[vala/0.44: 4/4] Release 0.44.8

[Rico Tzschichholz <ricotz src gnome org>]

commit 6fb1a202d8a91fc348401fbb8bf8ddd45ec5aca8
Author: Rico Tzschichholz <ricotz ubuntu com>
Date:   Thu Sep 19 19:39:44 2019 +0200

    Release 0.44.8

 NEWS                      | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 doc/vala-gen-introspect.1 |  4 ++--
 doc/valac.1               |  4 ++--
 doc/valadoc.1             |  4 ++--
 doc/vapigen.1             |  4 ++--
 5 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9ea11e326..fcacdcf78 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,41 @@
+Vala 0.44.8
+===========
+ * Various improvements and bug fixes:
+  - vala:
+    + Support static methods in error-domains [#829]
+    + vala: Init formal_target_type of built ArrayCreationExpression from
+      InitializerList [#835]
+    + Add missing closing brace/bracket in to_string() of
+      ArrayCreationExpression and InitializerList
+    + Reject unary operations on nullable integer/floating/boolean type [#772]
+    + Run FlowAnalyzer on all given source-files [#843]
+  - codegen:
+    + Don't append unreachable clean-up section of Block [#838]
+    + Don't cause double-free due append_local_free() in uncaught-errors [#838]
+    + Don't unconditionally add/return internal "result" variable [#838]
+  - codewriter: Write "weak" modifier for properties
+  - girparser/gidlparser: "value_owned = true" by default for property types
+  - libvaladoc: Don't traverse into close circles with parent [#829]
+  - genie: Creation methods should not be static
+  - valadoc: Explicitly pass --pkg libvala@PACKAGE_SUFFIX@ as for doclets/tests
+
+ * Bindings:
+  - cairo: Add 1.16 symbols
+  - glib-2.0: Fix MutexLocker binding
+  - glib-2.0: Add missing "DestroysInstance" attributes to Mutex/Locker API
+  - glib-2.0: Use 'GStatBuf' as ctype for 'Stat'
+  - glib-2.0: DateTime.from_iso8601() can take a null TimeZone
+  - gio-2.0: Drop metadata for NativeSocketAddress
+  - gio-unix-2.0: Add UnixMountEntry.get_root_path() since 2.60
+  - gtk4: Sync from 0.46 branch
+  - json-glib-1.0: Change abstract methods of Serializable to virtual [#840]
+  - libsoup-2.4: soup_auth_new is not a constructor but a factory method [#791]
+  - linux: Add more Input and update UserspaceInput bindings [#830]
+  - posix: Add *at() calls and related constants [#823]
+  - sqlite3: Bind sqlite3_expanded_sql() and sqlite3_normalised_sql()
+  - sqlite3: Fix use of possibly unassigned parameter `errmsg'
+  - webkit2gtk-4.0: Update to 2.26.0
+
 Vala 0.44.7
 ===========
  * Various improvements and bug fixes:
diff --git a/doc/vala-gen-introspect.1 b/doc/vala-gen-introspect.1
index 8976b6525..8ada713fa 100644
--- a/doc/vala-gen-introspect.1
+++ b/doc/vala-gen-introspect.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.10.
-.TH VALA-GEN-INTROSPECT "1" "August 2019" "vala-gen-introspect 0.44.7" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.11.
+.TH VALA-GEN-INTROSPECT "1" "September 2019" "vala-gen-introspect 0.44.8" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 vala-gen-introspect \- generate a GI file for GObject and glib based packages
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/doc/valac.1 b/doc/valac.1
index 50e62f853..92f48ce10 100644
--- a/doc/valac.1
+++ b/doc/valac.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.10.
-.TH VALAC "1" "August 2019" "valac 0.44.7" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.11.
+.TH VALAC "1" "September 2019" "valac 0.44.8" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 valac \- compiler that translates Vala source code into C source and header files
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/doc/valadoc.1 b/doc/valadoc.1
index 239337b6d..b325d8ee1 100644
--- a/doc/valadoc.1
+++ b/doc/valadoc.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.10.
-.TH VALADOC "1" "August 2019" "valadoc 0.44.7" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.11.
+.TH VALADOC "1" "September 2019" "valadoc 0.44.8" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 valadoc \- Vala Documentation Tool
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/doc/vapigen.1 b/doc/vapigen.1
index ec6f210fb..deabe47a5 100644
--- a/doc/vapigen.1
+++ b/doc/vapigen.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.10.
-.TH VAPIGEN "1" "August 2019" "vapigen API Generator 0.44.7" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.11.
+.TH VAPIGEN "1" "September 2019" "vapigen API Generator 0.44.8" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 vapigen \- generate a Vala API
 .SH SYNOPSIS