4 * Add support for static properties.
5 * Add support for delegate properties.
6 * Support virtual default handler for signals.
7 * Add limited support for derived compact classes.
8 * Add libgdata bindings (Víctor Manuel Jáquez Leal).
9 * Add libusb-1.0 bindings (Evan Nemerson).
10 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
15 * Add support for array properties.
16 * Support implicit and explicit GValue casts.
17 * Add initial support for generic methods.
18 * Add postgres bindings.
19 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
24 * Add initial support for POSIX profile.
25 * Add --vapi and --gir commandline options.
26 * Add initial x11, xcb, and cairo-xcb bindings.
27 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
32 * Improvements to the .gir reader and writer (Didier Ptitjes).
33 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
38 * Introduce new syntax to connect/disconnect signal handlers.
39 * Add experimental support for fixed-length arrays.
40 * Update Genie parser (Jamie McCracken).
41 * Updates to the GLib, Cairo, GTK+, GStreamer, and POSIX bindings.
47 * Do not generate header files unless requested by the -H commandline
48 option. This requires changes in the build system of Vala projects.
49 * Support conditional compilation.
54 * Improvements to the .gir reader and writer (Didier Ptitjes).
55 * Add librsvg-2.0 bindings (Evan Nemerson).
56 * Add Maemo libosso bindings (Jukka-Pekka Iivonen).
57 * Add V4L2 bindings (Matías De la Puente).
63 * Support signals in static D-Bus clients.
64 * Various improvements to asynchronous method support (Ryan Lortie).
65 * Report unused internal methods.
66 * Extend POSIX bindings.
67 * Add FUSE bindings (John Carr).
68 * Add libdaemon bindings (Jukka-Pekka Iivonen).
74 * Do not require libgee for custom indexer access.
75 * Add Log.FILE, Log.LINE, and Log.METHOD constants.
76 * Various improvements to the .gir reader.
77 * Add Lua bindings (pancake and Phil Housley).
78 * Add MySQL bindings (Jukka-Pekka Iivonen).
79 * Add partial POSIX bindings.
85 * Improve syntax of owned property getters.
86 * Add --enable-deprecated and --enable-experimental commandline options.
87 * Remove --disable-non-null commandline option.
93 * Support array initializers as expressions.
94 * Support += to efficiently append elements to arrays.
95 * Calculate length for null-terminated arrays.
96 * Support initializers for multi-dimensional arrays.
97 * Add `owned' keyword to replace `#'.
98 * Various fixes in coroutine support.
99 * Support boxed structs as GObject properties.
105 * Rewrite D-Bus server support to directly use libdbus.
106 * Register structs as boxed types.
107 * Improve error reporting on invalid code.
108 * Support private class fields and class destructors.
109 * Add partial raptor and rasqal bindings.
110 * Drop vala-gen-project, moved to vtg.
116 * Report uninitialized local variables.
117 * Report unused fields, methods, and local variables.
118 * Fix error handling in complex statements.
119 * Improve support for generic types.
120 * Support parameter arrays in bindings.
121 * Do not require libgee for foreach statements.
122 * Support enums in D-Bus clients and servers.
123 * Support structs in hash tables in D-Bus servers.
124 * Experimental static D-Bus client support.
125 * Add --dump-tree commandline option to write code tree to file.
131 * Support type checks for error domains and error codes.
132 * Experimental support for yield statements and coroutines.
133 * Support GValue and GHashTable in D-Bus clients.
134 * Various improvements to the .gir reader.
135 * Drop deprecated support for static classes.
136 * Modularize code generator.
142 * Support more flexible constructors.
143 * Partial support for reading and writing .gir files.
144 * Improve compiler performance.
145 * Copy arrays where necessary.
146 * Basic support for static properties.
147 * Partial support for struct holding object references.
148 * Add tracker indexer bindings (Roberto Majadas)
149 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, and GStreamer bindings.
155 * Notify on property changes by default (Jared Moore)
156 * Add unique-1.0 bindings (Phil Housley)
157 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, and GStreamer bindings.
163 * Various improvements to D-Bus client and service support.
164 * Basic support for detailed signals.
165 * Check types of printf arguments.
166 * Support `in' operator for Gee.Collection and Gee.Map (Jamie McCracken)
167 * Add libgsf-1 bindings (Michael Lawrence)
168 * Add loudmouth-1.0 bindings (Ali Sabil)
169 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, and GStreamer bindings.
175 * Support overriding default method handlers of signals.
176 * Support dynamic access to properties and signals of GObjects.
177 * Experimental support for nullable value types.
178 * Improve support for classes not deriving from GLib.Object.
179 * Support """verbatim strings""".
180 * Add parser for Genie (Jamie McCracken)
181 * Experimental support for arrays of arrays.
182 * Documentation improvements (Phil Housley)
183 * Improvements to D-Bus support (Ali Sabil, Philip Van Hoof, Yu Feng)
184 * Add libepc-1.0 bindings (Ali Sabil)
185 * Add libtiff bindings (Christian Meyer)
186 * Updates to the GStreamer bindings (Ali Sabil and Jaap A. Haitsma)
187 * Many bug fixes and performance improvements.
192 * Add support for class constructors, class fields, and class methods.
193 * Various improvements to methods in D-Bus services.
194 * Add support for properties and signals in D-Bus services (Yu Feng)
195 * Add Time API to GLib bindings.
196 * Documentation improvements (Phil Housley)
197 * Updates to the GLib and GTK+ bindings.
203 * Enable non-null types by default.
204 * Add --disable-non-null commandline option.
205 * New handwritten parser.
206 * Support virtual methods in interfaces.
207 * Add `dynamic' type modifier for D-Bus client support.
208 * Add experimental support for writing D-Bus services.
209 * Don't require `new' operator for structs.
210 * Warn when using deprecated syntax.
211 * Add libsexy bindings (Evan Nemerson)
212 * Updates to the GLib and GTK+ bindings.
218 * Support nested namespaces.
219 * Support static constructors.
220 * Register enums with GType (Marc-André Lureau)
221 * Small syntax change for default values of properties.
222 * Add --verbose commandline option (Daniel Silverstone)
223 * Improve pointer support.
224 * Add GNOME Keyring bindings (Andrea Del Signore)
225 * Add SDL bindings (Levi Bard)
226 * Add libftdi bindings (Evan Nemerson)
227 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, GStreamer, and SQLite bindings.
228 * Many bug fixes all over the place.
233 * Support private property accessors.
234 * Support default values for properties.
235 * Improve support for array length and delegate target parameters.
236 * Improve delegate and signal handler support.
237 * Introduce new syntax to declare errordomains.
238 * Improve exception support.
239 * Report errors for missing return statements.
240 * Report warnings for unreachable code.
241 * Improve support for generic types.
242 * Support pointer member access and pointer element access.
243 * Support pointer arithmetic.
244 * Add --quiet commandline option (Emmanuele Bassi)
245 * Add WebKit bindings.
246 * Add JSON-GLib bindings (Ali Sabil)
247 * Add goocanvas bindings (Roberto Majadas)
248 * Add hildon-fm-2 bindings (Levi Bard)
249 * Add taglib bindings (Andreas Brauchli)
250 * Add libusb bindings (Evan Nemerson)
251 * Add bzip2 bindings (Maciej Piechotka)
252 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, GStreamer, and libsoup bindings.
259 * Add support for instance delegates.
260 * Support conditional method compilation.
261 * Add support for nested generic types.
262 * Add size_t and ssize_t.
263 * Use non-null types by default with --enable-non-null option.
264 * Limited support for nullable types.
265 * Add basic support for method pre- and postconditions.
266 * Improve pointer support.
267 * Always enable memory management.
268 * Add libgnome-menu bindings (Roberto Majadas)
269 * Add liboobs-1 bindings (Roberto Majadas)
270 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, GStreamer, SQLite, and libxml2 bindings.
271 * Small documentation improvements.
277 * Add Vala Project Generator.
278 * Support `in` operator for enums.
279 * Support typeof for generic type parameters.
280 * Replace gidlgen by vala-gen-introspect with a real C parser.
281 * Update all bindings to use vala-gen-introspect.
282 * Fix many gcc warnings.
283 * Fix build with Cygwin and MinGW (Yaakov Selkowitz).
289 * Use .vapi as file extension for bindings.
290 * Add Vala Reference Manual.
291 * Add support for object initializers.
292 * Emit #line directives in debug mode.
293 * Add --basedir option.
294 * Support creation methods in structs.
295 * Add support for [Notify] attribute for properties.
296 * Add experimental support for registering new fundamental classed types.
297 * Improve support for non-GObject classes.
298 * Improve error reporting.
299 * Add vapicheck to verify generated bindings (Mathias Hasselmann).
300 * Drop xml_pp dependency (Alberto Ruiz).
306 * Convert reference-type structs to classes for a more consistent type system.
307 * Support `as` operator (Mathias Hasselmann).
308 * Improve array support.
309 * Experimental D-Bus client support.
310 * Add GConf bindings.
311 * Add libgnome and libgnomeui bindings.
312 * Add Glade bindings.
313 * Add libnotify bindings (Nicolas Christener, Roland Hostettler).
314 * Add GnomeVFS bindings.
315 * Add GtkSourceView bindings.
316 * Add Panel Applet bindings.
317 * Add GNOME Desktop Library bindings.
318 * Add libsoup bindings.
319 * Add libwnck bindings.
320 * Add GtkMozEmbed bindings (Alberto Ruiz).
321 * Add Poppler bindings (Alberto Ruiz).
322 * Add Enchant bindings (Mathias Hasselmann).
323 * Add Hildon bindings (Marcelo Lira).
324 * Add SQLite bindings.
325 * Add curses bindings (Ed Schouten).
326 * Build system fixes (Nicolas Trangez).
327 * Add manual pages for gidlgen and vapigen (Kumar Appaiah).
328 * Many bug fixes all over the place.
333 * Use and support libgee collection library (internal copy for now).
334 * Performance improvements.
335 * Improve support for generic types.
336 * Many memory management fixes.
337 * Add support for inner classes.
338 * Add --cc and -X commandline options to control the C compiler.
339 * Use GSlice for reference-type structs.
340 * Add experimental GStreamer bindings.
345 * Support simple exception handling.
346 * Improve array and string support.
347 * Support multi-dimensional arrays.
348 * Add --thread commandline option.
355 * Add commandline options for running the C compiler and linker.
356 * Use # modifier for reference transfer in method parameters.
357 * Replace callback keyword by delegate.
358 * Improve and update GLib and GTK+ bindings.
359 * Add experimental GVFS binding.
360 * C89/MSVC portability fixes (Hans Breuer).
361 * Refactor code generator.
362 * Add experimental bindings generator.
368 * Add support for defining new generic classes.
369 * Improve array support.
370 * Memory management fixes.
371 * Improve abstract property support.
372 * Add basic support for flags types.
373 * Improve GLib binding.
380 * Add support for overridden properties.
381 * Support properties and signals in interfaces.
382 * Improve interface runtime suport.
383 * Verify that classes implement all abstract and interface methods.
384 * Basic compile-time support for generic types.
385 * Default to strong references for return values and local variables.
386 * Improve signal support.
387 * Add support for pointers.
388 * Improve support for numeric types.
389 * Support writing GTypeModule-based plug-ins.
390 * Improve manual memory management support.
391 * Improve GTK+ bindings.
397 * New object construction syntax.
398 * Interface implementations don't have to specify override anymore.
399 * Improve interface support.
404 * Improve interface support.
406 * Improve array support.
407 * Improve enum support.
408 * Add automated testing infrastructure.
409 * Fixes for prefix and postfix operators.
410 * Add more types to GLib bindings.
416 * Support base access.
417 * Support typeof expressions.
418 * Improve array support.
419 * Fix possible memory leak in foreach statements.
420 * Fix many warnings during C compilation.
421 * Improve GTK+ bindings.
426 * Support + operator in strings.
427 * Support unicode character literals.
428 * Add implicit conversions for numeric types.
429 * Improve interface support.
430 * Improve array support.
431 * Support arbitrary signal parameters.
432 * Add threading support.
433 * Support lock statements.
434 * Many improvements to the GTK+ bindings.
440 * Support namespace constants.
441 * Support switch statements.
442 * Array creation support.
443 * Provide complete but experimental bindings for GTK+ 2.10 and Cairo 1.2.
444 * Add implicit array length parameter.
445 * Follow package dependencies.
446 * Support hexadecimal and octal integer literals and hexadecimal escape
448 * Install libvala as shared library.
453 * Support named construction methods.
454 * Basic interface support.
455 * Improve error handling.