Re: [gtkmm] ANNOUNCE: gtkmm 2.3.6 and glibmm 2.3.7

[Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>]

Sorry, I mean gtkmm 2.3.7 and glibmm 2.3.8.
 
On Wed, 2004-03-31 at 11:50, Murray Cumming wrote:
> *** Special notes:
> 
> The API is now frozen. Only incredibly important API changes will be allowed 
> before the final fully-frozen gtkmm 2.4.0 release on April 12th.
> 
> *** gtkmm and glibmm 2.4:
> 
> gtkmm provides a C++ interface to GTK+. The 2.3.x tarballs are the unstable 
> development series that will become the stable gtkmm 2.4. gtkmm 2.3/2.4 will
> wrap any additional API in GTK+ 2.4. glibmm is now a separate module, for use in
> non-GUI software.
> 
> gtkmm 2.3/2.4 installs in parallel with gtkmm 2.2, so you can install this
> unstable library without the risk of breaking existing applications. This allows us
> to break ABI and API, though we will try not to break API unless it is absolutely 
> necessary.
> 
> We recommend the use of jhbuild or garnome for testing in a separate prefix.
> 
> The stable (API/ABI-frozen) gtkmm 2.4.0 will be released soon. 
> gtkmm is on the official GNOME Platform Bindings release schedule:
> http://www.gnome.org/start/2.5/bindings/
> 
> http://www.gtkmm.org
> 
> 
> *** Changes
> 
> glibmm 2.3.8:
> 
> * Fix crash when using Glib::Main signals.
>   (Martin Schulze)
> * Corrected the configure-time SUN compiler check.
>   (Murray Cumming, Alexander Nedotsukov)
> 
> gtkmm 2.3.7:
> 
> * Gtk:
>   - Action:
>     - create_tool_item(), create_menu(), and create_icon() return specific types.
>       (Bryan Forbes)
>     - Constructors: Give 0 instead of "" to GTK+ for empty strings, to make 
>       stock items work. (Murray Cumming)
>   - Container: Keep managed child widgets alive when remove()ing them.
>     (Murray Cumming)
>   - IconTheme: Wrapped the changed signal. (Murray Cumming)
>   - FileFilter: It's a Gtk::Object, not a Glib::Object. (Murray Cumming) 
>   - TreeView: Added move_column_to_start(). (Andrew E. Makeev)
>   - UIManager: Fixed typo in disconnect_proxy signal name. (Bryan Forbes)
>   - many: Do the extra reference for several get_*() methods.
>     (Bryan Forbes, Murray Cumming) 
> 
> * Documentation:
>   - Reference documentation: Corrected some mention of null parameters, and g_free(), 
>     in generated-from-C docs. (Murray Cumming)
>   - Book: Corrected typos and updated libsigc++ syntax. (Elijah Newren)
>   - FAQ: Don't mention gtkmm 1.2 so much. (Elijah Newren)
>   - Examples: Adde book/menus_and_toolbars, to show UIManager. (Murray Cumming)
> 
> 
> *** Download
> 
> ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/
> and
> http://www.gtkmm.org/download.shtml
> 
> You will need libsigc++ 2, available here: 
> https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1970
> 
> 
> *** Development 
> 
> There is active discussion on the mailing list: 
> http://www.gtkmm.org/mailinglist.shtml
> and in the #c++ channel on irc.gnome.org
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