glib 2.9.1

[Matthias Clasen <install-module gnome org>]

       Module: glib
      Version: 2.9.1
  Uploaded by: Matthias Clasen

http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/glib/2.9/glib-2.9.1.tar.gz
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    size: 3.4M

http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/glib/2.9/glib-2.9.1.tar.bz2
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    size: 2.6M

News
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Overview of Changes from GLib 2.9.0 to GLib 2.9.1
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* Memory management
 - The slice allocator is implemented [Tim Janik]
 - g_slice_free_chain() has been renamed to 
   g_slice_free_chain_with_offset()  [Tim, Behdad Esfahbod]
 - Mem chunks are deprecated [Matthias Clasen]

* Data structures
 - Hash tables are refcounted, and have a boxed type [Tim]

* Thread support
 - Support for Solaris threads has been removed 
   [Sebastian Wilhelmi, Andrew Paprocki]
 - g_async_queue_sort(), g_async_queue_push_sorted() have 
   been added to allow GAsyncQueue to be used as a priority 
   queue, together with the corresponding _unlocked 
   variants  [Martyn Russell]

* GObject:
 - The concept of a floating initial reference has been
   moved from GtkObject to GObject [Tim]

* Win32 changes:
 - Make g_rename() replace existing files [Tor Lillqvist]

* Misc new API:
 - G_GUINT64_CONSTANT macro to define guint64 
   constants [Andrew Paprocki]
 - G_GNUC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT macro to instruct the 
   compiler to emit a warning if the value returned
   by a function is ignored. [Arjan van de Ven, Alex Larsson]
 - GList and GSList now have sort functions which take an
   extra user data argument [Martyn Russell]
 - g_param_spec_ref_sink() has been added for consistency [Tim]

* $LOGNAME is respected when determining user data. [Laszlo Peter]

* Other changes and bug fixes [Tim, Matthias, Behdad, 
  Christian Persch, Benedikt Meurer, Andrew Paprocki, 
  Kazuki Iwamoto, Alexis S. L. Carvalho, Stanislav Brabec,
  Andreas Schwab, Kalle Vahlman]

* Documentation
 - Deprecation warnings carry version information [Matthias]
 - The slice allocator has been documented [Matthias, Tim]
 - Other improvements [Morten Welinder]

* Bugs fixed: 321984,322133,322520,321972,323052,322568,136971,321318,321530,322956,145466,319535,321229,323178,323047,323291,323273

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