[cairo] Re: GTK+ 2.7.4 released

[Murray Cumming]

This seems to still need cairo from CVS. We really need a cairo tarball
release now for the GNOME 2.11.90 release.

On Fri, 2005-07-22 at 16:53 -0400, Matthias Clasen wrote:
> GTK+ 2.7.4 is now available for download at:
> 
>    ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v2.7/
> 
> gtk+-2.7.4.tar.bz2 md5sum: 1a121264a4ba2e208c025d9eb0515d41
> gtk+-2.7.4.tar.gz  md5sum: 0bd5dfa7334a20bb0efdd582704f84b6
> 
> 
> This is the fifth development release loading up to GTK+ 2.8.  
> 
> 
> Notes:
> 
>  * This is unstable development release. There are certainly 
>    plenty of bugs remaining to be found. This release should 
>    not be used in production.
> 
>  * Installing this version will overwrite your existing
>    copy of GTK+ 2.6. If you have problems, you'll need
>    to reinstall GTK+ 2.6.8.
> 
>  * GTK+ 2.8 will be source and binary compatible with the GTK+ 
>    2.6.x series. The new API additions in GTK+ 2.7.x are 
>    finalized at this point, and GTK+ 2.7.x should be considered 
>    API frozen. Unless serious issues with the new APIs come up, 
>    there will be no API changes between this release and the 
>    2.8.0 release.
> 
>  * Remaining issues for GTK+ 2.8 can be found with following
>    bugzilla query:
>    
>     http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=gtk%
> 2b&target_milestone=2.8+API+Freeze&target_milestone=2.8
> +Freeze&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED
> 
>  * Bugs should be reported to http://bugzilla.gnome.org.
> 
>    
> What is GTK+
> ============
> 
> GTK+ is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user
> interfaces. Offering a complete set of widgets, GTK+ is suitable for
> projects ranging from small one-off tools to complete application
> suites.
> 
> GTK+ has been designed from the ground up to support a range of
> languages, not only C/C++. Using GTK+ from languages such as Perl and
> Python (especially in combination with the Glade GUI builder) provides
> an effective method of rapid application development.
> 
> GTK+ is free software and part of the GNU Project. However, the
> licensing terms for GTK+, the GNU LGPL, allow it to be used by all
> developers, including those developing proprietary software, without
> any license fees or royalties. 
> 
> 
> Where to get more information about GTK+
> ========================================
> 
> Information about GTK+ including links to documentation can be
> found at:
>  
> http://www.gtk.org/
> 
> An installation guide for GTK+ 2.x is found at:
> 
>  http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.4/gtk/gtk-building.html
> 
> Common questions:
>  
> http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.4/gtk/gtk-question-index.html
>  http://www.gtk.org/faq/
> 
> 
> Overview of Changes from GTK+ 2.7.3 to GTK+ 2.7.4
> =================================================
> * Make svg icon themes work better [Matthias]
> * GtkPlug/GtkSocket: Make these cross-platform
>   and implement them for Win32 [Tor]
> * Make font rendering xsettings work with pangocairo [Owen]
> * Fix sporadic segfaults in the GtkTreeModelSort [James
>   Bramford, Markku Vire, Kristian Rietveld]
> * Improve gdk-pixbuf's ability to recognize 
>   svg images. [William Jon McCann]
> * Win32 
>  - Build fixes [Tor Lillqvist]
>  - Fix clipping issues [Robert Ögren]
>  - Bug fixes [Peter Zelezny]
> * Other bug fixes [Christian Persch, Arkady L. Shane, 
>   Matthias, Tommi Komulainen, Alexander Larsson, Owen,
>   Thomas Vander Stichele, Robert Ögren]
> * Documentation improvements [Steve Chaplin, Matthias,  
>   Federico Mena Quintero]
> * New and updated translations (en_CA,fr,hy,lt,nl,sk,th,zh_CN)
> 
> 
> A list of all bugs fixed in this release can be found at 
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=310582,310765,310543,309823,310323,309211,168351,310172,136347,311079,58541,311175,300089,311141,311011
> 
> 
> 22 July, 2005
> 
> 
> 
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