v27.169

Highlights for users

• Messages are no longer marked as read when scrolling in search, @-mentions, and starred-message views (#4852).
• We now offer a more complete translation for Chinese (Taiwan) (PR #4285). Many thanks to our kind volunteer translators!

Plus, like every release, many other fixes and improvements for your Zulip experience.

Highlights for developers

• (Android) Dropped support for Android versions older than Android 6 (PR #4938).

• Over a dozen dependencies upgraded across major versions (PRs #4949, #4950, #4952); also other minor/patch upgrades, and some deps removed.

• Resolved issues (earliest first): #4852, #4890, #4938, #4964, #4285, #4870, #4764

  • Relative to the beta-only release v27.166, also #4921 (cherry-picked into beta-only release v27.167); and PRs #4960, #4959, and #4965 (cherry-picked into stable release v27.168).

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