POM Changes
mc-dev imports
Skeleton API Implementations
Obfuscation Helpers
Spigot Configuration
Better Chunk Tick Selection
Crop Growth Rates
More Efficient Chunk Save Queue
Merge tweaks and configuration

This allows the merging of Experience orbs, as well as the configuration of the merge radius of items. Additionally it refactors the merge algorithm to be a better experience for players.
LongHash Tweaks
Async Operation Catching

Catch and throw an exception when a potentially unsafe operation occurs on a thread other than the main server thread.
View Distance

This commit allows the user to select per world view distances, and view distances below 3. Be wary of the issues selecting a view distance of 1 or 2 may cause!
Improved Timings System

Tracks nearly every point of minecraft internals and plugin events to give a good quick overview on what is causing TPS loss.
Fix Mob Spawning Relative to View Distance
Handle Null Tile Entities
Entity Activation Range

This feature gives 3 new configurable ranges that if an entity of the matching type is outside of this radius of any player, will tick at 5% of its normal rate.

This will drastically cut down on tick timings for entities that are not in range of a user to actually be "used".
This change can have dramatic impact on gameplay if configured too low. Balance according to your servers desired gameplay.
Metrics
PlayerItemDamageEvent
Faster UUID for entities

It is overkill to create a new SecureRandom on each entity create and then use it to make a new Entity ID for every entity instance created. Instead we will just use a pseudo random UUID based off the random instance we already have.
Prevent NPE in CraftSign

This commit prevents the constructor of CraftSign throwing an NPE when it cannot get the sign tile entity. Instead it will fallback to a 4 empty lined sign, and not try to do anything to those lines on .update().