[vala/0.44] Release 0.44.9

[Rico Tzschichholz <ricotz src gnome org>]

commit ada3bc3e066e73988b2534fe476cd2a499c0e634
Author: Rico Tzschichholz <ricotz ubuntu com>
Date:   Wed Oct 9 13:05:41 2019 +0200

    Release 0.44.9

 NEWS                      | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 doc/vala-gen-introspect.1 |  2 +-
 doc/valac.1               |  2 +-
 doc/valadoc.1             |  2 +-
 doc/vapigen.1             |  2 +-
 5 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index fcacdcf78..7ec48729c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,40 @@
+Vala 0.44.9
+===========
+ * Various improvements and bug fixes:
+  - codegen:
+    + Directly use "memmove()" while g_memmove() is deprecated
+    + Accept children after generating type specific declarations
+    + Preserve full access to delegate variables and its target/destroy cvalues
+    + Initialize delegate temp-var which is assigned by property getter
+    + Silence warning about copying if delegate doesn't carry its target
+    + Use gtype-boxed API for structs with "g_boxed_free" attribute [#863]
+  - ccode: Implicitly register declaration for added CCodeFunction
+  - vala:
+    + Report dedicated error message for params-array parameter mismatch
+    + Output "params" qualifier of parameters
+    + Allow to override virtual interface implementations [#852]
+    + Fix compatible/disposable check between structs and their subtypes
+    + Don't issue a warning for non-public struct fields in bindings
+    + Trust "value_owned" when writing property getter and regenerate
+      GIDL/GIR-based bindings fix getter ownership of struct properties
+  - girparser: Add required copy/free attributes for gtype-boxed structs
+    and regenerate GIR-based bindings to pick up copy/free attributes [#863]
+  - valadoc: Explicitly pass --pkg libgvc
+  - docs: Mention requirement of autoconf-archive as build-dependency
+  - vapi: Perform syntax and semantic check for all bindings on "make check"
+
+ * Bindings:
+  - gio-unix-2.0: Fix DesktopAppInfo.get_string(), UnixFDMessage.steal_fds()
+  - gobject-2.0: Some cherry-picking from GIR generated binding
+  - gtk+-3.0: Ownership mismatch of ColorButton.rgba property-accessor [#844]
+  - gtk4: Update to 3.96.0+bcea9652
+  - gtk4: Constructors of Gtk.MediaFile needs to be static functions
+  - avahi-client: Fix "use of possibly unassigned parameter" warnings
+  - glib-2.0: Set default_value attribute for GLib.pointer
+  - gnutls: Fix "use of possibly unassigned parameter" warnings
+  - tokyocabinet: Fix deprecation warnings
+  - xcb: Fix "missing return statement at end of subroutine body" errors
+
 Vala 0.44.8
 ===========
  * Various improvements and bug fixes:
diff --git a/doc/vala-gen-introspect.1 b/doc/vala-gen-introspect.1
index 8ada713fa..3538baa0d 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 1.47.11.
-.TH VALA-GEN-INTROSPECT "1" "September 2019" "vala-gen-introspect 0.44.8" "User Commands"
+.TH VALA-GEN-INTROSPECT "1" "October 2019" "vala-gen-introspect 0.44.9" "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 92f48ce10..0bfcbca6f 100644
--- a/doc/valac.1
+++ b/doc/valac.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.11.
-.TH VALAC "1" "September 2019" "valac 0.44.8" "User Commands"
+.TH VALAC "1" "October 2019" "valac 0.44.9" "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 b325d8ee1..bf7a3ac9a 100644
--- a/doc/valadoc.1
+++ b/doc/valadoc.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.11.
-.TH VALADOC "1" "September 2019" "valadoc 0.44.8" "User Commands"
+.TH VALADOC "1" "October 2019" "valadoc 0.44.9" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 valadoc \- Vala Documentation Tool
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/doc/vapigen.1 b/doc/vapigen.1
index deabe47a5..a404ccd69 100644
--- a/doc/vapigen.1
+++ b/doc/vapigen.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.11.
-.TH VAPIGEN "1" "September 2019" "vapigen API Generator 0.44.8" "User Commands"
+.TH VAPIGEN "1" "October 2019" "vapigen API Generator 0.44.9" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 vapigen \- generate a Vala API
 .SH SYNOPSIS