diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index bee0bc247..aa1031df3 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2005-02-24 Matthias Clasen + + * NEWS: Updates. + 2005-02-23 Matthias Clasen * configure.in: Don't forget to set G_THREAD_LIBS_FOR_GTHREAD diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-10 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-10 index bee0bc247..aa1031df3 100644 --- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-10 +++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-10 @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2005-02-24 Matthias Clasen + + * NEWS: Updates. + 2005-02-23 Matthias Clasen * configure.in: Don't forget to set G_THREAD_LIBS_FOR_GTHREAD diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-12 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-12 index bee0bc247..aa1031df3 100644 --- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-12 +++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-12 @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2005-02-24 Matthias Clasen + + * NEWS: Updates. + 2005-02-23 Matthias Clasen * configure.in: Don't forget to set G_THREAD_LIBS_FOR_GTHREAD diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-8 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-8 index bee0bc247..aa1031df3 100644 --- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-8 +++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-8 @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2005-02-24 Matthias Clasen + + * NEWS: Updates. + 2005-02-23 Matthias Clasen * configure.in: Don't forget to set G_THREAD_LIBS_FOR_GTHREAD diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 132bae533..096da8e2c 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,15 @@ +Overview of Changes from GLib 2.6.2 to GLib 2.6.3 +================================================= +* GOption + - Fix formatting of --help output [Matthias Clasen] + - Accept -? [Matthias] +* Win32 bug fixes [Bill Skaggs, Tor Lillqvist] +* Other bug fixes [Ed Avis, Manish Singh, Matthias, + Nicolas Laurent, Kjartan Maraas, Bastian Nocera, + Suren A. Chilingaryan, Michael Banck] +* Documentation improvements [Matthias] +* New and updated translations (ar,el,et,fi,fr,gu,nb,no,uk,xh) + Overview of Changes from GLib 2.6.1 to GLib 2.6.2 ================================================= * GKeyFile @@ -38,42 +50,41 @@ Overview of Changes from GLib 2.6.0 to GLib 2.6.1 Overview of Changes from GLib 2.4.x to GLib 2.6.0 ================================================= +Major new APIs +* GOption, a commandline option parser +* GKeyFile, a parser/editor for the .ini like files +* Functions to support the XDG basedir specification +* Wrappers for common POSIX pathname functions to handle filename + encodings consistently. On Windows, these use UTF-8. -* Major new APIs - - GOption, a commandline option parser - - GKeyFile, a parser/editor for the .ini like files - - Functions to support the XDG basedir specification - - Wrappers for common POSIX pathname functions to handle filename - encodings consistently. On Windows, these use UTF-8. +Performance improvements +* Optimize g_utf8_validate() +* Optimize g_markup_parse_context_parse() +* Reduce signal connection complexity from O(n) to O(1) +* Get rid of many PLT entries for internally used exported symbols +* Reduce code size by removing literal strings from g_return_if_fail() -* Miscellaneous new functions - - g_filename_display_name() converts filenames in displayable UTF-8 strings - - g_uri_list_extract_uris() splits uri lists - - g_date_get_iso8601_week_of_year() gets ISO 8601 week numbers - - g_log_set_default_handler() installs an alternate default log handler - - g_get_language_names() obtains a list of applicable locale names - - g_strv_length() calculates the length of NULL-terminated string arrays - - g_win32_get_windows_version() determines the Windows version - - G_GNUC_INTERNAL marks functions as non-exported - - glib_check_version() checks the GLib version at runtime - - g_debug() completes the family of logging functions +Miscellaneous new functions +* g_filename_display_name() converts filenames in displayable UTF-8 strings +* g_uri_list_extract_uris() splits uri lists +* g_date_get_iso8601_week_of_year() gets ISO 8601 week numbers +* g_log_set_default_handler() installs an alternate default log handler +* g_get_language_names() obtains a list of applicable locale names +* g_strv_length() calculates the length of NULL-terminated string arrays +* g_win32_get_windows_version() determines the Windows version +* G_GNUC_INTERNAL marks functions as non-exported +* glib_check_version() checks the GLib version at runtime +* g_debug() completes the family of logging functions -* Performance improvements - - Optimize g_utf8_validate() - - Optimize g_markup_parse_context_parse() - - Reduce signal connection complexity from O(n) to O(1) - - Get rid of many PLT entries for internally used exported symbols - - Reduce code size by removing literal strings from g_return_if_fail() - -* Other changes - - On Windows, GLib functions that take file name arguments now require - those to be in UTF-8. Functions that return file names return UTF-8. - - Use higher precision for mathematical constants - - Don't convert to/from UTF-8 in g_filename_to_uri/g_filename_from_uri - - Support ll as printf format modifier for long long on all platforms - - Clean up the ABI and enforce the list of exported symbols - - Add a .pc file for using gmodule in libraries - - Require ngettext +Other changes +* On Windows, GLib functions that take file name arguments now require + those to be in UTF-8. Functions that return file names return UTF-8. +* Use higher precision for mathematical constants +* Don't convert to/from UTF-8 in g_filename_to_uri/g_filename_from_uri +* Support ll as printf format modifier for long long on all platforms +* Clean up the ABI and enforce the list of exported symbols +* Add a .pc file for using gmodule in libraries +* Require ngettext Overview of Changes from GLib 2.5.7 to GLib 2.6.0 =================================================