) v.6.1.1

🚀 eCAL v6.1.1 — Release Notes

This patch release focuses on stability improvements, build system enhancements, and fixes across core modules, logging, monitoring, CI workflows, and Python bindings.

✅ Highlights

🧱 Core Improvements

• #2521 Enable building the eCAL core without requiring the protobuf library.
• #2545 Add IPv4 fallback when IPv6 listener setup fails.
• #2552 Fix client call behavior when server connections are closed.
• #2559 Ensure deprecated monitoring fields remain serialized for backward compatibility.

🧪 CI & Build Enhancements

• #2576 Update GitHub Actions to Node.js 24.
• #2579 Additional GitHub Actions updates for Node.js 24.
• #2585 Activate Python tests in CI.

📦 Protobuf & Protozero Fixes

• #2525 Fix missing Protozero header required for Ubuntu 20 compilation.
• #2557 Fix incorrect MethodInformation assignment for server.

🕒 Time & Plugins

• #2527 Exclude simulation time plugin when ECAL_USE_PROTOBUF=OFF.

🐍 Python API Fixes

• #2591 Fix TypeError when accessing monitoring collections in Python.

🔧 Utility Enhancements

• #2593 Add unique ID generation function.

🔗 Full Changelog

v6.1.0...v6.1.1