5.8.0

What's Changed

User Interface

• Improved key editor to build key signature from its members
• Improved staff editor that inserts intermediate defining points where needed by staff extension
• Improved ending editor that can resize the ending legs.

Engine

• Support for key signature changes
• Support for strings techniques of up bow and down bow
• Multi-measure rests can survive the lack of a recognized measure count

Project

• Use of 'macos-15-intel' instead of 'macos-13' runner to build the installer for macOS Intel
• Flatpak to catch up with OS installers
• Revamped the book/sheet annotations meant for training an external model

Java

• Upgrade to Java 25 and Gradle 9.1

Contributions

• Flathub PR for 5.7.1 by @mwilck in #851
• Update MacOS installation instructions for Audiveris by @github-s in #861

New Contributors

• @github-s made their first contribution in #861

Full Changelog: 5.7.1-bis...refs/heads/master