[vala/0.40] Release 0.40.17

[Rico Tzschichholz <ricotz src gnome org>]

commit ae7081c35deb47585a47cac90d182563c6f5d515
Author: Rico Tzschichholz <ricotz ubuntu com>
Date:   Mon Oct 14 10:16:39 2019 +0200

    Release 0.40.17

 NEWS                      | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 doc/vala-gen-introspect.1 |  4 ++--
 doc/valac.1               |  4 ++--
 doc/valadoc.1             |  4 ++--
 doc/vapigen.1             |  4 ++--
 5 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e0bfd32ed..013144d16 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,58 @@
+Vala 0.40.17
+============
+ * Various improvements and bug fixes:
+  - vala:
+    + Allow direct access to the integer constants of an error-domain [#732]
+    + Support static methods in error-domains [#829]
+    + vala: Init formal_target_type of built ArrayCreationExpression from
+      InitializerList [#835]
+    + Add missing closing brace/bracket in to_string() of
+      ArrayCreationExpression and InitializerList
+    + Reject unary operations on nullable integer/floating/boolean type [#772]
+    + Report dedicated error message for params-array parameter mismatch
+    + Output "params" qualifier of parameters
+    + Fix compatible/disposable check between structs and their subtypes
+    + Don't issue a warning for non-public struct fields in bindings
+    + No-accessor struct properties in GLib.Object class must be owned
+    + Trust "value_owned" when writing property getter and regenerate
+      GIDL/GIR-based bindings fix getter ownership of struct properties
+  - codegen:
+    + Don't cause double-free due append_local_free() in uncaught-errors [#838]
+    + 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
+    + Use gtype-boxed API for structs with "g_boxed_free" attribute [#863]
+  - ccode: Implicitly register declaration for added CCodeFunction
+  - codewriter: Write "weak" modifier for properties
+  - girparser/gidlparser: "value_owned = true" by default for property types
+  - girparser: Add required copy/free attributes for gtype-boxed structs
+    and regenerate GIR-based bindings to pick up copy/free attributes [#863]
+  - libvaladoc: Don't traverse into close circles with parent [#829]
+  - genie: Creation methods should not be static
+  - valadoc: Explicitly pass --pkg libvala@PACKAGE_SUFFIX@ and --pkg libgvc
+
+ * Bindings:
+  - avahi-client: Fix "use of possibly unassigned parameter" warnings
+  - cairo: Add 1.16 symbols
+  - glib-2.0: Fix MutexLocker binding
+  - glib-2.0: Use 'GStatBuf' as ctype for 'Stat'
+  - glib-2.0: DateTime.from_iso8601() can take a null TimeZone
+  - glib-2.0: Set default_value attribute for GLib.pointer
+  - gio-2.0: Drop metadata for NativeSocketAddress
+  - gio-unix-2.0: Fix DesktopAppInfo.get_string(), UnixFDMessage.steal_fds()
+  - gnutls: Fix "use of possibly unassigned parameter" warnings
+  - gobject-2.0: Some cherry-picking from GIR generated binding
+  - gtk+-3.0: Ownership mismatch of ColorButton.rgba property-accessor [#844]
+  - json-glib-1.0: Change abstract methods of Serializable to virtual [#840]
+  - libsoup-2.4: soup_auth_new is not a constructor but a factory method [#791]
+  - linux: Add more Input and update UserspaceInput bindings [#830]
+  - posix: Add *at() calls and related constants [#823]
+  - sqlite3: Bind sqlite3_expanded_sql() and sqlite3_normalised_sql()
+  - sqlite3: Fix use of possibly unassigned parameter `errmsg'
+  - tokyocabinet: Fix deprecation warnings
+  - xcb: Fix "missing return statement at end of subroutine body" errors
+
 Vala 0.40.16
 ============
  * Various improvements and bug fixes:
diff --git a/doc/vala-gen-introspect.1 b/doc/vala-gen-introspect.1
index f3cb58855..c3a29cced 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 1.47.10.
-.TH VALA-GEN-INTROSPECT "1" "August 2019" "vala-gen-introspect 0.40.16" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.11.
+.TH VALA-GEN-INTROSPECT "1" "October 2019" "vala-gen-introspect 0.40.17" "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 a78287b71..ea6f136a8 100644
--- a/doc/valac.1
+++ b/doc/valac.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.10.
-.TH VALAC "1" "August 2019" "valac 0.40.16" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.11.
+.TH VALAC "1" "October 2019" "valac 0.40.17" "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 5f6400569..97a61ed13 100644
--- a/doc/valadoc.1
+++ b/doc/valadoc.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.10.
-.TH VALADOC "1" "August 2019" "valadoc 0.40.16" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.11.
+.TH VALADOC "1" "October 2019" "valadoc 0.40.17" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 valadoc \- Vala Documentation Tool
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/doc/vapigen.1 b/doc/vapigen.1
index 535a62465..d374e9040 100644
--- a/doc/vapigen.1
+++ b/doc/vapigen.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.10.
-.TH VAPIGEN "1" "August 2019" "vapigen API Generator 0.40.16" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.11.
+.TH VAPIGEN "1" "October 2019" "vapigen API Generator 0.40.17" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 vapigen \- generate a Vala API
 .SH SYNOPSIS