Low-level core library that forms the basis for projects such as GTK+ and GNOME.
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docs: Set -Dglib_debug=enabled by default and document it for distros
As per https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/3421#note_2206315:

It seems like there’s agreement that glib_debug should be enabled for
developers and disabled for distros; and it also seems like there’s no
reliable way to figure this out magically (because not everyone ties
things to `-Dbuildtype=*`). So, we’re left with forcing some group of
people to manually set the value of `glib_debug`. There are more
developers/contributors than there are distros, and distros are more
likely to notice an accidentally-slow GLib package than developers are
likely to notice an accidentally-not-asserting-hard-enough local build,
so let’s say:

The default should be `-Dglib_debug=enabled`, and distros should probably
all override that to `-Dglib_debug=disabled`.

Signed-off-by: Philip Withnall <pwithnall@gnome.org>

Fixes: #3421
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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.

The official download locations are: https://download.gnome.org/sources/glib

The official web site is: https://www.gtk.org/

Installation

See the file INSTALL.md. There is separate and more in-depth documentation for building GLib on Windows.

Supported versions

Upstream GLib only supports the most recent stable release series, the previous stable release series, and the current development release series. All older versions are not supported upstream and may contain bugs, some of which may be exploitable security vulnerabilities.

See SECURITY.md for more details.

Documentation

API documentation is available online for GLib for the:

Discussion

If you have a question about how to use GLib, seek help on GNOMEs Discourse instance. Alternatively, ask a question on StackOverflow and tag it glib.

Reporting bugs

Bugs should be reported to the GNOME issue tracking system. You will need to create an account for yourself. You may also submit bugs by e-mail (without an account) by e-mailing incoming+gnome-glib-658-issue-@gitlab.gnome.org, but this will give you a degraded experience.

Bugs are for reporting problems in GLib itself, not for asking questions about how to use it. To ask questions, use one of our discussion forums.

In bug reports please include:

  • Information about your system. For instance:
    • What operating system and version
    • For Linux, what version of the C library
    • And anything else you think is relevant.
  • How to reproduce the bug.
    • If you can reproduce it with one of the test programs that are built in the tests/ subdirectory, that will be most convenient. Otherwise, please include a short test program that exhibits the behavior. As a last resort, you can also provide a pointer to a larger piece of software that can be downloaded.
  • If the bug was a crash, the exact text that was printed out when the crash occurred.
  • Further information such as stack traces may be useful, but is not necessary.

Contributing to GLib

Please follow the contribution guide to know how to start contributing to GLib.

Patches should be submitted as merge requests to gitlab.gnome.org. If the patch fixes an existing issue, please refer to the issue in your commit message with the following notation (for issue 123):

Closes: #123

Otherwise, create a new merge request that introduces the change. Filing a separate issue is not required.