[ANNOUNCE] Vala 0.25.1 - Compiler for the GObject type system

[Jürg Billeter <j bitron ch>]

We are pleased to announce version 0.25.1 of Vala, a compiler for the
GObject type system.

Vala 0.25.1 is now available for download at:
   http://download.gnome.org/sources/vala/0.25/

Changes since 0.24.0
 * Support explicit interface method implementation.
 * Support (unowned type)[] syntax.
 * Support non-literal length in fixed-size arrays.
 * Mark regular expression literals as stable.
 * GIR parser updates.
 * Add webkit2gtk-3.0 bindings.
 * Add gstreamer-allocators-1.0 and gstreamer-riff-1.0 bindings.
 * Bug fixes and binding updates.

Vala is a programming language that aims to bring modern programming
language features to GNOME developers without imposing any additional
runtime requirements and without using a different ABI compared to
applications and libraries written in C.

valac, the Vala compiler, is a self-hosting compiler that translates
Vala source code into C source and header files. It uses the GObject
type system to create classes and interfaces declared in the Vala source
code.

More information about Vala is available at

        http://www.vala-project.org/


The Vala Team

---
Al Thomas (1):
      codegen: Uppercase strings in ASCII, otherwise broken for some locales

Christian Persch (1):
      glib-2.0: Allow null hooks for OptionGroup

Evan Nemerson (59):
      gdk-pixbuf-2.0: make Pixbuf.save_to_stream variadic
      gtksourceview-3.0: update to latest git
      glib-2.0: add OptionContext.parse_strv
      gtk+-3.0, gtk+-2.0: make TargetList constructor argument nullable
      gio-unix-2.0: fix DesktopAppInfo.list_actions return value
      pango: update to latest git
      Add webkit2gtk-3.0 and webkit2gtk-web-extension-3.0 bindings.
      webkitgtk-3.0: add metadata file
      gdk-pixbuf-2.0: update to latest git
      atk: update to 2.13.1~d44970bd
      goocanvas: mark as deprecated
      gudev-1.0: update to latest git
      gdk-3.0: update to 3.13.1~701adf81
      codegen: put exception checks inside of a G_UNLIKELY
      libsoup-2.4: deprecate Buffer.new and MessageBody.append
      gstreamer-1.0: update to latest git.
      Update GIR-based bindings.
      girparser: support return_void metadata argument
      girparser: improve support for changing symbol types away from instance
      girparser: don't deprecate children of deprecated containers
      json-glib-1.0: update to 1.0.2
      girparser: handle multiple identifier-prefixes in namespaces
      glib-2.0: add HashTable.get_keys_as_array
      glib-2.0: remove HashTable.get_keys_as_array
      girparser: only replace ref/unref funcs with better matches
      gtk+-3.0: set Editable type_cname
      gstreamer-1.0: update to 1.3.2.1~d99e6215
      gtk+-2.0: add WidgetClass.set_scroll_adjustments_signal binding
      gobject-2.0: make ObjectClass.list_properties transfer container
      glib-2.0: mark many constants as const instead of static
      glib-2.0: don't use the container type's generic in static methods
      gobject-2.0: make TypeClass non-reference-counted
      Revert "gobject-2.0: make ObjectClass.list_properties transfer container"
      gio-2.0: callbacks in ActionEntry must not have a target
      glib-2.0: add GLib.HashSet
      glib-2.0: add HashTable.take and length
      glib-2.0: add static methods back into Sequence, marked as deprecated
      gio-2.0: maintain backwards compatibility with old ActionEntry binding
      cairo-xcb, xcb-iccm, xcb: deprecate in favor of vala-extra-vapis
      glib-2.0: rename HashSet to GenericSet
      Use ascii_up/down instead of utf8 up/down when generating identifiers
      glib-2.0: add non-null support for string.joinv
      posix: the atexit callback does not have a target
      gstreamer-rtsp-server-1.0: update bindings
      gstreamer-1.0: update bindings to latest git
      glib-2.0: mark PtrArray as deprecated in favor of GenericArray
      glib-2.0: change constructor for GenericArray with glib-2.0 >= 2.30
      girwriter: fix *Private type name for nested classes
      girwriter: fall back on gir_namespace if GIR name is not available
      vala.m4: don't escape modules argument to VALA_CHECK_MODULES
      gstremaer-rtsp-server-1.0: add gstreamer-net-1.0 to deps
      gstreamer-rtsp-server-1.0: update to fix C header filename
      webkit2gtk-3.0, webkit2gtk-web-extension-3.0: update to 2.4.3
      codegen: cast instead of trying to guess *_CLASS macro name
      librsvg-2.0: remove from gir-bindings target
      bindings: update GIR-based bindings to latest git
      gtk+-3.0: make TextIter.copy return value nullable
      Add .dir-locals.el (emacs configuration file)
      gstreamer-video-1.0: Info.finfo is unowned

Florian Brosch (5):
      glib-2.0: Fix bindings for g_hash_table_size
      Warn if -X is used in combination with -C
      Warn if --save-temps is used in combination with -C
      Warn if C files are used in combination with -C
      Warn if -o is used in combination with -C

Jürg Billeter (3):
      Bump version suffix
      Mark regular expression literals as stable
      Release 0.25.1

Kyrylo Polezhaiev (1):
      libpq: Fix syntax error

Lasse Schuirmann (1):
      libarchive: Update to version 3

Luca Bruno (24):
      atk: Update and fix metadata
      girparser: Support interface aliases
      libnotify: Updated to 0.7.6-3-gda49c8c
      gdl-3.0: Update after the GdkEvent change from struct to class
      Remove gedit from all-bindings as it will be shipped upstream
      geocode-glib-1.0: update to 3.12.0-5-g7eb1490
      gobject-introspection-1.0: regenerate according to vala-girs
      girparser: reset cheader_filenames before parsing a gir
      gtk+3.0: fix Application.set_accels_for_action array parameter
      Support (unowned type)[] syntax for transfer-container arrays
      Fix writing vapis with (unowned type)[]
      girparser: Make array element type owned by default
      Revert "girparser: Make array element type owned by default"
      Fix gir and gidl bindings due to (unowned type)[] arrays
      Support explicit interface methods implementation
      gobject: Add Binding.unbind
      codegen: Simplify field initialization for struct types
      girparser: use identifier prefix from GIR when appropriate
      glib-2.0: support Variant objv
      gvariant module: Fix memory leak when deserializing hashtables with gvariant
      non-nullable: Accessing array methods is safe when the array is null
      Call g_signal_handlers_destroy on gtypeinstance finalizer
      codewriter: Do not write (unowned string)[] for constants
      Fix previous 6c36eb4 commit

Maciej Piechotka (1):
      Hide internal methods in ABI

Raul Gutierrez Segales (1):
      glib-2.0: add accessor for GArray's data field

Rico Tzschichholz (23):
      gtk+-3.0: Update to 3.12.0
      geocode-glib-1.0: Update to 3.12.0
      clutter-1.0: Update to 1.18.0
      cairo: Update some enums and consts
      Add tests for enums annotated with [Flags]
      x11: Don't use camel-cased names for methods
      gio-2.0: Update to 2.41.0~
      gtk+3.0: Update to 3.13.0~
      gdk-3.0, gtk+3.0: Update to 3.13.1
      gtk+-3.0: Perform missing rebuild
      gtk+3.0: Update to 3.13.1+
      gdk-3.0: update to 3.13.1~a61a11a4
      gdk-3.0, gtk+-3.0: update to 3.13.1~3f140d53
      gstreamer-1.0: Add gstreamer-allocators-1.0 and gstreamer-riff-1.0
      glib2.0: Mark StaticPrivate as deprecated
      gobject-2.0: Bind G_PARAM_EXPLICIT_NOTIFY
      gtk+-3.0: update to 3.13.3~200bdf1a
      gio-unix-2.0: update to 2.41.0
      gdk-3.0, gtk+-3.0: Update to 3.13.3
      gtk+-3.0: Update to 3.13.4~b238d556
      gtk+-3.0: Update to 3.13.4~f2c6b31e
      gtk+-3.0: Application.get_menu_by_id returns owned value
      gtk+-3.0: Update to 3.13.5

Robert Ancell (16):
      x11: Add some missing API
      xcb: Set correct C name for Xcb.ScreenIterator.next
      xcb: Fix visuals iterator methods
      xcb: Add binding for xcb_connection_has_error
      xcb: Fix depth iterator methods
      xcb: Add missing fields to Xcb.Setup, Xcb.Screen and Xcb.VisualType
      xcb: Add methods to access pixmap formats
      xcb: Remove unnecessary padding fields
      xcb: Missing EnterNotifyEvent, LeaveNotifyEvent, KeymapNotifyEvent, VisibilityNotifyEvent, 
ReparentNotifyEvent, GravityNotifyEvent, CirculateNotifyEvent, PropertyNotifyEvent, SelectionNotifyEvent, 
ColormapNotifyEvent, MappingNotifyEvent classes
      xcb: Add Xcb.Connection.get_atom_name
      xcb: Add Xcb.Connection.create_pixmap
      xcb: Add drawing API
      xcb: Add more methods and use Vala types for accessing data
      xcb: Add helper methods for GetPropertyReply
      xcb: Replies are nullable and errors are optional
      compiler: Support configurable pkg-config command so can cross compile

Ryan Lortie (3):
      gtk+-3.0: fix flowbox selection foreach API
      gtk+-3.0: add new GtkListBox selection API
      girparser: grok "nullable"

Simon (1):
      Support non-literal length in fixed-size arrays

Simon Werbeck (5):
      codegen: Do not generate generic destroy func for non-disposable structs
      codegen: Fix local and field names starting with a digit
      Set G_SIGNAL_DEPRECATED on annotated signals
      Fix comparison of nullable value types
      Detect format string errors when instancing errors

Stefano Facchini (1):
      glib: Add G_SOURCE_CONTINUE/G_SOURCE_REMOVE

Timm Bäder (1):
      gtkmodule: Error out on malformed signal definition

Yaakov Selkowitz (1):
      clutter-gst-1.0: fix deps