release: 1.0.0-alpha.0

Changelog.md

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+## 1.0.0-alpha.1
+
+### ⚠️ Breaking changes
+
+- Remove support for Node <18 and safe-buffer dependency - by [@bjohansebas](https://github.com/bjohansebas), [@Phillip9587](https://github.com/Phillip9587) and [@TheThing](https://github.com/TheThing) in [#265](https://github.com/pillarjs/iconv-lite/pull/265) [#349](https://github.com/pillarjs/iconv-lite/pull/349)
+
+    Node.js versions prior to 18 are no longer supported. This allows us to remove the safe-buffer dependency and use native Buffer methods available in Node 18 and later. 
+
+- Use native TextDecoder for decoding - by [@JohnGu9](https://github.com/JohnGu9) and [@bjohansebas](https://github.com/bjohansebas) in [#316](https://github.com/pillarjs/iconv-lite/pull/316)
+
+    While this improves compatibility with web standards, some edge cases may behave differently because the implementation of TextDecoder in Node.js or other JavaScript runtimes has issues with the specification.
+
+### 🚀 Improvements
+
+- Introduce backend abstraction layer to support to Uint8Array buffer implementation - by [@ashtuchkin](https://github.com/ashtuchkin)
+
+    This paves the way for supporting environments without Node.js Buffer, such as browsers using Uint8Array.
+    This is a work in progress, so many parts still rely on Buffer internally, but the goal is to eventually have full support for a Uint8Array based implementation.
+
+- Update of the GBK encoding table according to changes in the specification - by [@bjohansebas](https://github.com/bjohansebas) in [#371](https://github.com/pillarjs/iconv-lite/pull/371)
+
+    The GBK encoding table was updated to reflect the latest changes in the Encoding Standard:
+
+    * A6D9–A6DF: Assigned 7 vertical presentation punctuation characters (︐︒︑︓︔︕︖) that were previously unmapped
+    * A6EC–A6ED: Assigned 2 presentation characters (︗︘) that were previously unmapped
+    * A6F3: Assigned a punctuation character (︙) that was previously unmapped
+    * FE50: Inserted characters 龴, 龵, 龶, 龷, 龸, 龹 at specific positions in the sequence
+    * FE80: Inserted characters 龺, 龻 at specific positions in the sequence
+
 ## 0.7.1
 
 ### 🚀 Improvements

package.json

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 {
     "name": "iconv-lite",
     "description": "Convert character encodings in pure javascript.",
-    "version": "0.7.1",
+    "version": "1.0.0-alpha.1",
     "license": "MIT",
     "keywords": [
         "iconv",