Re: New release of GTK+ libraries (1.3.10)

[Gustavo Carneiro <gjc inescporto pt>]

On Fri, 2001-10-26 at 18:05, Owen Taylor wrote:
> 
> A new release of the development versions of GTK+ and associated
> libraries (GLib, Pango, Atk) is available at:
> 
>  ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v1.3/
> 
> The JPEG/PNG/TIFF libraries and pkg-config 0.8 are needed to compile this
> release. These are available at:
>  
>   ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v1.3/dependencies/
> 
>  (pkg-config latest canonical upstream location is
>   at http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig/ - note that 
>   it has moved from sourceforge. But gtk.org mirrors the 
>   0.8 version you need to build GTK 1.3.10)
> 
> You will also need "libiconv" on systems with C libraries that lack
> the iconv() function:
>   
>   http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/
> 
> And the libintl library from the GNU "gettext" package if your C
> library doesn't have gettext() functionality:
> 
>   http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/
> 
> 
> Overview of Changes in GLib 1.3.10:
> ===================================
> 
> * Many Win32 fixes and improvements [Tor Lillqvist]
> * Documentation improvements [Matthias Clasen]
> * g_string_printfa() renamed to g_string_append_printf()
> * Use libcharset from libiconv to implement charset detection
>   more portably. [Owen Taylor, Hidetoshi Tajima]
> * Add 64 bit type support to GObject [Joshua Pritikin, Mathieu Lacage, Owen]
> * Make support for 64 bit integers a requirement [Joshua]
> * GPattern improvements [Tim Janik, Matthias]
> * Locale independent g_ascii_strtod / g_ascii_dtostr [Alex Larsson]
> * Many bug fixes and minor tweaks.
> 
> Other Contributors: Darin Adler, Jakub Jelinek, James Antill, Andrew Taylor,
>   Ben Gertzfield, Elliot Lee, Manish Singh, Abel Cheung, Laszlo Peter,
>   Sven Neumann, George Lebl, Raja Harinath, Sebastian Wilhelmi,
>   Jacob Berkman
> 
> Overview of Changes in Pango 0.21
> =================================
> 
> * Documentation improvements. [Matthias Clasen, Sven Neumann]
> * pango_break() now reports n + 1 attributes for n characters, not n. 
>   [Havoc Pennington]
> * Win32 fixes, including support for configure.in on Win32. [Tor Lillqvist]
> * Bug fixes [Tony Graham, Eric Lemings, Manish Singh, Sven Neumann, 
>   Matt Wilson, Frank Belew]
> 
> Overview of Changes in Atk 0.6
> ==============================
> 
> * Small improvements to AtkText, AtkRelation, AtkObject APIs. 
>   [Padraig O'Briain, Bill Haneman]
> * Win32 build fixes [Tor Lillqvst]
> * Bug fixes and optimizations [Padraig]
> * Makefile fix [Jacob Berkman]
> * Doc improvements [Padraig]
> 
> Overview of Changes in GTK+ 1.3.10
> ==================================
> 
> * GtkTextView fixes [Havoc Pennington]
> * GtkTreeView fixes and improvements [Jonathan Blandford, Kristian,
>   Manish Singh, Joshua Pritikin, Oleg Maiboroda, James Henstridge]
> * gtkdemo improvements [Kristian Rietveld]
> * Drag and drop fixes to generic code and widgets 
>   [Owen Taylor, Damian Ivereigh]
> * Documentation improvement [Havoc Pennington, Matthias Clasen]
> * Spelling fixes [Jacob Berkman]
> * Move signals to the GtkEditable interface [Kristian]
> * Further stock image improvements [Jakub Steiner]
> * Support text chunks for the PGN loader, add gdk_pixbuf_get_option()
>   [Sven Neumann]
> * Rename gdk_pixbuf_new_from_stream back to new_from_inline [Owen]
> * Automatically call setlocale(), unless explictely disabled [Owen]
> * Property addition to various widgets [Michael Meeks, Owen]
> * Support building with automake-1.4 [James]

  automake-1.4? Are you sure this isn't automake-1.5?

> * Make GtkRadioButton groups act as a single focus point [Owen]
> * Move gdk_window_lookup etc. to be cross-platform [Matthias]
> * Draw spinbuttons variably sized [Kristian]
> * Separate GdkAtom out from X atoms for compatibility with future
>   multihead changes [Owen]
> * Require gdk_threads_init() to be explicitly called instead
>   of piggybacking off of g_thread_init(). [Owen]
> * Improvements to text-view/label/entry popup menus [Damian, Jacob, Owen]
> * Bug fixes and cleanup [Matthias, others]
> 
> Other Contributors:
>   Mark McLoughin, Mikael Hermansson, Soeren Sandmann, Anders Carlsson,
>   Tim Janik, Murray Cumming, Hidetoshi Tajima, Padraig O'Briain, 
>   Hans Breuer, Vitaly Tishkov, Dov Grobgeld
> 
> Library Descriptions
> ====================
> 
> GLib 1.3.10	(http://www.gtk.org)
>   GLib is the low-level core library that forms the basis of GTK+ and
>   GNOME. It provides data structure handling for C, portability
>   wrappers, and interfaces for such runtime functionality as an event
>   loop, threads, dynamic loading, and an object system.
> 
> Pango 0.21	(http://www.pango.org)
>   Pango is a library for layout and rendering of text, with an 
>   emphasis on internationalization. It forms the core of
>   text and font handling for GTK+-2.0.
> 
> Atk 0.6		(http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gap)
>   The ATK library provides a set of interfaces for accessibility.
>   By supporting the ATK interfaces, an application or toolkit can
>   be used such as tools such as screen readers, magnifiers,
>   and alternative input devices. 
> 
> GTK+ 1.3.10	(http://www.gtk.org)
>   GTK+ is a widget toolkit for X and other windowing systems. It 
>   is used in such projects as the GIMP and GNOME. 
> 
> Notes
> =====
> 
> This release is meant for:
> 
>  * Those interested in the development of GTK+. 
>  * People planning to port to the upcoming GTK+-2.0 version of GTK+.
> 
>    Note: the API is mostly frozen at this point. Major API changes
>    beyond the remaining open '2.0 API freeze' bugs in bugzilla are
>    unlikely to occur before GTK+-2.0 is released.
> 
> This is a an unstable preview release and should not be used in
> production. Only minimal testing has been done, and we expect that
> significant bugs and portability problems remain at this point.
> 
> This release is incompatible with GTK+ and GLib 1.2.x. Software that
> has not been explicitly ported will not compile with this version.  Do
> not send bug reports about such compilation problems to either us or
> maintainers of software that uses GLib and GTK+ 1.2.x; The currently
> supported version of GLib and GTK+ is version 1.2.10.
> 
> If you install these libraries, do NOT replace your current GLib
> and GTK+ packages with them; these libraries are designed so they
> can be installed in parallel with a GTK+ install without affecting
> it.
> 
> 
> Comments should be sent to:
> 
>  GLib, GTK+: gtk-devel-list gnome org
>              http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-devel-list
> 
>  Pango:      gtk-i18n-list gnome org
>              http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-i18n-list
> 
>  ATK:        gnome-accessibility-list gnome org
>              http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list
> 
> Bug reports should be filed in the GNOME bug tracker at:
> 
>   http://bugzilla.gnome.org
> 
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Gustavo Joćo Alves Marques Carneiro
<gjc inescporto pt> <gustavo users sourceforge net>