Glib 1.172 (unstable) available

[Torsten Schoenfeld <kaffeetisch gmx de>]

Overview of changes in Glib 1.172
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* Make inproper usage of Glib::Object methods result in an error message and
  not in a segfault.
* Add Glib::Object::signal_get_invocation_hint.
* In our lazy-loading machinery for packages, change the way we clear @ISA
  arrays to avoid problems with perl 5.10.0.
* Add new helpers to the C API: gperl_sv_is_defined, gperl_sv_is_array_ref,
  gperl_sv_is_code_ref, and gperl_sv_is_hash_ref.
* Allow Perl-derived GObjects to override GInterfaces that are implemented by
  parent classes.
* Load GInterface types immediately, instead of lazily.  This makes sure
  GInterfaces are set up by the time they are needed.

The source code is available from the gtk2-perl project page on  
sourceforge:

http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gtk2-perl/Glib-1.172.tar.gz

...and via anonymous cvs, tagged "rel-1-17-2" in the directory  
/gtk2-perl-xs/Glib.

This release works with all stable releases of glib-2.x.

In order to build Glib from source, you must have glib-2.x and  
its development headers and utilities installed, as well as the 
pkg-config utility.   In addition, the following Perl modules are 
needed at build time (but not at runtime):

   ExtUtils::Depends >= 0.200
   ExtUtils::PkgConfig >= 1.000

Glib provides Perl access to the GLib and GObject libraries.  GLib is a 
portability and utility library; GObject provides a generic type system
with inheritance and a powerful signal system.  Together these 
libraries are used as the foundation for many of the libraries that 
make up the Gnome environment, and are used in many unrelated projects.