Ruby-GNOME 2: ruby-gnome2 ruby-gnome2-3.0.0 Released

This is a set of bindings for the GNOME-2.x and GNOME-3.x libraries to
use from Ruby 2.0.0, 2.1 and 2.2.

It is a GTK+ 3.16 support release.

To GTK+ 3.16 support, many people helped us. Especially, cedlemo did
great works. Very thanks all!!!

=== Changes

==== All

• Improvements
  • Added install instruction for GitHub master branch.
    [GitHub#425][Patch by Hiroyuki Sato]

==== Ruby/GLib2

• Improvements

  • Added new APIs:
  • (({RVAL2GOBJGLIST}))
  • (({RVAL2GOBJGSLIST}))
  • (({rbg_rval2glist}))
  • (({rbg_rval2gslist}))
  • (({RVAL2CSTR_PTR}))
  • (({rbg_name_to_nick}))
  • (({rbgobj_class_init_func}))
  • (({rbgobj_register_type}))
  • Changed (({RVAL2CSTR})) to return (({NULL})) terminated string.
    If you want to get raw string that may not be terminated by (({NULL})),
    use (({RVAL2CSTR_PTR})).
  • Supported (({Symbol})) as flag value.
  • Added (({windows_platform?}))
  • Supported (({GLib::Value.new})) without value.
  • Supported array of flag value as (({GLib::Flags.new})) input.
  • Supported name, nick and (({GLib::Enum})) as
    (({GLib::Enum.new})) input.
  • Migrated to Markdown for README markup.
    [GitHub#484][Patch by prpr_man]
  • Supported (({GVariantType})).
  • Supported (({GVariant})).
  • Supported (({GBinding})).
    [GitHub#524][Reported by cedlemo]

• Fixes

  • Fixed a bug that (({GLib.format_size})) doesn't work 32bit over
    integer value.
    [GitHub#413][Reported by eumario]

==== Ruby/GObjectIntrospection

• Improvements

  • Supported non GObject struct as return value.
    [GitHub#286][Reported by Christopher L. Ramsey]
  • Supported (({list_XXX})) method name.
  • Supported freeing (({GList<gobjet *="">})).</gobjet>
  • Supported array of struct as input argument.
  • Supported auto native package install on CentOS 7.
  • Supported (({can_XXX?})) predicate.
  • Supported the number of array as input argument.
    [Suggested by John Cupitt]
  • Supported array of (({GValue})) as input argument.
  • Supported array as return value.
  • Supported (({GClosure})) as input argument.
  • Supported (({GSList<gobject *="">})) as input argument.</gobject>
  • Supported (({GSList<gobject *="">})) as output argument.
    [GitHub#324][Reported by cedlemo]</gobject>
  • Supported union as input argument.
  • Supported array of (({guint8})) as input argument.
  • Supported array of (({gint32})) as input argument.
  • Supported class methods defined in (({XXXClass})).
  • Supported (({GList<gboxed *="">})) as output argument.
    [GitHub#389][Reported by eumario]</gboxed>
  • Supported (({GList<ginterface *="">})) as return value.
    [GitHub#501][Reported by Christopher L. Ramsey]</ginterface>
  • Supported (({GVariant})) as return value.
    [GitHub#502][Reported by kitone]

• Fixes

  • Fixed a bug that (({GList<gobjet *="">})) return type method always
    returns nil.</gobjet>
  • Fixed a bug that not predicate is treated as predicate.
  • Fixed a bug that (({self})) is different.

==== Ruby/GIO2

• Improvements
  • Supported (({GAsyncReadyCallback})).
    [GitHub#302][Reported by Christopher L. Ramsey]
  • Added (({ActionMap#add_actions})).

==== Ruby/Pango

• Improvements
  • Added (({Pango::Language#sample_string})).

==== Ruby/GDK3

• Improvements

  • Added backward compatibility APIs.
    [GitHub#284][Reported by Christopher L. Ramsey]
  • Added constants in (({Gdk::Selection})).
    [GitHub#254][Patch by Masafumi Yokoyama]
  • Added missing deprecations.
    [GitHub#291][Reported by Michel Boaventura]
  • Added (({RGBA.parse})).
    [GitHub#295][Reported by carlosjhr64]
  • Supported (({Gdk::Rectangle})).
    [GitHub#319][Reported by cedlemo]
  • Supported (({Gdk::Screen#get_setting})).
    [GitHub#376][Reported by cedlemo]
  • Added (({Gdk::Screen#get_monitor})).

• Fixes

  • Fixed a bug that (({GDK_KEY_XXX})) raises an error.
    [ruby-gnome2-devel-en][Reported by Detlef Reichl]

==== Ruby/GTK3

• Improvements
  • Migrated to GObject Introspection based bindings from hand
    writing bindings. Now, all the latest API in GTK+ are supported.
    [Hiroshi Hatake][Detlef Reichl][cedlemo][John Cupitt]
    [Masafumi Yokoyama][eumario][PeterWAWood][Daiki Ueno]
  • Updated samples. [Patch by cedlemo]

==== Ruby/GtkSourceView3

• Improvements
  • Migrated to GObject Introspection based bindings from hand
    writing bindings. Now, all the latest API in GtkSourceView are
    supported.

==== Ruby/VTE3

• Improvements
  • Migrated to GObject Introspection based bindings from hand
    writing bindings. Now, all the latest API in VTE are supported.
    [cedlemo]

==== Ruby/GStreamer

• Fixes
  • Fixed native package name on CentOS and Fedora.
  • Fixed shebang.
    [GitHub#507][Patch by Dmitry Marakasov]

==== Ruby/RSVG2

• Improvements

  • Added (({:file_name})), (({:data})) and (({:flags})) option to
    (({RSVG::Handle.new})).
  • Updated a sample.
    [GitHub#518][Patch by Robert A. Heiler].

• Fixes

  • Fixed a memory leak of (({RSVG::Handle.new_from_data})) and
    (({RSVG::Handle.new_from_file})).
    [GitHub#318][Reported by Kagetsuki]

==== Ruby/Clutter

• Improvements
  • Added (({Clutter::Version.or_later?})).

==== Ruby/WebKit2GTK

• Improvements
  • Added.

=== Thanks

• Hiroshi Hatake
• Christopher L. Ramsey
• Masafumi Yokoyama
• cedlemo
• Detlef Reichl
• Kagetsuki
• eumario
• PeterWAWood
• Hiroyuki Sato
• Daiki Ueno
• prpr_mann
• Dmitry Marakasov