Update json requirement from ~> 2.6.3 to >= 2.6.3, < 2.8.0

Updates the requirements on json to permit the latest version.

Release notes

v2.7.0

What's Changed

Improved

Perf. improvements to Hash#to_json in pure implementation generator. by @vipulnsward in flori/json#203

Remove unnecessary initialization of create_id in JSON.parse() by @Watson1978 in flori/json#454

Added

Call super in included hook by @paracycle in flori/json#486

Rename escape_slash in script_safe and also escape E+2028 and E+2029 by @casperisfine in flori/json#525

Add a strict option to Generator by @casperisfine in flori/json#519

Fixed

Fix homepage url in gemspec by @unasuke in flori/json#508

Fix dead link to Ragel in README by @okuramasafumi in flori/json#509

[DOC] Fix yet another dead link to Ragel by @nobu in flori/json#510

Fix "unexpected token" offset for Infinity by @jhawthorn in flori/json#507

Use ruby_xfree to free buffers by @casperisfine in flori/json#518

Compatibility changes

JRuby requires a minimum of Java 8 by @headius in flori/json#516

Rename JSON::ParseError to JSON:ParserError by @dalizard in flori/json#530

Removed code for Ruby 1.8 by @hsbt in flori/json#540

alias_method is private on Ruby 2.3 and 2.4 by @hsbt in flori/json#541

remove_method of Module is private at Ruby 2.3 and 2.4 by @hsbt in flori/json#544

[jruby] avoid using deprecated BigDecimal.new by @kares in flori/json#546

Always indent even if empty by @headius in flori/json#517

Misc

Update CI matrix by @hsbt in flori/json#521

Add missing changelog entries for 1.8.5 and 1.8.6 by @r7kamura in flori/json#520

Actions workflow - Add new OS's, Ruby 3.1, Ruby master, Windows by @MSP-Greg in flori/json#491

Skip unsupported test on JRuby by @nobu in flori/json#532

Skip BigDecimal tests when it's missing to load by @hsbt in flori/json#533

Simplify by @nobu in flori/json#531

Load extension ('json/ext') consistently in test_ext by @aeroastro in flori/json#536

Use test-unit-ruby-core gem by @hsbt in flori/json#539

[CI] Add Windows mswin job by @MSP-Greg in flori/json#545

Exclude truffleruby-head from Actions by @hsbt in flori/json#551

tests/ractor_test.rb: make assert_separately available by @lucaskanashiro in flori/json#506

Added changes for 2.7.0 and restore entries to 2.6.3 and 2.6.2 by @hsbt in flori/json#552

New Contributors

@unasuke made their first contribution in flori/json#508

@okuramasafumi made their first contribution in flori/json#509

@r7kamura made their first contribution in flori/json#520

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Changelog

Sourced from json's changelog.

2023-12-01 (2.7.0)

Add a strict option to Generator #519

escape_slash option was renamed as script_safe and now also escape U+2028 and U+2029. escape_slash is now an alias of script_safe #525

Remove unnecessary initialization of create_id in JSON.parse() #454

Improvements to Hash#to_json in pure implementation generator #203

Use ruby_xfree to free buffers #518

Fix "unexpected token" offset for Infinity #507

Avoid using deprecated BigDecimal.new on JRuby #546

Removed code for Ruby 1.8 #540

Rename JSON::ParseError to JSON:ParserError #530

Call super in included hook #486

JRuby requires a minimum of Java 8 #516

Always indent even if empty #517

2022-11-30 (2.6.3)

bugfix json/pure mixing escaped with literal unicode raises Encoding::CompatibilityError #483

Stop including the parser source LINE in exceptions #470

2022-11-17 (2.6.2)

Remove unknown keyword arg from DateTime.parse #488

Ignore java artifacts by @hsbt #489

Fix parser bug for empty string allocation #496

2021-10-24 (2.6.1)

Restore version.rb with 2.6.1

2021-10-14 (2.6.0)

Use rb_enc_interned_str if available to reduce allocations in freeze: true mode. #451.

Bump required_ruby_version to 2.3.

Fix compatibility with GC.compact.

Fix some compilation warnings. #469

2020-12-22 (2.5.1)

Restore the compatibility for constants of JSON class.

2020-12-22 (2.5.0)

Ready to Ractor-safe at Ruby 3.0.

2020-12-17 (2.4.1)

Restore version.rb with 2.4.1

2020-12-15 (2.4.0)

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Commits

63b074a Merge pull request #552 from flori/prepare-to-release-2-7-0
ca54612 Bump up 2.7.0
c243fe8 Fix release date
ce4175a Re-generate Parser.java
dd0fb2a Added changes for 2.7.0 and restore entries to 2.6.3 and 2.6.2
10a4542 Merge branch 'Shopify-strict-dump'
978ee15 Merge branch 'strict-dump' of github.com:Shopify/json into Shopify-strict-dump
8741567 Merge branch 'Watson1978-create_id'
173cb3a Merge branch 'create_id' of github.com:Watson1978/json into Watson1978-create_id
5ab53a4 Merge branch 'vipulnsward-json-transform-hash-perf'
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