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Version 1.67.1

- The debugger now has a "backtrace full" command which works very similarly to
  its GDB equivalent.

- The GObject.ParamFlags.CONSTRUCT_ONLY flag is now correctly enforced, when
  using it on GObject classes defined in JavaScript. This might break code that
  was incorrectly trying to set a property that it had previously defined as
  construct-only. The workaround is to remove the CONSTRUCT_ONLY flag.

- Fixed exception when calling GObject.Type().

- Several performance improvements.

- Progress on ES Modules.

- Closed bugs and merge requests:

  * gobject: Handle CONSTRUCT_ONLY flag [!377, Florian Müllner]
  * Add native module registry to global (Part 2) [!456, Evan Welsh]
  * testGIMarshalling: Expand test coverage for flags [!479, Simon McVittie]
  * Private Objects: Use native allocators and structs [!494, Marco Trevisan]
  * Pass-by-reference GValue arguments do not work right [#74, !496, !507, Marco
    Trevisan]
  * Templated-data-only GjsAutoPointer (and use it more around) [!504, Marco
    Trevisan]
  * Error in function "_init()" in module "modules/overrides/GObject.js" [#238,
    !508, Nina Pypchenko]
  * fails to build on 32-bit [#357, !511, Michael Catanzaro]
  * Revert "arg-cache: Save space by not caching GType" [!512, Jonas Dreßler]
  * gi/wrapperutils: Move gjs_get_string_id() into resolve() implementations
    [!513, Jonas Dreßler]
  * updates on eslint configuration [!517, Nasah Kuma]
  * Update CONTRIBUTING.md about the runner system failure [!518, Nasah Kuma]
  * Switch to eslint-plugin-jsdoc and remove lint-condo [!520, #359, Evan Welsh,
    Philip Chimento]
  * gi: Check property before access [!521, Florian Müllner]
  * testGIMarshalling: Actually run the GPtrArray utf8 tests [!522, Marco
    Trevisan]
  * Add more documents for "imports" and "imports.gi" [!526, wsgalaxy]
  * overrides/Gtk: Set BuilderScope in class init [!527, Florian Müllner]
  * gi/arg-cache: Only skip array length parameter once [!528, Florian Müllner]
  * Copyright conformance with Reuse Software spec [!529, Philip Chimento, Evan
    Welsh]
  * Remove JSClass macros [!530, !533, !537, Philip Chimento]
  * Avoid pulling from DockerHub in CI [!531, Philip Chimento, Marco Trevisan]
  * Use GNOME-specific rules with cppcheck [!532, Philip Chimento]
  * Fedora 33 CI images [!535, Philip Chimento]
  * Fix IWYU bugs [!536, Philip Chimento]
  * Reduce bandwidth usage in CI, and pick a more accurate base for diff checks
    [!538, Philip Chimento]
  * debugger: Make '$$' mean the last value [!539, Philip Chimento]
  * Add codespell CI job [#362, !540, !541, !547, Björn Daase]
  * Various maintenance [!542, !548, Philip Chimento]
  * fix readline build on certain systems [!543, Jakub Kulík]
  * build: Require gobject-introspection 1.66.0 [!546, Philip Chimento]
  * Add backtrace full command to debugger [#208, !550, Nasah Kuma]

- Various refactors for type safety [Marco Trevisan]

- Various maintenance [Philip Chimento]