[vala/0.52] Release 0.52.8

[Rico Tzschichholz <ricotz src gnome org>]

commit 896d6f546452304a810ecfa3f57d5c79b2fd17ac
Author: Rico Tzschichholz <ricotz ubuntu com>
Date:   Thu Dec 2 13:55:59 2021 +0100

    Release 0.52.8

 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 37bfc9296..a8703b623 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,40 @@
+Vala 0.52.8
+===========
+ * Various improvements and bug fixes:
+  - codegen:
+    + Use CCodeConstant for member access of constant symbol
+    + Add and use CCodeConstantIdentifier for accessing constants
+    + Check required length of enum type name for GType support
+    + Add missing check while overriding virtual async interface methods [#852]
+    + Drop inconsistent space for ObjectType parameters
+    + Accept CCode.type attribute on parameters [#876]
+    + Fix CCodeUnaryExpression.write() for PREFIX_INCREMENT/PREFIX_DECREMENT
+  - vala:
+    + Improve error message for invalid handler of dynamic signal
+    + Using SignalHandler.disconnect() is required for dynamic signals
+    + Check for unavailable value-type of variable initializer [#1253]
+    + Add [Profile] as known attribute for methods
+    + Report error on missing gio-2.0 package for async constructors
+    + Fix signals with generic return
+    + parser: Split out Parser.parse_switch_section_statement()
+    + parser: Better handling of misplaced switch sections [#1246]
+  - genie:
+    + Amend text of indent and dedent for error messages [#497]
+    + Accept INTERR token before type arguments when parsing type [#1245]
+    + Properly handle plain "get" or "set" property accessors [#1248]
+    + "exception" is the expected string for TokenType.ERRORDOMAIN
+    + Accept accessibility/async modifiers on "construct" creation methods [#1235]
+  - girparser: Accept "sealed" for transformed records and compact classes
+  - gtkmodule: Improve error message for invalid signal element in ui-file
+  - tests: Rename colliding test cases to avoid conflicts
+
+ * Bindings:
+  - alsa: Add more API and fix a few things
+  - gnome-desktop-3.0: Some parameter fixes
+  - gstreamer: Cherry-pick bindings fixes from 0.56
+  - gstreamer-base-1.0: Some parameter fixes [#1255]
+  - pango: Cherry-pick bindings fixes from 0.56
+
 Vala 0.52.7
 ===========
  * Various improvements and bug fixes:
diff --git a/doc/vala-gen-introspect.1 b/doc/vala-gen-introspect.1
index bf09df2ed..fb6104173 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 1.48.5.
-.TH VALA-GEN-INTROSPECT "1" "October 2021" "gen-introspect 0.52.7" "User Commands"
+.TH VALA-GEN-INTROSPECT "1" "December 2021" "gen-introspect 0.52.8" "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 ea0ec7bc0..af9999753 100644
--- a/doc/valac.1
+++ b/doc/valac.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.48.5.
-.TH VALAC "1" "October 2021" "Vala 0.52.7" "User Commands"
+.TH VALAC "1" "December 2021" "Vala 0.52.8" "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 417691c27..872290aaa 100644
--- a/doc/valadoc.1
+++ b/doc/valadoc.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.48.5.
-.TH VALADOC "1" "October 2021" "Valadoc 0.52.7" "User Commands"
+.TH VALADOC "1" "December 2021" "Valadoc 0.52.8" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 valadoc \- Vala Documentation Tool
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/doc/vapigen.1 b/doc/vapigen.1
index 4c9a0dca3..0be76d94f 100644
--- a/doc/vapigen.1
+++ b/doc/vapigen.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.48.5.
-.TH VAPIGEN "1" "October 2021" "Vala API Generator 0.52.7" "User Commands"
+.TH VAPIGEN "1" "December 2021" "Vala API Generator 0.52.8" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 vapigen \- generate a Vala API
 .SH SYNOPSIS