ANNOUNCE: glibmm 2.15.4

[Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>]

*** glibmm 2.15/16:

glibmm is a C++ API for glib, used by gtkmm.

glibmm 2.15 wraps new API in glib 2.15, including the new gio library, 
and is API/ABI-compatibile with glibmm 2.14, 2.12, 2.10, 2.8, 2.6 and 
2.4. It is a version of the glibmm-2.4 API.

gtkmm and glibmm stay in-sync with GTK+ by following the official GNOME release schedule:
http://www.gnome.org/start/unstable/

Bindings for the rest of the GNOME Platform are also available, and are also 
API-stable.

http://www.gtkmm.org


*** Changes since 2.15.0:

2.15.4 (unstable):

Glib:

* AppInfo: Added  vfuncs.
  (Jonathon Jongsma)
* Added BufferedOutputStream, DataInputStream and DataOutputStream, and 
  FilterOutputStream.
  (Jonathon Jongsma)
* Cancellable: Added the signal.
  (Murray Cumming)
* Added ContentType functions.
  (Jonathon Jongsma)
* File:
  - Added overloads of create_file(), remove(), trash(), 
    make_directory(), make_symbolic_link(), query_settable_attributes(), 
    query_writable_namespaces(), query_filesystem_info(),  
    query_default_handler() and mount_mountable(() without cancellable 
    parameters.
    (Murray Cumming)
  - Added copy_attributes(), added mount_enclosing_volume(), 
    mount_enclosing_volume_finish(), find_enclosing_mount(), and 
    find_enclosing_mount_finish().
    (Murray Cumming)
  - set_attributes_from_info(): Reordered parameters so we can have default 
    values.
    (Murray Cumming)
  - Added copy_async(), with overloads without slot_progress. copy_finish(), 
    query_default_handler().
    (Marko Anastasov)
  - find_enclosing_mount(), append_to(): Reordered parameters and added 
    overloads without cancellable.
    (Murray Cumming)
  - Added non-cancellable set_attribute_string(), set_attribute_byte_string(), 
    set_attribute_{uint32, int32, uint64, int64}.
    (José Alburquerque)
* Added FilenameCompleter.
  (Murray Cumming)
* LoadableIcon:
  - Derive from Icon, and no longer derive FileIcon from Icon directly.
  (Murray Cumming)
  - Wrapped some vfuncs and some extra methods.
  (Jonathon Jongsma)
* Added MemoryInputStream.
  (Jonathon Jongsma)
* Added ThemedIcon
  (Murray Cumming)
* Added UnixInputStream, UnixOutputStream, and DesktopAppInfo, available only 
  on Unix/Linux.
  (José Alburquerque, Murray Cumming)
* Volume: Added get_mount(), get_identifier(), enumerate_identifiers().
  (Marko Anastasov)
* VolumeMonitor: Added signals and properties. 
  (Murray Cumming)

Build:
* Use local gmmproc files again, instead of only installed ones.
  (Murray Cumming)
* Fix compile with GCC 4.3.
  (Kjartan Maraas)


2.15.3 (unstable):

Gio:
* FilterInputStream: Really wrap this.
* VolumeMonitor: Workaround a crash in gio due to the 
  eccentric use of the GType system to discover GVolumeMonitor 
  implementations. See gio bug #511814.
* Added Gio::Error exception.
* Added more method overloads without optional parameters, and 
  reordered more parameters to allow default values. 
  (Murray Cumming)
* giomm.h: Added includes.
  (Jonathan Jongsma)

* Note that there are some examples in the gtkmm-documentation module.


2.15.2 (unstable):

Glib:

* Checksum: New class, wrapping GChecksum.
  (Naveen Verma. Bug #510235)
* ObjectBase: Added connect_property_changed_with_return() 
  because connect_property_changed() does not return a sigc::connection.
  Bug #433984 (Philip Langdale, Kalle Vahlman).
* enums.pl .defs generator: Handle parantheses.
  (Marko Anastasov. Bug #498621)

Gio:
* Added FilterInputStream, Mount, FileMonitor, VolumeMonitor.
  (Marko Anastasov, Murray Cumming)
* Many methods' parameters have been reordered so we can 
  add default parameter values.
* Many methods now have overloads with less parameters.
  (Murray Cumming, José Alburquerque, Marko Anastasov)


2.15.1 (unstable):

Gio:
* Actually build the giomm library.
* Added API reference documentation.
  (Murray Cumming)
* Added AppInfo and AppLaunchContext.
* Drive:
  - Added poll_for_media() and poll_for_media_finish().
  - Added capability-checking functions.
  (Marko Anastasov)
* File: Renamed create() to create_file(), 
  create_async() to create_file_async() and 
  create_finish() to create_file_finish() to slightly 
  reduce confusion with the static create*() methods.
* FileInputStream, FileOutputStream: Derive from Seekable.
  (Murray Cumming)
* FileInputStream, InputStream, Volume: Modified *_finish 
  functions to take a const AsyncResult.
  (Marko Anastasov)
* Added LoadableIcon.
  (Murray Cumming)
* MountOperation: Added MountOperationResult enumeration and make 
  reply() take this instead of a bool.
  (Jonathon Jongsma)

  (Murray Cumming)
 
Glib:
* Added uri_unescape_string(), uri_get_scheme() and uri_escape_string().
  (Murray Cumming




*** Development 

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http://www.gtkmm.org/mailinglist.shtml
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