On 10/11/13 3:31 AM, Murray Cumming wrote:
> *** glibmm:
>
> gtkmm 2.38 wraps glib 2.38.
>
> glibmm stays in-sync with glib by following the official GNOME release
> schedule:
> http://www.gnome.org/start/unstable/
>
> http://www.gtkmm.org
>
>
> *** Changes
>
> Changes in glibmm 2.38 compared to 2.36:
>
> Glib:
> * Object: Add interfaces to custom types before class_init.
> This deprecates the use of Glib::Object as a base class
> anywhere but in the last in the list of base classes when
> implementing an interface, such as TreeModel or
> CellRenderer.
> Having it, for instance, as the first base class,
> is unfortunately likely to break with glib 3.40.
> (Kjell Ahlstedt) Bug #697229
> * Use std::memset() instead of GLIBMM_INITIALIZE_STRUCT
> (Because it causes compiler warnings with --std=c++ with g++,
> because that defines __STRICT_ANSI__.) and deprecate
> GLIBMM_INITIALIZE_STRUCT.
> (Kjell Ahlstedt)
> * ByteArray:
> - Fix refcount problems.
> (Krzesimir Nowak)
> - ByteArray: Add some tests for methods returning self.
> (Krzesimir Nowak)
> * DateTime: Fix compare() and equal().
> (Kjell Ahlstedt) Bug #704639 (Aurimas Černius)
> * Regex: Add get_max_lookbehind().
> (Murray Cumming)
> * Variant: Fix memory leaks.
> (Kjell Ahlstedt) Bug #704851 (xanm)
>
> Gio:
> * Action:
> - get_state() and get_state_hint() now return something.
> We choose not to consider this an ABI break because these
> methods were impossible to use for anything useful before.
> (Andrew Potter) Bug #690134.
> - Add get_state_bool() and change_state(bool),
> to make it easier to deal with toggle actions.
> However, we might add a whole derived convenience class for these
> instead.
> (Murray Cumming, Kjell Ahlstedt)
> - Add create_radio_string() and create_radio_integer() for
> radio items, though we might change this API lots.
> (Murray Cumming)
> - Add name_is_valid() and print_detailed_name().
> (Murray Cumming)
> - Add an activate() method that takes no parameter.
> (Murray Cumming)
> - print_detailed_name(): Remove the action_name parameter.
> (Murray Cumming)
> - print_detailed_name() Make this templated.
> (Murray Cumming)
> - Make get_state() templated.
> (Murray Cumming)
> - get_state_hint(): Correct a check.
> (Murray Cumming)
> - Add templated change_state() and activate().
> (Murray Cumming)
> * Application: Add mark/unmark_busy().
> (Murray Cumming)
> * ActionGroup:
> - Add templated getters.
> (Murray Cumming)
> - activate_action(): Add a method overload
> that takes no parameter parameter.
> (Murray Cumming)
> * ActionMap:
> - Add add_action(name, slot).
> This is a convenience method similar to
> g_action_map_add_action_entries() in C.
> (Murray Cumming, Kjell Ahlstedt)
> - Add add_action_radio_string() and add_action_radio_integer()
> for radio items, though we might change this API lots.
> (Murray Cumming)
> * DesktopInfo: Add list_actions(), launch_action() and get_action_name().
> (Murray Cumming)
> * File:
> - Add measure_disk_usage() and measure_disk_usage_async().
> (Murray Cumming)
> - Add trash_async(), trash_finish(), make_directory_async()
> and make_directory_finish().
> (Murray Cumming)
> * Menu: Add remove_all().
> (Murray Cumming)
> * MenuItem:
> - Add set/unset_icon().
> (Murray Cumming)
> - Reimplement the constructors.
> (Murray Cumming) Bug #705199 (Pete Woods)
> - Add set_action(), unset_target() and
> unset_action_and_target().
> (Murray Cumming)
> - MenuItem: get/set_attribute(): Deprecated for
> get/set_attribute_value() methods.
> (Murray Cumming)
> - Add insert/append/prepend_section() with no label parameter.
> (Murray Cumming) Bug #702456 (Aurimas Černius)
> * Settings:
> - Add create_action().
> (Murray Cumming)
> - Add get/set_uint().
> (Murray Cumming)
> * SimpleAction:
> - Make set_state() protected.
> (Murray Cumming)
> - add_action() now takes a slot with no parameter.
> Added add_action_with_parameter().
> (Murray Cumming)
> - set_enabled(): Add default parameter value.
> (Murray Cumming)
> - Add constructors and create_bool() methods that take a bool instead of
> a VariantBase for the state, to make it easier to deal with toggle
> actions.
> However, we might add a whole derived convenience class for these
> instead.
> (Murray Cumming)
> * SimpleActionGroup:
> - lookup(): Add a const version and use refreturn.
> (Murray Cumming)
> - Deprecate all methods, because they just call methods in
> the base ActionMap. The C functions are now deprecated too.
> See glib bug #705600 .
> (Murray Cumming)
> * Add VariantParseError.
> Because it is thrown by GtkBuilder, at least for now.
> (Murray Cumming
>
> Gio::DBus:
> * Add InterfaceSkeleton.
> (José Alburquerque)
>
> Build:
> * Port tools/defs_gen to Python 3.
> (Kjell Ahlstedt) Bug #690969
> * tools/h2def.py: Handle functions with Handle *_DEPRECATED_IN_*_FOR (*).
> (Murray Cumming)
> * Update Visual Studio Projects
> (Chun-wei Fan)
> * Glib::TypeTraits<>: Avoid warnings when compiling with -Wcast-qual.
> (Kjell Ahlstedt) Bug #704640 (Aurimas Černius)
> * enums.pl: fixed multi-argument defines as enum values.
> (Marcin Kolny) Bug #705113
> * Move to a generated ChangeLog.
> (José Alburquerque)
>
> gmmproc:
> * Pass NULL to C function calls for optional empty strings.
> (José Alburquerque) Bug #686909. Bug #702456
> * Add parameter return_value in _WRAP_VFUNC.
> (Marcin Kolny) Bug #705699.
> * Fix _WRAP_SIGNAL with 'ifdef' and 'deprecated'.
> (Kjell Ahlstedt)
> * docextract_to_xml.py: Add '⇒' to the list of escape sequences.
> (José Alburquerque)
> * Add _WRAP_ENUM_DOCS_ONLY() and simplify enum docs process.
> (José Alburquerque) Bug #703155
> * gmmproc: Use GMMPROC_RETURN_MISMATCHES environment variable.
> (José Alburquerque)
> * Write glibmm version in generated files.
> (Kjell Ahlstedt) Bug #697835 and Bug #700495
>
> Documentation:
> * gmmproc: Add docs to the default constructor of _CLASS_OPAQUE_COPYABLE.
> mentioning that the constructed object is invalid.
> (Kjell Ahlstedt) Bug #704639 (Aurimas Černius)
>
>
>
> *** Development
>
> There is active discussion on the mailing list:
> http://www.gtkmm.org/mailinglist.shtml
> and in the #c++ channel on irc.gnome.org
>
Changes in ActionGroup apparently break build using clang. See
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=709963.
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