[ANNOUNCE] Vala 0.25.1 - Compiler for the GObject type system

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We are pleased to announce version 0.25.1 of Vala, a compiler for the

GObject type system.

 

Vala 0.25.1 is now available for download at:

http://download.gnome.org/sources/vala/0.25/

 

Changes since 0.24.0

* Support explicit interface method implementation.

* Support (unowned type)[] syntax.

* Support non-literal length in fixed-size arrays.

* Mark regular expression literals as stable.

* GIR parser updates.

* Add webkit2gtk-3.0 bindings.

* Add gstreamer-allocators-1.0 and gstreamer-riff-1.0 bindings.

* Bug fixes and binding updates.

 

Vala is a programming language that aims to bring modern programming

language features to GNOME developers without imposing any additional

runtime requirements and without using a different ABI compared to

applications and libraries written in C.

 

valac, the Vala compiler, is a self-hosting compiler that translates

Vala source code into C source and header files. It uses the GObject

type system to create classes and interfaces declared in the Vala source

code.

 

More information about Vala is available at

 

http://www.vala-project.org/

 

 

The Vala Team

 

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Al Thomas (1):

codegen: Uppercase strings in ASCII, otherwise broken for some locales

 

Christian Persch (1):

glib-2.0: Allow null hooks for OptionGroup

 

Evan Nemerson (59):

gdk-pixbuf-2.0: make Pixbuf.save_to_stream variadic

gtksourceview-3.0: update to latest git

glib-2.0: add OptionContext.parse_strv

gtk+-3.0, gtk+-2.0: make TargetList constructor argument nullable

gio-unix-2.0: fix DesktopAppInfo.list_actions return value

pango: update to latest git

Add webkit2gtk-3.0 and webkit2gtk-web-extension-3.0 bindings.

webkitgtk-3.0: add metadata file

gdk-pixbuf-2.0: update to latest git

atk: update to 2.13.1~d44970bd

goocanvas: mark as deprecated

gudev-1.0: update to latest git

gdk-3.0: update to 3.13.1~701adf81

codegen: put exception checks inside of a G_UNLIKELY

libsoup-2.4: deprecate Buffer.new and MessageBody.append

gstreamer-1.0: update to latest git.

Update GIR-based bindings.

girparser: support return_void metadata argument

girparser: improve support for changing symbol types away from instance

girparser: don't deprecate children of deprecated containers

json-glib-1.0: update to 1.0.2

girparser: handle multiple identifier-prefixes in namespaces

glib-2.0: add HashTable.get_keys_as_array

glib-2.0: remove HashTable.get_keys_as_array

girparser: only replace ref/unref funcs with better matches

gtk+-3.0: set Editable type_cname

gstreamer-1.0: update to 1.3.2.1~d99e6215

gtk+-2.0: add WidgetClass.set_scroll_adjustments_signal binding

gobject-2.0: make ObjectClass.list_properties transfer container

glib-2.0: mark many constants as const instead of static

glib-2.0: don't use the container type's generic in static methods

gobject-2.0: make TypeClass non-reference-counted

Revert "gobject-2.0: make ObjectClass.list_properties transfer container"

gio-2.0: callbacks in ActionEntry must not have a target

glib-2.0: add GLib.HashSet

glib-2.0: add HashTable.take and length

glib-2.0: add static methods back into Sequence, marked as deprecated

gio-2.0: maintain backwards compatibility with old ActionEntry binding

cairo-xcb, xcb-iccm, xcb: deprecate in favor of vala-extra-vapis

glib-2.0: rename HashSet to GenericSet

Use ascii_up/down instead of utf8 up/down when generating identifiers

glib-2.0: add non-null support for string.joinv

posix: the atexit callback does not have a target

gstreamer-rtsp-server-1.0: update bindings

gstreamer-1.0: update bindings to latest git

glib-2.0: mark PtrArray as deprecated in favor of GenericArray

glib-2.0: change constructor for GenericArray with glib-2.0 >= 2.30

girwriter: fix *Private type name for nested classes

girwriter: fall back on gir_namespace if GIR name is not available

vala.m4: don't escape modules argument to VALA_CHECK_MODULES

gstremaer-rtsp-server-1.0: add gstreamer-net-1.0 to deps

gstreamer-rtsp-server-1.0: update to fix C header filename

webkit2gtk-3.0, webkit2gtk-web-extension-3.0: update to 2.4.3

codegen: cast instead of trying to guess *_CLASS macro name

librsvg-2.0: remove from gir-bindings target

bindings: update GIR-based bindings to latest git

gtk+-3.0: make TextIter.copy return value nullable

Add .dir-locals.el (emacs configuration file)

gstreamer-video-1.0: Info.finfo is unowned

 

Florian Brosch (5):

glib-2.0: Fix bindings for g_hash_table_size

Warn if -X is used in combination with -C

Warn if --save-temps is used in combination with -C

Warn if C files are used in combination with -C

Warn if -o is used in combination with -C

 

Jürg Billeter (3):

Bump version suffix

Mark regular expression literals as stable

Release 0.25.1

 

Kyrylo Polezhaiev (1):

libpq: Fix syntax error

 

Lasse Schuirmann (1):

libarchive: Update to version 3

 

Luca Bruno (24):

atk: Update and fix metadata

girparser: Support interface aliases

libnotify: Updated to 0.7.6-3-gda49c8c

gdl-3.0: Update after the GdkEvent change from struct to class

Remove gedit from all-bindings as it will be shipped upstream

geocode-glib-1.0: update to 3.12.0-5-g7eb1490

gobject-introspection-1.0: regenerate according to vala-girs

girparser: reset cheader_filenames before parsing a gir

gtk+3.0: fix Application.set_accels_for_action array parameter

Support (unowned type)[] syntax for transfer-container arrays

Fix writing vapis with (unowned type)[]

girparser: Make array element type owned by default

Revert "girparser: Make array element type owned by default"

Fix gir and gidl bindings due to (unowned type)[] arrays

Support explicit interface methods implementation

gobject: Add Binding.unbind

codegen: Simplify field initialization for struct types

girparser: use identifier prefix from GIR when appropriate

glib-2.0: support Variant objv

gvariant module: Fix memory leak when deserializing hashtables with gvariant

non-nullable: Accessing array methods is safe when the array is null

Call g_signal_handlers_destroy on gtypeinstance finalizer

codewriter: Do not write (unowned string)[] for constants

Fix previous 6c36eb4 commit

 

Maciej Piechotka (1):

Hide internal methods in ABI

 

Raul Gutierrez Segales (1):

glib-2.0: add accessor for GArray's data field

 

Rico Tzschichholz (23):

gtk+-3.0: Update to 3.12.0

geocode-glib-1.0: Update to 3.12.0

clutter-1.0: Update to 1.18.0

cairo: Update some enums and consts

Add tests for enums annotated with [Flags]

x11: Don't use camel-cased names for methods

gio-2.0: Update to 2.41.0~

gtk+3.0: Update to 3.13.0~

gdk-3.0, gtk+3.0: Update to 3.13.1

gtk+-3.0: Perform missing rebuild

gtk+3.0: Update to 3.13.1+

gdk-3.0: update to 3.13.1~a61a11a4

gdk-3.0, gtk+-3.0: update to 3.13.1~3f140d53

gstreamer-1.0: Add gstreamer-allocators-1.0 and gstreamer-riff-1.0

glib2.0: Mark StaticPrivate as deprecated

gobject-2.0: Bind G_PARAM_EXPLICIT_NOTIFY

gtk+-3.0: update to 3.13.3~200bdf1a

gio-unix-2.0: update to 2.41.0

gdk-3.0, gtk+-3.0: Update to 3.13.3

gtk+-3.0: Update to 3.13.4~b238d556

gtk+-3.0: Update to 3.13.4~f2c6b31e

gtk+-3.0: Application.get_menu_by_id returns owned value

gtk+-3.0: Update to 3.13.5

 

Robert Ancell (16):

x11: Add some missing API

xcb: Set correct C name for Xcb.ScreenIterator.next

xcb: Fix visuals iterator methods

xcb: Add binding for xcb_connection_has_error

xcb: Fix depth iterator methods

xcb: Add missing fields to Xcb.Setup, Xcb.Screen and Xcb.VisualType

xcb: Add methods to access pixmap formats

xcb: Remove unnecessary padding fields

xcb: Missing EnterNotifyEvent, LeaveNotifyEvent, KeymapNotifyEvent, VisibilityNotifyEvent, ReparentNotifyEvent, GravityNotifyEvent, CirculateNotifyEvent, PropertyNotifyEvent, SelectionNotifyEvent, ColormapNotifyEvent, MappingNotifyEvent classes

xcb: Add Xcb.Connection.get_atom_name

xcb: Add Xcb.Connection.create_pixmap

xcb: Add drawing API

xcb: Add more methods and use Vala types for accessing data

xcb: Add helper methods for GetPropertyReply

xcb: Replies are nullable and errors are optional

compiler: Support configurable pkg-config command so can cross compile

 

Ryan Lortie (3):

gtk+-3.0: fix flowbox selection foreach API

gtk+-3.0: add new GtkListBox selection API

girparser: grok "nullable"

 

Simon (1):

Support non-literal length in fixed-size arrays

 

Simon Werbeck (5):

codegen: Do not generate generic destroy func for non-disposable structs

codegen: Fix local and field names starting with a digit

Set G_SIGNAL_DEPRECATED on annotated signals

Fix comparison of nullable value types

Detect format string errors when instancing errors

 

Stefano Facchini (1):

glib: Add G_SOURCE_CONTINUE/G_SOURCE_REMOVE

 

Timm Bäder (1):

gtkmodule: Error out on malformed signal definition

 

Yaakov Selkowitz (1):

clutter-gst-1.0: fix deps

 

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