Ruby-GNOME 2: ruby-gnome2 ruby-gnome2-3.1.0 Released

Install the current releases.

=== Changes

• Improvements
  • update README.
    [Patch by cedlemo]
  • fix format in README.
  • use pthread version of MinGW in build-windows.sh.
  • improve main Rakefile.
  • windows : update bundled versions.
• Fixes
  • fix path in gem:windows:push in main Rakefile.
  • fix markup in NEWS file.
  • use Win32 thread again in build-windows.sh.
  • libmount is required for GLib on Linux.
  • install libgtk-3-dev explicitly.

==== All

==== Ruby/GIO2

• Improvements
  • make (({Gio::SettingsSchemaSource#list_schemas})) Rubyish.
  • make (({Gio::Settings#set_value})) Rubyish.
  • support array like API for (({Gio::Settings})).
  • (({Gio::ActionMap#add_action})) accepts :state
  • simplify, load (({Gio::File})) with GObject-Introspection loader.
  • simplify (({Gio::ContentType})) implementation.
• Fixes
  • add missing required argument in test-settings-schema-source.rb.
  • add version check in Gio tests.
  • increase required version.
  • fix typo in action-map.rb.
    [Path by cedlemo]

==== Ruby/GLIB2

• Improvements

  • New implementation of GRClosure with new APIS:
  • RGClosureCallData
  • RGClosureCallFunc
  • rbgobj_set_signal_call_func()
  • rbgobj_get_signal_call_func()
  • g_rclosure_new_call()
  • support exit_application error message when no backtrace.
  • improve rbg_scan_options() performance
  • show all backtrace on GLib log.
    [GitHub#935][Suggested by Matijs van Zuijlen]

• Fixes

  • windows:
  • Fix indent in windows-binary-build-task.rb.
  • Export glib2_binary_base_dir.
  • Remove needless "windows_" in methods name in windows-binary-build-task.rb.
  • add a debug argument for make command.
  • add GNOME2::Rake::WindowsBinaryBuildTask#binary_base_dir
  • fix a bug that SIGUSR1 breaks main loop.
    [GitHub#933][Reported by Vegard Sandengen]
  • fix error messages typo
    [Patch by dai-vr]
  • fix typo in rbgutil.c.
    [Patch by Kazuhiro NISHIYAMA]
  • fix style in rbglib_messages.c
  • remove needless check in rbglib_messages.c and extconf.rb

==== Ruby/GStreamer

• Improvements
• Fixes
  • fix text_color_example.rb demo.
    [Patch by cedlemo]

==== Ruby/GObjectIntrospection

• Improvements
  • support GVariant string array to Ruby
    [Patch by Konstantinos Natsakis]
  • use g_variant_iter_init () to reduce dynamic memory allocation
  • support omitting allow-null arguments in middle of arguments
  • improve performance in callable-info.rb.
  • reduce needless method calls.
  • simplify invoke arguments in rb-gi-method-info.c, it improves performance.
  • support "can_be_" as predicate prefix.
  • improve performance calling a method. It catches data from info.
  • add GI.load shortcut for fast load.
• Fixes
  • use short for 16bit Integer.
  • accept Array of numbers for gint8/guint8 array
  • wrong condition in function info arguments management.
  • use suitable type macros in ruby to C code from rb-gi-argument.c.
  • assign temporary Ruby object to local variable to guard from GC.
  • fix name conflict in rb-gi-argument.c.
    [Reported by kitone]
  • touch unrefed object in rb-gi-argument.c.
  • support array of UTF-8.
  • fill from last omitted arguments in function arguments loader.
  • add a missing all required case check in function arguments loader.
  • use rbg_variant_to_ruby in rb-gi-argument.c.
  • define unlock_gvl as info method.
  • fix typo in rb-gi-function-info.c.
  • don't fill missing arguments when given N arguments is less.
  • sink created GObject based object by default.
  • fix wrong default argument fill condition.
  • fix limit when loading arguments infos.
    [GitHub#895][Reported by cedlemo]
  • fix libffi return value handling.
    [GitHub#758][Reported by Mamoru TASAKA]
  • do not try to run a gtk demo when the user provide a bad demo name.
    [Patch by cedlemo]
  • focus on the related line in the TreeView when running demo from command line.
    [Patch by cedlemo]
  • do nothing for void type return type.
    [GitHub#952][Reported by cedlemo]
  • return value is return type is void but pointer.
  • windows : update patch support-external-g-ir-scanner.diff.

==== Ruby/GDK

• Improvements
  • make (({Gdk::EventFocus#in})) rubyish.
  • add init hook as Gdk.on_init
• Fixes
  • backport a patch to fix build error.

==== Ruby/GdkPixbuf2

• Improvements
  • support loading from file.
• Fixes
  • fix dependency in Rakefile.
    [GitHub#862][Reported by Mamoru TASAKA]
  • add missing gio2 dependency in tests.
  • add missing variable in tests.
  • omit a test that failed by float error on i386
    [GitHub#898][Reported by Mamoru TASAKA]

==== Ruby/GTK3

• Improvements
  • support for (({Gtk::SpinButton::input})) signal.
    [GitHub#855][Reported cedlemo]
  • new gtk demo spinbutton.
    [Patch by cedlemo]
  • add demo search_entry.rb
    [Patch by cedlemo]
  • update gtk demos to use class form instead of module form.
    [Patches by cedlemo]
  • add listbox gtk demo.
    [Patch by cedlemo]
  • update editable_cells demo.
    [Patch by cedlemo]
  • add glarea demo.
    [Patch by cedlemo]
  • update transparent demo.
    [Patch by Arjun Menon]
  • update theming_style_classes demo.
    [Patch by Arjun Menon]
  • update textscroll demo.
    [Patch by Arjun Menon]
  • update stack demo.
    [Patch by Arjun Menon]
  • update spinbutton demo.
    [Patch by Arjun Menon]
  • create (({Gtk::TreeModel#create_filter})) as an alias of #filter_new.
• Fixes
  • load demos as classes instead of modules in main.rb.
    [Patch by cedlemo]
  • enable Gtk::Rc deprecation.
  • fix treemodelfilter sample issue.
  • force LC_NUMERIC to C when gtk3 is initialized.
    [Patch by cedlemo]

==== Ruby/WebKitGTK

• Improvements
• Fixes
  • windows :
  • update dependencies in Rakefile and patches.
  • use Ubuntu 16.04 as build environment.
  • install jsmin

==== Ruby/WebKit2GTK

• Improvements
• Fixes
  • windows :
  • update Rakefile and patches.
  • support auto latest version detection.

==== Ruby/ClutterGdk

• Improvements
• Fixes
  • add init hook as Clutter.on_init.
  • add Clutter and Gdk integration API.

==== Ruby/ClutterGtk

• Improvements
  • add clutter-gdk dependency.
• Fixes
  • window-test.rb sample : use icons only included in the default theme.
  • remove needless pack method usage in test.rb sample.
  • follow improved API in event.rb sample.

==== Ruby/ClutterGdk

• Improvements
  • create a GObject-Introspection loader.
    [Patch by cedlemo]
• Fixes
  • update description in README and in Rakefile.
  • remove needless code in Rakefile.
  • remove needless code in GObject-Introspection loader. ClutterGdk is part of Clutter.

==== Ruby/GStreamer

• Improvements
  • add (({Gst::Bin#each})).
    [GitHub#927][Reported by cedlemo]
  • add only_gstreamer_version method.
• Fixes
  • use post_load in order to use require_libraries.

==== Ruby/Pango

• Fixes
  • pango windows: remove needless patch.

==== Thanks

• Arjun Menon
• cedlemo
• dai-vr
• Kazuhiro NISHIYAMA
• kitone
• Konstantinos Natsakis
• Mamoru TASAKA
• Matijs van Zuijlen
• Vegard Sandengen