GLib-2.5.0 is now available for download at: ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v2.5/ glib-2.5.0.tar.bz2 md5sum: 98fbd81bef9e05978bbe68d7378a872a glib-2.5.0.tar.gz md5sum: 46ab6dc32630b120fdf0a73998e59e55 This is the first development release loading up to GLib-2.6. This release contains new g_debug() macros and a number of bug and portability fixes. Notes: * This is unstable development release. While it has had fairly extensive testing, there are certainly plenty of bugs remaining to be found. This release should not be used in production. * Installing this version will overwrite your existing copy of GLib-2.4. If you have problems, you'll need to reinstall GLib-2.4.4. * GLib-2.6 will be source and binary compatible with the GLib-2.4.x series; however, the new API additions in GLib-2.5.0 are not yet finalized, so there may be incompatibities between this release and the final 2.6 release. * Remaining API issues for GLib-2.6 can be found with following bugzilla query: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=glib&target_milestone=2.6+API+Freeze&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED * Bugs should be reported to http://bugzilla.gnome.org. About GLib ========== GLib is the low-level core library that forms the basis for projects such as GTK+ and GNOME. It provides data structure handling for C, portability wrappers, and interfaces for such runtime functionality as an event loop, threads, dynamic loading, and an object system. More information about GLib is available at: http://www.gtk.org/ An installation guide for the GTK+ libraries, including GLib, can be found at: http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/gtk-building.html Overview of Changes from GLib 2.4.1 to GLib 2.5.0 ================================================= * New functions g_debug [Sven Herzberg] * Use higher precision for mathematical constants [Morten Welinder] * Don't convert to/from UTF-8 in g_filename_{to,from}_uri [Federico Mena Quintero] * Win32 - Handle empty digit string in printf() functions correctly [Tor Lillqvist] - Support ll as format modifier for long long [Tor] - Be more careful about HOME [Tor, Ivan Wong] - Bug fixes [John Ehresman] * Miscellaneous bug and portability fixes [Danilo Segan, Owen Taylor, Nikolai Weibull, Beno�®t Carpentier, Morten Welinder, Manish Singh, Sven Neumann, Julio M. Merino Vidal, Kaz Sasayama, Murray Cumming, Federico, Mariano Suarez-Alvarez] * Documentation updates [Matthias Clasen, Chrispin Flowerday, Tommi Komulainen, Federico Mena Quintero, Ed Griffiths] * New and updated translations (ja,ne,no,wa) 20 July 2004 _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
