glib 2.25.8

["Matthias Clasen" <install-module gnome org>]

       Module: glib
      Version: 2.25.8
  Uploaded by: Matthias Clasen

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News
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Overview of Changes from GLib 2.25.7 to GLib 2.25.8
===================================================

* Initial support for dtrace and systemtap profiling:
 - mainloop sources can be named
 - probes for memory allocation with g_malloc and gslice
 - gquark name tracking
 - type creation
 - object life-cyle (creation, finalization, ref, unref)
 - signal creation and emission

* GVariant
 - has been fixed to work with the FreeBSD malloc
 - added introspection annotations
 - new function: g_variant_builder_add_parsed

* GSettings:
 - g_settings_set/get_strv functions have lost their length parameter
 - g_settings_set_strv accepts NULL
 - added introspection annotiations

* GPermission: an abstract interface for representing permissions,
  with a minimal implementation named GSimplePermission

* GApplication: a basic application support class, with a D-Bus based
  implementation

* Bugs fixed:
 619585 glib-compile-schemas asserts on FreeBSD
 620384 Annotate GVariant and GSettings _strv() functions
 606044 Add support for dtrace/systemtap static markers
 620350 add g_variant_builder_add_parsed() API
 620349 utf8ify GVariant printer
 620767 Typo in GSettings documentation: "INTLTOOL_NOMERGE_RULE"
 620312 Fix g_settings_[gs]et_strv() API
 620519 GPermission
 620582 GPermission needs a simple implementation
 620496 GSettings schema compiler should reject invalid paths
 620173 missing single header inclusion guards
 620265 g_assertion_message_error should take const GError *

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