[vala/0.50] Release 0.50.8

[Rico Tzschichholz <ricotz src gnome org>]

commit 76a1f04b73b030a7128e2dd61d41c6c416e3669b
Author: Rico Tzschichholz <ricotz ubuntu com>
Date:   Sat May 1 22:51:16 2021 +0200

    Release 0.50.8

 NEWS                      | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 doc/vala-gen-introspect.1 |  4 ++--
 doc/valac.1               |  4 ++--
 doc/valadoc.1             |  4 ++--
 doc/vapigen.1             |  4 ++--
 5 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f4f7558eb..08b028d42 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+Vala 0.50.8
+===========
+ * Various improvements and bug fixes:
+  - codegen:
+    + Apply gconstpointer to gpointer cast to GenericType only
+    + Fix access to captured generics in async method of interfaces (2)
+    + Use if-clause for is_in_destructor() condition to be more clear
+    + Add missing "_return" label and "_inner_error*_" declaration in dtors
+    + Don't use G_GNUC_INTERNAL on implicit type specific fields
+  - vala:
+    + length-type of arrays must not be nullable
+    + Report a warning for unhandled errors in destructors
+  - parser:
+    + Minor semantic checks to improve error messages
+    + Allow empty member-initializer and accept trailing comma
+    + Include INTERR token in source_reference of parsed types
+
 Vala 0.50.7
 ===========
  * Regression and bug fixes:
diff --git a/doc/vala-gen-introspect.1 b/doc/vala-gen-introspect.1
index 0dbaeb38a..0262d2f5e 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 1.48.1.
-.TH VALA-GEN-INTROSPECT "1" "April 2021" "gen-introspect 0.50.7" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.48.3.
+.TH VALA-GEN-INTROSPECT "1" "May 2021" "gen-introspect 0.50.8" "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 afd83cd1d..2c6ffb225 100644
--- a/doc/valac.1
+++ b/doc/valac.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.48.1.
-.TH VALAC "1" "April 2021" "Vala 0.50.7" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.48.3.
+.TH VALAC "1" "May 2021" "Vala 0.50.8" "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 2243c3116..f540870a3 100644
--- a/doc/valadoc.1
+++ b/doc/valadoc.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.48.1.
-.TH VALADOC "1" "April 2021" "Valadoc 0.50.7" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.48.3.
+.TH VALADOC "1" "May 2021" "Valadoc 0.50.8" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 valadoc \- Vala Documentation Tool
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/doc/vapigen.1 b/doc/vapigen.1
index 04b69a1a6..c4df0024b 100644
--- a/doc/vapigen.1
+++ b/doc/vapigen.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.48.1.
-.TH VAPIGEN "1" "April 2021" "Vala API Generator 0.50.7" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.48.3.
+.TH VAPIGEN "1" "May 2021" "Vala API Generator 0.50.8" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 vapigen \- generate a Vala API
 .SH SYNOPSIS