[2023-07-31] Library & Engine Team Update

[jdunkerley]

• James: Updated scripts to stand up a Windows VM (with installed components to build Enso).
• James: Updated EC2 stand up scripts.
• James; Fix CI failing error Fix failing test #7394
• James Speed up statistics Speed up statistics #7390
• James: Work on new fast number parser.
• Radek: Fixing operations on Mixed types. Fixing operations on Mixed types #7368
• Radek: Respect database backend naming limitations when generating table/column names. Respect database backend naming limitations when generating table/column names and validate user-provided names to avoid silent name clashes; process JDBC warnings reported from backends #7428
• Radek: Validate user-provided names to avoid silent name clashes; process JDBC warnings reported from backends. Respect database backend naming limitations when generating table/column names and validate user-provided names to avoid silent name clashes; process JDBC warnings reported from backends #7428
• Greg: Completed replace on database backend. Implement replace on the Database Column #7275
• Greg: Convert Number.round to Java. Convert Number.round to Java #7360
• Greg: Avoid indexing the table twice for Table.cross_tab. Avoid indexing the table twice for Cross Tab #7417
• Greg: Expose Unicode normalization methods on Text. Expose Unicode normalization methods on Texts #7425
• Jaroslav: Simplifying built-ins type system support. Simplifying builtins type system support #7344
• Jaroslav: Fixing bugs with ascribed types and atom_with_hole. Ascribed types & atom_with_hole #7348
• Jaroslav: Check for PanicSentinel in SequenceLiteralNode. Check for PanicSentinel in SequenceLiteralNode #7385
• Jaroslav: Moving PackageRepository.Default into its own EnsoPackageRepository. Moving PackageRepository.Default into its own EnsoPackageRepository #7395
• Jaroslav: Verify Python date can be used where Enso date. Verify Python date can be used where Enso date #7396
• Jaroslav: Adopting GraalVM's support for BigInteger. Adopting GraalVM's support for BigInteger #7420
• Hubert: Working on replacing logging framework.
• Hubert: Investigating and solving defects.
• Pavel: Fix Dockerfile - do not download R component. Fix Dockerfile - do not download R component #7374
• Pavel: Continuing work on running the benchmarks,
• Dmitry: StopServer timing out on project stopping. StopServer timing out on project stopping #7416
• Dmitry: Disable file watcher in VcsManagerTest suite. Disable file watcher in VcsManagerTest suite #7421
• Dmitry: Allow users to give a project other than Upper_Snake_Case name. Allow users to give a project other than Upper_Snake_Case name #7397