GTK+ 2.4.8 released [stable]

[Matthias Clasen <mclasen redhat com>]

GTK+-2.4.8 is now available for download at:

 ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v2.4/
 http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gtk+/2.4/

gtk+-2.4.8.tar.bz2   md5sum: 4a023b640175dfd962ef965b5e0adeb7
gtk+-2.4.8.tar.gz    md5sum: c9020b29d12f06dbd041eb5f27de90e0 

This is a bug fix release and is source and binary compatible
with 2.4.0. Notably, this release fixes a problem in gdk-pixbuf 
which caused thumbnails to be misdrawn in nautilus, and makes the
file chooser work better with older versions of the gnome-vfs 
backend.

What is GTK+
============

GTK+ is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user
interfaces. Offering a complete set of widgets, GTK+ is suitable for
projects ranging from small one-off tools to complete application
suites.

GTK+ has been designed from the ground up to support a range of
languages, not only C/C++. Using GTK+ from languages such as Perl and
Python (especially in combination with the Glade GUI builder) provides
an effective method of rapid application development.

GTK+ is free software and part of the GNU Project. However, the
licensing terms for GTK+, the GNU LGPL, allow it to be used by all
pdevelopers, including those developing proprietary software, without
any license fees or royalties. 

Where to get more information about GTK+
========================================

Information about GTK+ including links to documentation can be
found at:
 
http://www.gtk.org/

An installation guide for GTK+-2.4 is found at:

 http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/gtk-building.html

Common questions:
 
http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/gtk-question-index.html
http://www.gtk.org/faq/


Overview of Changes from GTK+ 2.4.7 to GTK+ 2.4.8
=================================================
* GtkFileChooser
 - Fix some memory leaks [Federico Mena Quintero]
 - Make save mode work with old versions of the 
   gnome-vfs backend. [Zack Cerza]
* GtkEntryCompletion
 - Warn if text column has wrong type [Fernando San Martin Woerner,
   Gustavo Carneiro]
* GtkTreeView
 - Fix a redraw problem in fixed height mode [Pawel Salek]
* GDK
 - Complete the _NEW_WM_USER_TIME implementation [Elijah Newren]
 - Update the _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW implementation [Elijah]
* gdk-pixbuf
 - Avoid infinite loops for bad BMPs [Chris Evans, Manish Singh]
 - Fix a problem with GDK_INTERP_NEAREST scaling which caused
   Nautilus thumbnails to be misdrawn [Christoph Fergeau]
 - Avoid segfaults in gdk-pixbuf-csource [Matthias Clasen]
* Win32 bug fixes [Tim Evans, Tor Lillqvist]
* Other bug fixes [Gustavo, Torsten Schoenfeld, Manish, Tomislav Jonjic,
  Soeren Sandmann, Tommi Komulainen, Philip Langdale, Jon-Kare Hellan]
* Documentation improvements [Matthias]
* Updated translations (bs,da,fi,sq)


A list of all bugs fixed in this release can be found at
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=150146,148641,150101,149251,150738,150414,150406,145481,149013,145467,148526,150607,150502,150668,136496,150941,150869,150601,111922,150761,150882,150852

August 25, 2004