GTK+ 2.21.8 released

[Matthias Clasen <mclasen redhat com>]

GTK+ 2.21.8 is now available for download at:

 ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/2.21/
 http://download.gnome.org/sources/gtk+/2.21/

f17ce48b3a896dc35bf70f22a18c868d06fca526f024396473e227ea30c32cc8  gtk
+-2.21.8.tar.bz2
4c2acf5798efa9e85efdd785bf73e2d80661bae025a22dfd9c319cd9a4e384b8  gtk
+-2.21.8.tar.gz

This is the last development release leading toward 2.22.

Notes:

 * GTK+ 2.22 is planned to be the last stable GTK+ 2.x release,
   to be released in parallel with GTK+ 3. It will not receive
   major feature work beyond API additions that are required
   to facilitate porting to GTK+ 3.

 * Installing this version will overwrite your existing
   copy of GTK+ 2.20. If you have problems, you'll need
   to reinstall GTK+ 2.20.

 * GTK+ 2.22 will be source and binary compatible with
   the GTK+ 2.20 series.

 * Bugs should be reported to http://bugzilla.gnome.org.


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
developers, 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.x 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/


Contributing
============

GTK+ is a large project and relies on voluntary contributions.
We are actively searching for new contributors in various areas
and invite everyone to help project development.
If you are willing to participate, please subscribe to the project
mailing lists to offer your help and read over our list of vacant
project tasks:
   http://live.gnome.org/GtkTasks


Overview of Changes from GTK+ 2.21.7 to 2.21.8
==============================================

* Deprecations:
 - Various style properties have been deprecated:
   GtkEntry::state-hint
   GtkTreeView::row-ending-details
   GtkRange::trough-side-details
   GtkRange::stepper-position-details
   GtkRange::activate-slider
 - The GtkIconView::orientation property has been deprecated
   and renamed to item-orientation
 - Separator-related API in GtkDialog
 - API related to blinking status icons
 - The keysym names have been renamed from GDK_... to GDK_KEY_...
 - The GtkItem class
 - The gdk_display variable and the GDK_DISPLAY macro

* GTK+ now uses standard icon names for stock icons, where applicable

* Win32:
 - Fixes to the MS Windows theme engine

* Directfb:
 - Many fixes

* Bugs fixed:
 414712 gtk_container_set_focus_child leaks widget
 601731 Drag and Drop from Workspace to Activities Overview
 628049 Native windows don't work very well
 628110 gtranslator inserts unwanted line breaks
 628291 Drawing artifacts when used with a cairo 1.9.*
 628308 docs referencing non existing icons
 628656 _gdk_windowing_get_startup_notify_id memory leak
 628932 key typing causes core dump in VNC environment
 629093 [patch] prefix GDK key names
 629277 Hanging because do_syntheszie_crossing_event...

* Updated translations:
 Arabic
 Basque
 British English
 Estonian
 French
 Galician
 German
 Hebrew
 Hungarian
 Indonesian
 Italian
 Japanese
 Kazakh
 Korean
 Norwegian bokmål
 Polish
 Portuguese
 Slovian
 Spanish
 Swedish
 Tradition Chinese

Thanks to all contributors:
Martin Schlemmer
Philip Withnall
Fridrich Štrba
Lionel Landwerlin
Stefan Kost
Carl-Anton Ingmarsson
Tor Lillqvist
Matthew Barnes
Hans Breuer
Neil Roberts
Benjamin Otte
Colin Walters
Mike Gorse
Michael Meeks
Adel Gadllah
Milan Bouchet-Valat


September 14, 2010
Matthias Clasen