Re: [gtkmm] ANNOUNCE: gtkmm 2.3.4 and glibmm 2.3.5

[Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>]

These are now on sourceforge too.

On Fri, 2004-02-13 at 21:14, Murray Cumming wrote:
> *** gtkmm and glibmm 2.4:
> 
> NOTE: This is probably your last chance to comment on the API before the API
> freeze. WE NEED ACCESS TO A SUN BOX RUNNING A RECENT VERSION OF THE FORTE COMPILER.
> 
> This is only on ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/ until someone finds time to 
> put it on sourceforge as well.
> 
> This is the first version of glibmm/gtkmm to use the new libsigc++ 2 API.
> 
> gtkmm provides a C++ interface to GTK+. The 2.3.x tarballs are the unstable 
> development series that will become the stable gtkmm 2.4. gtkmm 2.3/2.4 will
> wrap any additional API in GTK+ 2.4. glibmm is now a separate module, for use in
> non-GUI software.
> 
> gtkmm 2.3/2.4 installs in parallel with gtkmm 2.2, so you can install this
> unstable library without the risk of breaking existing applications. This allows us
> to break ABI and API, though we will try not to break API unless it is absolutely 
> necessary.
> 
> But do be aware that the underlying unstable GTK+ 2.3 does not install in 
> parallel with GTK+ 2.2, so be careful if you apply it in your normal prefix.
> 
> We recommend the use of jhbuild or garnome for testing in a separate prefix.
> 
> The stable (API/ABI-frozen) gtkmm 2.4.0 will be released soon after GTK+
> 2.4.0. 
> gtkmm is on the official GNOME Platform Bindings release schedule:
> http://www.gnome.org/start/2.5/bindings/
> 
> http://www.gtkmm.org
> 
> 
> *** Changes
> 
> glibmm 2.3.5:
> 
> * Now uses libsigc++ 2 (Martin Schulze, Murray Cumming)
>  
> gtkmm 2.3.4:
> 
> (I will rewrite this, in NEWS, in detail when I get a chance. See the ChangeLog)
> - Now uses libsigc++ 2 (Martin Schulze and Murray Cumming)
> - Wrapped and used Gtk::Requistion (Bryan Forbes)
> - DND API now uses strings everywhere instead of Atoms.
>   (Bryan Forbes)
> - Adedd IconInfo, TargetList (Bryan Forbes)
> - Wrapped several enums. (Bryan Forbes)
> - Lots more C++ificiation (Byran Forbes)
> - example: book/dialogs/filechooser: Added buttons.
>   (Matthew Walton)
> 
> *** Download
> 
> ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/
> and, soon:
> http://www.gtkmm.org/download.shtml
> 
> You will need libsigc++ 1.2, available here: 
> https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1970
> 
> 
> *** Development 
> 
> There is active discussion on the mailing list: 
> http://www.gtkmm.org/mailinglist.shtml
> and in the #c++ channel on irc.gnome.org
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