GLib-1.3.3 Release

[Tim Janik <timj gtk org>]

GLib-1.3.3 has been released. This is a preview release of the
unstable branch of GLib and is meant for:

 * Those interested in the development of GLib or GTK+. 
 * People planning to port to the upcoming GTK+-2.0 version of GTK+.
   Note: this is a tentative API-freeze release, major API changes
   beyond the remaining open '2.0 API freeze' bugs in bugzilla are
   unlikely to occour before GLib-2.0 is released.

GLib is the low-level core library that forms the basis of GTK+ and
GNOME. It provides data structure handling for C, portability
wrappers, and interfaces for such runtime functionality as an event
loop, threads, dynamic loading, and an object system.


GLib-1.3.3 is available for download from:
 
 ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v1.3/glib-1.3.3.tar.gz

GLib-1.3.3 also requires pkgconfig-0.5.0 which is available from:

 ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v1.3/extras/pkgconfig-0.5.0.tar.gz


This is a an unstable preview release and should not be used in
production. Only minimal testing has been done, and we expect that
significant bugs and portability problems remain at this point.

This release is incompatible with GLib-1.2.x. Software that has not
been explicitly ported will not compile with this version.  Do not
send bug reports about such compilation problems to either us or
maintainers of software that uses GLib; GLib-1.2.10 is the currently
supported version.

If you install this version, do NOT replace your current GLib
with it. You should be able to install it alongside your current
GLib without disturbing your current GLib installation.

Bug reports and comments about this version of GLib should be sent to

  gtk-devel-list gnome org
  http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-devel-list


Overview of Changes in GLib 1.3.3:

GLIB:
* More user_data support in various functions.
* Main loop API revamps to support per-thread main loops.
* Unicode handling improvements.
* Implemented debugging traps.
* G_CONST_RETURN specification all over the place.
* Various new small utility functions.
* Random number generator precision improvements.
* New configure option --disable-mem-pools.
* Many Win32 improvements.
* Added g_try_malloc() friends varinats.
* Many documentation improvements.
* Many threading improvements, support for dynamic allocation
  of static mutexes.
* GHookLIst API cleanups.
* Improved format support of GDate parser.
* String function speed improvements with new g_stpcpy().
* Hashtable API additions.
* New GPatternSpec for shell-style pattern matching (from GtkPatternSpec).
* Optimizations, cleanups, bug fixes.

GRUNTIME (GObject):
* Added many convenience functions.
* GClosure and GParamSpec use float/sink ref-counting scheme now.
* Reworked property change notification.
* Binary searchable array cleanups, so it's widely usable now.
* Added static content keeping for some GValue types.
* Support for statically scoped signal parameters.
* Extinguished property trailer args in set/get interface.
* Added support for abstract types.
* G_CONST_RETURN specification all over the place.
* Split parameter exchange functionality into value transforms
  and parameter conversions.
* Added signal emission hooks and signal accumulators.
* Added interface prerequisites to support is_a (interface, object)
  relations.
* Implemented GValueArray.
* New types, boxed: G_TYPE_VALUE, G_TYPE_CLOSURE, G_TYPE_GSTRING
  GParamSpecs: G_TYPE_PARAM_PARAM, G_TYPE_PARAM_POINTER, G_TYPE_PARAM_CLOSURE,
  G_TYPE_VALUE_ARRAY, G_TYPE_PARAM_UNICHAR, G_TYPE_PARAM_VALUE_ARRAY.
* Varrags value collection improvements.
* Implemented debugging traps.
* Made things thread-safe.
* Many documentation improvements.
* Many cleanups, optimizations and bug fixes.

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ciaoTJ