merge from master

bump version to v1.99.994

bump version to v1.99.993 and address the latest MIT license

bump version to v1.99.992

bump version to v1.99.99

bump version to v1.99.98

bump version to v1.99.97

bump version to v1.99.90

always enable less ports and bump version to v1.99.5

bump version to v1.99.3