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2002-12-10 Sebastian Wilhelmi <wilhelmi@ira.uka.de>
* glib/grand.c (g_rand_int_range): Improve generation of
pseudo-random integers. (#99720, Morten Welinder <terra@diku.dk>)
* README.in, docs/reference/glib/running.sgml,
docs/reference/glib/tmpl/random_numbers.sgml,
docs/reference/glib/changes.sgml: Added notes about the new
algorithm.
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General Information
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This is GLib version @GLIB_VERSION@. GLib is the low-level core
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library that forms the basis for projects such as GTK+ and GNOME. It
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provides data structure handling for C, portability wrappers, and
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interfaces for such runtime functionality as an event loop, threads,
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dynamic loading, and an object system.
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The official ftp site is:
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ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk
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The official web site is:
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http://www.gtk.org/
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Information about mailing lists can be found at
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http://www.gtk.org/mailinglists.html
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To subscribe: mail -s subscribe gtk-list-request@gnome.org < /dev/null
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(Send mail to gtk-list-request@gnome.org with the subject "subscribe")
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Installation
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============
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See the file 'INSTALL'
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Notes about GLib-2.2.0
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======================
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* GLib changed the seeding algorithm for the pseudo-random number
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generator Mersenne Twister, as used by GRand and GRandom. This was
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necessary, because some seeds would yield very bad pseudo-random
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streams. Further information can be found at:
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http://www.math.keio.ac.jp/~matumoto/emt.html
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Also the pseudo-random integers generated by g_rand_int_range and
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g_random_int_range will have a slightly better equal distribution
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with the new version of GLib.
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The original algorithms, as found in GLib-2.0.x, can be used instead
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of the new ones by setting the environment variable G_RANDOM_VERSION
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to the value of "2.0".
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Use the GLib-2.0 algorithms only if you have sequences of numbers
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generated with Glib-2.0 that you need to reproduce exactly.
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How to report bugs
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==================
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Bugs should be reported to the GNOME bug tracking system.
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(http://bugzilla.gnome.org, product glib.) You will need
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to create an account for yourself.
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In the bug report please include:
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* Information about your system. For instance:
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- What operating system and version
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- For Linux, what version of the C library
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And anything else you think is relevant.
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* How to reproduce the bug.
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If you can reproduce it with the testgtk program that is built
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in the gtk/ subdirectory, that will be most convenient. Otherwise,
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please include a short test program that exhibits the behavior.
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As a last resort, you can also provide a pointer to a larger piece
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of software that can be downloaded.
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* If the bug was a crash, the exact text that was printed out
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when the crash occured.
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* Further information such as stack traces may be useful, but
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is not necessary.
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Patches
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=======
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Patches should also be submitted to bugzilla.gnome.org. If the
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patch fixes an existing bug, add the patch as an attachment
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to that bug report.
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Otherwise, enter a new bug report that describes the patch,
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and attach the patch to that bug report.
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Bug reports containing patches should include the PATCH keyword
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in their keyword fields. If the patch adds to or changes the GLib
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programming interface, the API keyword should also be included.
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Patches should be in unified diff form. (The -u option to GNU
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diff.)
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