upload jar files to GitHub release

.github/workflows/deployment.yml

@@ -11,10 +11,37 @@ on:
       types: [published]
   
 jobs:
-    publish:
+  # old-school build and jar method. No tests run or compiled.
+  publish-1_6: 
+    name: Publish Java 1.6 to GitHub Release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
-        contents: read
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Setup java
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+        with:
+          java-version: 1.6
+      - name: Compile Java 1.6
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p target/classes
+          javac -version
+          javac -d target/classes/ src/main/java/org/json/*.java
+      - name: Create JAR 1.6
+        run: |
+          jar cvf "target/org.json-1.6-${{ github.ref_name }}.jar" -C target/classes .
+      - name: Add 1.6 Jar To Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        with:
+          append_body: true
+          files: |
+            target/*.jar
+  publish:
+    name: Publish Java 8 to Maven Central and GitHub Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
       packages: write
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -36,6 +63,13 @@ jobs:
           MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USERNAME }}
           MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_TOKEN }}
           MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
+          
+      - name: Add Jar To Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        with:
+          append_body: true
+          files: |
+            target/*.jar
       # - name: Set up Java for publishing to GitHub Packages
       #   uses: actions/setup-java@v3
       #   with:

.github/workflows/pipeline.yml

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
         java: [ 1.6 ]
     name: Java ${{ matrix.java }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Setup java
         uses: actions/setup-java@v1
         with:
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      max-parallel: 2
       matrix:
         # build against supported Java LTS versions:
         java: [ 8, 11, 17, 21 ]