GTK+ 2.8.12 released

[Matthias Clasen <matthias clasen gmail com>]

GTK+ 2.8.12 is now available for download at:

 ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v2.8/
 http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gtk+/2.8/

gtk+-2.8.12.tar.bz2   md5sum: bdd3b950e4a3c65d61bceed9149888a9
gtk+-2.8.12.tar.gz    md5sum: 964426c66b0d4381fa4db746bc4b9ac1

This is a bugfix release in the 2.8.x series.
Note: due to an oversight, the NEWS file in the tarballs did not get
updated for this release. See below for what should have been there.

What is GTK+
============

GTK+ is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user
interfaces. Offering a complete set of widgets, GTK+ is suitable for
projects ranging from small one-off tools to complete application
suites.

GTK+ has been designed from the ground up to support a range of
languages, not only C/C++. Using GTK+ from languages such as Perl and
Python (especially in combination with the Glade GUI builder) provides
an effective method of rapid application development.

GTK+ is free software and part of the GNU Project. However, the
licensing terms for GTK+, the GNU LGPL, allow it to be used by all
developers, including those developing proprietary software, without
any license fees or royalties.


Where to get more information about GTK+
========================================

Information about GTK+ including links to documentation can be
found at:

http://www.gtk.org/

An installation guide for GTK+ 2.8 is found at:
 http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/gtk-building.html

Common questions:

http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/gtk-question-index.html
http://www.gtk.org/faq/


Overview of Changes from GTK+ 2.8.11 to GTK+ 2.8.12
===================================================

* The font selection dialog can now select fractional
  font sizes [Ross Burton]

* Updates for the windows theme [Dom Lachowicz]

* Workaround for cairo hitting a slow path in the
  X server [Federico Mena Quintero]

* Bugs fixed:
 145243 root window drag FROM testdnd not working [Andrew S. Dixon]
 321054 Pointer grabs misbehave on Win32 [Tor Lillqvist]
 322042 Buggy RTL support in ellipsized labels [Behdad Esfahbod]
 325521 enter_notify_event are not received on popup
        window in Win32 [Tor Lillqvist]
 327217 set_decorations() is overridden by window type
        hint [John Ehresman]
 327375 accept_focus isn't respected [John Ehresman]
 328820 they keypad '/' key should open the "open location"
        dialog [Federico Mena Quintero]
 329144 critical in gtk_widget_event [Wouter Bolsterlee]
 329124 distclean removes README [Kjartan Maraas, Tim Janik]
 329208 unsetting the "active" property of GtkToggleToolButton
        doesn't work properly [Guillaume Cottenceau]
 329876 Crash in gtktreemodelfilter.c when using gtk-demo
        with file picker [Kristian Rietveld]
 329099 gtk_misc_set_padding fails with labels in RTL
        locales [Hooman Mesgary]
 330022 Wrong pixel values in rsvg_cairo_render_image [Dom Lachowicz]
 330177 gtk_entry_completion_match_selected generates a critical
        warning when completion model is empty [Raphael Slinckx]
 330389 gtk_file_info_copy corrupts memory [Markku Vire]
 330563 image loaders don't check callbacks for NULL [Benjamin Otte]

* Documentation improvements [Ross Burton, Murray Cumming,
  Mart Raudsepp, Federico Mena Quintero, Milosz Derezynski]

* Translation updates (cy,lt,nl,pt,ru,sr,sr Latn,vi)


Matthias Clasen
11 Feb, 2006