gtk2-perl stable releases

[muppet <scott asofyet org>]

Now that gtk+-2.4.0 is out, we are able to make our Glib and Gtk2 
modules stable.

Overview of Changes in Glib 1.040
=================================

  Since 1.02x (the previous stable series)
  ----------------------------------------
  * Updated build requirement
    - ExtUtils::Depends >= 0.2
  * Support for a few new API features in glib-2.4.x.
  * Functions that use GErrors in C throw magical Glib::Error exception
    objects; these objects overload the stringification operator, so 
old code
    won't be broken, but new code can match errors without worrying 
about
    translated error messages.  User code and other extensions can 
register
    their own error domains.  See the Glib::Error manpage for more info.
  * Glib::Type enhancements
    - Perl code can register enum and flags types for use as 
Glib::Object
      property types.
    - During Glib::Object class initialization, invoke INIT_BASE in the
      object's package, if it exists.  (Analogue for GTypeClass's 
base_init.)
    - It is now possible to add GInterface implementations to 
Glib::Object
      types derived in Perl code.
    - New param spec, Glib::ParamSpec::scalar
  * Glib::MakeHelper is generally more helpful.
  * The POD generation tools allow specification of cumulative data type
    descriptions, and much finer control over the format and content of 
the
    generated documentation.
  * Glib can now export useful constants on request.
  * New versioning API, see Glib::version.

  Since 1.0391
  ------------
  * Nothing.  :-)

Overview of Changes in Gtk2 1.040
=================================

  Since 1.02x (the previous stable series)
  ----------------------------------------
  * Updated requirements:
    - Glib >= 1.040
    - ExtUtils::Depends >= 0.2  (required only at build time)
    - ExtUtils::PkgConfig >= 1.03  (require only at build time)
  * Add support for new objects and API in gtk+-2.4.0.
  * Derivation of Gtk2::CellRenderer has been reworked; it's much more 
sane
    now, but we retain backward compatibility with the 1.02x code.
  * It is now possible to implement GInterfaces in Perl code, so you 
can now
    implement your own Gtk2::TreeModels and Gtk2::CellEditables.  
Examples
    are included.
  * The SPLICE operation is now supported on Gtk2::SimpleList's tied 
data.
  * New, standardized versioning API and documentation.
  * Documentation enhancements all around.
  * Huge test suite expansion and amazing increase in API coverage.
  * New utility module Gtk2::TestHelper wraps up some of the boilerplate
    involved in testing Gtk2-based modules.

  Since 1.0391
  ------------
  * Test fixes.  [Torsten]
  * Use INT2PTR to quell cast warnings.  [muppet]
  * Documentation updates.  [all]
  * Hide private symbols from ABI.  [muppet]
  * Add examples/dialog.pl  [Ross]
  * Assorted bits of code cleanup.  [muppet]



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