4 * Port GIR parser and writer to GIR version 1.2.
5 * Update GLib bindings to 2.26 branch.
11 * Add --fatal-warnings commandline option.
12 * Deprecate string.len () in favor of string.length.
13 * Deprecate use of D-Bus GLib in favor of GDBus.
14 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
19 * Fix regression introduced by codegen refactoring.
24 * Drop deprecated support for assigning to construct properties.
25 * Some refactoring in the code generator.
26 * Bug fixes in bindings and vapigen.
31 * Add version suffix to support parallel installation.
32 * Define VALA_X_Y according to compiler version.
33 * Enable version header by default.
34 * Add vala.m4 with VALA_CHECK_PACKAGES macro.
35 * Add gedit-2.20 bindings (Andrea Del Signore).
36 * Add tokyocabinet bindings (Evan Nemerson).
37 * Various improvements to the Dova profile.
38 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
43 * Append documentation comments to generated C files.
44 * Skip <doc> tags in .gir files.
45 * Various improvements to the Dova profile.
46 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
51 * Support newlines in double quoted string literals.
52 * Add experimental support for main blocks.
53 * Add experimental vala tool to compile and run code.
54 * Initial support for generic delegates.
55 * Support using GClosure for delegate parameters.
56 * Support GBoxed-based memory management.
57 * Improvements to the .gir reader and writer.
58 * Various improvements to the Dova profile.
59 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
64 * Initial support for GDBus-based clients and servers.
65 * Support implicit and explicit GVariant casts.
66 * Add support for [Deprecated] attribute.
67 * Add GenericArray as alternative binding to GPtrArray.
68 * Add gdk-pixbuf-3.0, gdk-3.0, gdk-x11-3.0, and gtk+-3.0 bindings.
69 * Updates to the GLib bindings.
75 * Support constants in enums.
76 * Deprecate +=/-= syntax to connect/disconnect signal handlers.
77 * Add experimental support for Dova profile.
78 * Update Genie parser (Jamie McCracken).
79 * Add clutter-gst-1.0 bindings (Ali Sabil).
80 * Add gdu and gdu-gtk bindings.
81 * Add libesmtp bindings (Adrien Bustany).
82 * Add mx-1.0 bindings (Evan Nemerson).
83 * Add orc-0.4 bindings (Fabian Deutsch).
84 * Add rest-extras-0.6 bindings (Adrien Bustany).
85 * Updates to the GLib, GStreamer, Linux, SQLite, and other bindings.
91 * Infer type arguments when calling generic methods.
92 * Support `in' operator for arrays.
93 * Add experimental support for regular expression literals.
94 * Add experimental support for chained relational expressions.
95 * Add va_list support.
96 * Add clutter-gtk-0.10 bindings (Gordon Allott).
97 * Add gdl-1.0 bindings (Nicolas Joseph).
98 * Add gstreamer-app-0.10 bindings (Sebastian Dröge).
99 * Add gstreamer-cdda-0.10 bindings (Sebastian Dröge).
100 * Add gudev-1.0 bindings (Jim Nelson).
101 * Add libgda-report-4.0 bindings (Shawn Ferris).
102 * Add libgvc (graphviz) bindings (Martin Olsson).
103 * Add purple bindings (Adrien Bustany).
104 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
109 * Support coalescing operator ??.
110 * Support to_string and bitwise complement with enums.
111 * Return handler id when connecting signal handlers.
112 * Support struct comparison.
113 * Support constructor chaining in structs.
114 * Enforce protected member restrictions.
115 * Improve performance of flow analysis.
116 * Support automatic line continuations in Genie.
117 * Improvements to the .gir reader and writer.
118 * Add --enable-mem-profiler commandline option.
119 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
124 * Support array and string slicing.
125 * Add --symbols commandline option.
126 * Add avahi-gobject bindings (Sebastian Noack).
127 * Add ccss-1 bindings (Ali Sabil).
128 * Add libarchive bindings (Julian Andres Klode).
129 * Add libmagic bindings (Jens Georg).
130 * Add readline bindings (Jukka-Pekka Iivonen).
131 * Add twitter-glib-1.0 bindings (Adrien Bustany).
132 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
137 * Support constructor chain up to GObject using Object (...).
138 * Add syntax for string templates.
139 * Support (!) non-null casts.
140 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
145 * Support `using' directives inside namespaces.
146 * Use const only for immutable structs.
147 * Support string marshalling for enums in D-Bus (Didier Ptitjes).
148 * Update Genie parser (Jamie McCracken).
149 * Add libgda-4.0 bindings (Shawn Ferris).
150 * Many bug fixes for closures and async methods.
155 * Add support for closures.
156 * Improve support for asynchronous methods.
157 * Support async methods in D-Bus servers.
158 * Add clutter-1.0 bindings (Rob Taylor).
159 * Add GVariant, GSettings, and dconf bindings (Ryan Lortie).
160 * Add linux, libnl-1, and libasound bindings (Michael 'Mickey' Lauer).
161 * Add gnutls bindings (Jiří Zárevúcky).
162 * Add librest bindings (Adrien Bustany).
163 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
168 * Add support for static properties.
169 * Add support for delegate properties.
170 * Support virtual default handler for signals.
171 * Add limited support for derived compact classes.
172 * Add libgdata bindings (Víctor Manuel Jáquez Leal).
173 * Add libusb-1.0 bindings (Evan Nemerson).
174 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
179 * Add support for array properties.
180 * Support implicit and explicit GValue casts.
181 * Add initial support for generic methods.
182 * Add postgres bindings.
183 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
188 * Add initial support for POSIX profile.
189 * Add --vapi and --gir commandline options.
190 * Add initial x11, xcb, and cairo-xcb bindings.
191 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
196 * Improvements to the .gir reader and writer (Didier Ptitjes).
197 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
202 * Introduce new syntax to connect/disconnect signal handlers.
203 * Add experimental support for fixed-length arrays.
204 * Update Genie parser (Jamie McCracken).
205 * Updates to the GLib, Cairo, GTK+, GStreamer, and POSIX bindings.
211 * Do not generate header files unless requested by the -H commandline
212 option. This requires changes in the build system of Vala projects.
213 * Support conditional compilation.
218 * Improvements to the .gir reader and writer (Didier Ptitjes).
219 * Add librsvg-2.0 bindings (Evan Nemerson).
220 * Add Maemo libosso bindings (Jukka-Pekka Iivonen).
221 * Add V4L2 bindings (Matías De la Puente).
227 * Support signals in static D-Bus clients.
228 * Various improvements to asynchronous method support (Ryan Lortie).
229 * Report unused internal methods.
230 * Extend POSIX bindings.
231 * Add FUSE bindings (John Carr).
232 * Add libdaemon bindings (Jukka-Pekka Iivonen).
238 * Do not require libgee for custom indexer access.
239 * Add Log.FILE, Log.LINE, and Log.METHOD constants.
240 * Various improvements to the .gir reader.
241 * Add Lua bindings (pancake and Phil Housley).
242 * Add MySQL bindings (Jukka-Pekka Iivonen).
243 * Add partial POSIX bindings.
249 * Improve syntax of owned property getters.
250 * Add --enable-deprecated and --enable-experimental commandline options.
251 * Remove --disable-non-null commandline option.
257 * Support array initializers as expressions.
258 * Support += to efficiently append elements to arrays.
259 * Calculate length for null-terminated arrays.
260 * Support initializers for multi-dimensional arrays.
261 * Add `owned' keyword to replace `#'.
262 * Various fixes in coroutine support.
263 * Support boxed structs as GObject properties.
269 * Rewrite D-Bus server support to directly use libdbus.
270 * Register structs as boxed types.
271 * Improve error reporting on invalid code.
272 * Support private class fields and class destructors.
273 * Add partial raptor and rasqal bindings.
274 * Drop vala-gen-project, moved to vtg.
280 * Report uninitialized local variables.
281 * Report unused fields, methods, and local variables.
282 * Fix error handling in complex statements.
283 * Improve support for generic types.
284 * Support parameter arrays in bindings.
285 * Do not require libgee for foreach statements.
286 * Support enums in D-Bus clients and servers.
287 * Support structs in hash tables in D-Bus servers.
288 * Experimental static D-Bus client support.
289 * Add --dump-tree commandline option to write code tree to file.
295 * Support type checks for error domains and error codes.
296 * Experimental support for yield statements and coroutines.
297 * Support GValue and GHashTable in D-Bus clients.
298 * Various improvements to the .gir reader.
299 * Drop deprecated support for static classes.
300 * Modularize code generator.
306 * Support more flexible constructors.
307 * Partial support for reading and writing .gir files.
308 * Improve compiler performance.
309 * Copy arrays where necessary.
310 * Basic support for static properties.
311 * Partial support for struct holding object references.
312 * Add tracker indexer bindings (Roberto Majadas)
313 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, and GStreamer bindings.
319 * Notify on property changes by default (Jared Moore)
320 * Add unique-1.0 bindings (Phil Housley)
321 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, and GStreamer bindings.
327 * Various improvements to D-Bus client and service support.
328 * Basic support for detailed signals.
329 * Check types of printf arguments.
330 * Support `in' operator for Gee.Collection and Gee.Map (Jamie McCracken)
331 * Add libgsf-1 bindings (Michael Lawrence)
332 * Add loudmouth-1.0 bindings (Ali Sabil)
333 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, and GStreamer bindings.
339 * Support overriding default method handlers of signals.
340 * Support dynamic access to properties and signals of GObjects.
341 * Experimental support for nullable value types.
342 * Improve support for classes not deriving from GLib.Object.
343 * Support """verbatim strings""".
344 * Add parser for Genie (Jamie McCracken)
345 * Experimental support for arrays of arrays.
346 * Documentation improvements (Phil Housley)
347 * Improvements to D-Bus support (Ali Sabil, Philip Van Hoof, Yu Feng)
348 * Add libepc-1.0 bindings (Ali Sabil)
349 * Add libtiff bindings (Christian Meyer)
350 * Updates to the GStreamer bindings (Ali Sabil and Jaap A. Haitsma)
351 * Many bug fixes and performance improvements.
356 * Add support for class constructors, class fields, and class methods.
357 * Various improvements to methods in D-Bus services.
358 * Add support for properties and signals in D-Bus services (Yu Feng)
359 * Add Time API to GLib bindings.
360 * Documentation improvements (Phil Housley)
361 * Updates to the GLib and GTK+ bindings.
367 * Enable non-null types by default.
368 * Add --disable-non-null commandline option.
369 * New handwritten parser.
370 * Support virtual methods in interfaces.
371 * Add `dynamic' type modifier for D-Bus client support.
372 * Add experimental support for writing D-Bus services.
373 * Don't require `new' operator for structs.
374 * Warn when using deprecated syntax.
375 * Add libsexy bindings (Evan Nemerson)
376 * Updates to the GLib and GTK+ bindings.
382 * Support nested namespaces.
383 * Support static constructors.
384 * Register enums with GType (Marc-André Lureau)
385 * Small syntax change for default values of properties.
386 * Add --verbose commandline option (Daniel Silverstone)
387 * Improve pointer support.
388 * Add GNOME Keyring bindings (Andrea Del Signore)
389 * Add SDL bindings (Levi Bard)
390 * Add libftdi bindings (Evan Nemerson)
391 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, GStreamer, and SQLite bindings.
392 * Many bug fixes all over the place.
397 * Support private property accessors.
398 * Support default values for properties.
399 * Improve support for array length and delegate target parameters.
400 * Improve delegate and signal handler support.
401 * Introduce new syntax to declare errordomains.
402 * Improve exception support.
403 * Report errors for missing return statements.
404 * Report warnings for unreachable code.
405 * Improve support for generic types.
406 * Support pointer member access and pointer element access.
407 * Support pointer arithmetic.
408 * Add --quiet commandline option (Emmanuele Bassi)
409 * Add WebKit bindings.
410 * Add JSON-GLib bindings (Ali Sabil)
411 * Add goocanvas bindings (Roberto Majadas)
412 * Add hildon-fm-2 bindings (Levi Bard)
413 * Add taglib bindings (Andreas Brauchli)
414 * Add libusb bindings (Evan Nemerson)
415 * Add bzip2 bindings (Maciej Piechotka)
416 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, GStreamer, and libsoup bindings.
423 * Add support for instance delegates.
424 * Support conditional method compilation.
425 * Add support for nested generic types.
426 * Add size_t and ssize_t.
427 * Use non-null types by default with --enable-non-null option.
428 * Limited support for nullable types.
429 * Add basic support for method pre- and postconditions.
430 * Improve pointer support.
431 * Always enable memory management.
432 * Add libgnome-menu bindings (Roberto Majadas)
433 * Add liboobs-1 bindings (Roberto Majadas)
434 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, GStreamer, SQLite, and libxml2 bindings.
435 * Small documentation improvements.
441 * Add Vala Project Generator.
442 * Support `in` operator for enums.
443 * Support typeof for generic type parameters.
444 * Replace gidlgen by vala-gen-introspect with a real C parser.
445 * Update all bindings to use vala-gen-introspect.
446 * Fix many gcc warnings.
447 * Fix build with Cygwin and MinGW (Yaakov Selkowitz).
453 * Use .vapi as file extension for bindings.
454 * Add Vala Reference Manual.
455 * Add support for object initializers.
456 * Emit #line directives in debug mode.
457 * Add --basedir option.
458 * Support creation methods in structs.
459 * Add support for [Notify] attribute for properties.
460 * Add experimental support for registering new fundamental classed types.
461 * Improve support for non-GObject classes.
462 * Improve error reporting.
463 * Add vapicheck to verify generated bindings (Mathias Hasselmann).
464 * Drop xml_pp dependency (Alberto Ruiz).
470 * Convert reference-type structs to classes for a more consistent type system.
471 * Support `as` operator (Mathias Hasselmann).
472 * Improve array support.
473 * Experimental D-Bus client support.
474 * Add GConf bindings.
475 * Add libgnome and libgnomeui bindings.
476 * Add Glade bindings.
477 * Add libnotify bindings (Nicolas Christener, Roland Hostettler).
478 * Add GnomeVFS bindings.
479 * Add GtkSourceView bindings.
480 * Add Panel Applet bindings.
481 * Add GNOME Desktop Library bindings.
482 * Add libsoup bindings.
483 * Add libwnck bindings.
484 * Add GtkMozEmbed bindings (Alberto Ruiz).
485 * Add Poppler bindings (Alberto Ruiz).
486 * Add Enchant bindings (Mathias Hasselmann).
487 * Add Hildon bindings (Marcelo Lira).
488 * Add SQLite bindings.
489 * Add curses bindings (Ed Schouten).
490 * Build system fixes (Nicolas Trangez).
491 * Add manual pages for gidlgen and vapigen (Kumar Appaiah).
492 * Many bug fixes all over the place.
497 * Use and support libgee collection library (internal copy for now).
498 * Performance improvements.
499 * Improve support for generic types.
500 * Many memory management fixes.
501 * Add support for inner classes.
502 * Add --cc and -X commandline options to control the C compiler.
503 * Use GSlice for reference-type structs.
504 * Add experimental GStreamer bindings.
509 * Support simple exception handling.
510 * Improve array and string support.
511 * Support multi-dimensional arrays.
512 * Add --thread commandline option.
519 * Add commandline options for running the C compiler and linker.
520 * Use # modifier for reference transfer in method parameters.
521 * Replace callback keyword by delegate.
522 * Improve and update GLib and GTK+ bindings.
523 * Add experimental GVFS binding.
524 * C89/MSVC portability fixes (Hans Breuer).
525 * Refactor code generator.
526 * Add experimental bindings generator.
532 * Add support for defining new generic classes.
533 * Improve array support.
534 * Memory management fixes.
535 * Improve abstract property support.
536 * Add basic support for flags types.
537 * Improve GLib binding.
544 * Add support for overridden properties.
545 * Support properties and signals in interfaces.
546 * Improve interface runtime suport.
547 * Verify that classes implement all abstract and interface methods.
548 * Basic compile-time support for generic types.
549 * Default to strong references for return values and local variables.
550 * Improve signal support.
551 * Add support for pointers.
552 * Improve support for numeric types.
553 * Support writing GTypeModule-based plug-ins.
554 * Improve manual memory management support.
555 * Improve GTK+ bindings.
561 * New object construction syntax.
562 * Interface implementations don't have to specify override anymore.
563 * Improve interface support.
568 * Improve interface support.
570 * Improve array support.
571 * Improve enum support.
572 * Add automated testing infrastructure.
573 * Fixes for prefix and postfix operators.
574 * Add more types to GLib bindings.
580 * Support base access.
581 * Support typeof expressions.
582 * Improve array support.
583 * Fix possible memory leak in foreach statements.
584 * Fix many warnings during C compilation.
585 * Improve GTK+ bindings.
590 * Support + operator in strings.
591 * Support unicode character literals.
592 * Add implicit conversions for numeric types.
593 * Improve interface support.
594 * Improve array support.
595 * Support arbitrary signal parameters.
596 * Add threading support.
597 * Support lock statements.
598 * Many improvements to the GTK+ bindings.
604 * Support namespace constants.
605 * Support switch statements.
606 * Array creation support.
607 * Provide complete but experimental bindings for GTK+ 2.10 and Cairo 1.2.
608 * Add implicit array length parameter.
609 * Follow package dependencies.
610 * Support hexadecimal and octal integer literals and hexadecimal escape
612 * Install libvala as shared library.
617 * Support named construction methods.
618 * Basic interface support.
619 * Improve error handling.