4 * Initial support for GDBus-based clients and servers.
5 * Support implicit and explicit GVariant casts.
6 * Add support for [Deprecated] attribute.
7 * Add GenericArray as alternative binding to GPtrArray.
8 * Add gdk-pixbuf-3.0, gdk-3.0, gdk-x11-3.0, and gtk+-3.0 bindings.
9 * Updates to the GLib bindings.
15 * Support constants in enums.
16 * Deprecate +=/-= syntax to connect/disconnect signal handlers.
17 * Add experimental support for Dova profile.
18 * Update Genie parser (Jamie McCracken).
19 * Add clutter-gst-1.0 bindings (Ali Sabil).
20 * Add gdu and gdu-gtk bindings.
21 * Add libesmtp bindings (Adrien Bustany).
22 * Add mx-1.0 bindings (Evan Nemerson).
23 * Add orc-0.4 bindings (Fabian Deutsch).
24 * Add rest-extras-0.6 bindings (Adrien Bustany).
25 * Updates to the GLib, GStreamer, Linux, SQLite, and other bindings.
31 * Infer type arguments when calling generic methods.
32 * Support `in' operator for arrays.
33 * Add experimental support for regular expression literals.
34 * Add experimental support for chained relational expressions.
35 * Add va_list support.
36 * Add clutter-gtk-0.10 bindings (Gordon Allott).
37 * Add gdl-1.0 bindings (Nicolas Joseph).
38 * Add gstreamer-app-0.10 bindings (Sebastian Dröge).
39 * Add gstreamer-cdda-0.10 bindings (Sebastian Dröge).
40 * Add gudev-1.0 bindings (Jim Nelson).
41 * Add libgda-report-4.0 bindings (Shawn Ferris).
42 * Add libgvc (graphviz) bindings (Martin Olsson).
43 * Add purple bindings (Adrien Bustany).
44 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
49 * Support coalescing operator ??.
50 * Support to_string and bitwise complement with enums.
51 * Return handler id when connecting signal handlers.
52 * Support struct comparison.
53 * Support constructor chaining in structs.
54 * Enforce protected member restrictions.
55 * Improve performance of flow analysis.
56 * Support automatic line continuations in Genie.
57 * Improvements to the .gir reader and writer.
58 * Add --enable-mem-profiler commandline option.
59 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
64 * Support array and string slicing.
65 * Add --symbols commandline option.
66 * Add avahi-gobject bindings (Sebastian Noack).
67 * Add ccss-1 bindings (Ali Sabil).
68 * Add libarchive bindings (Julian Andres Klode).
69 * Add libmagic bindings (Jens Georg).
70 * Add readline bindings (Jukka-Pekka Iivonen).
71 * Add twitter-glib-1.0 bindings (Adrien Bustany).
72 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
77 * Support constructor chain up to GObject using Object (...).
78 * Add syntax for string templates.
79 * Support (!) non-null casts.
80 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
85 * Support `using' directives inside namespaces.
86 * Use const only for immutable structs.
87 * Support string marshalling for enums in D-Bus (Didier Ptitjes).
88 * Update Genie parser (Jamie McCracken).
89 * Add libgda-4.0 bindings (Shawn Ferris).
90 * Many bug fixes for closures and async methods.
95 * Add support for closures.
96 * Improve support for asynchronous methods.
97 * Support async methods in D-Bus servers.
98 * Add clutter-1.0 bindings (Rob Taylor).
99 * Add GVariant, GSettings, and dconf bindings (Ryan Lortie).
100 * Add linux, libnl-1, and libasound bindings (Michael 'Mickey' Lauer).
101 * Add gnutls bindings (Jiří Zárevúcky).
102 * Add librest bindings (Adrien Bustany).
103 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
108 * Add support for static properties.
109 * Add support for delegate properties.
110 * Support virtual default handler for signals.
111 * Add limited support for derived compact classes.
112 * Add libgdata bindings (Víctor Manuel Jáquez Leal).
113 * Add libusb-1.0 bindings (Evan Nemerson).
114 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
119 * Add support for array properties.
120 * Support implicit and explicit GValue casts.
121 * Add initial support for generic methods.
122 * Add postgres bindings.
123 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
128 * Add initial support for POSIX profile.
129 * Add --vapi and --gir commandline options.
130 * Add initial x11, xcb, and cairo-xcb bindings.
131 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
136 * Improvements to the .gir reader and writer (Didier Ptitjes).
137 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
142 * Introduce new syntax to connect/disconnect signal handlers.
143 * Add experimental support for fixed-length arrays.
144 * Update Genie parser (Jamie McCracken).
145 * Updates to the GLib, Cairo, GTK+, GStreamer, and POSIX bindings.
151 * Do not generate header files unless requested by the -H commandline
152 option. This requires changes in the build system of Vala projects.
153 * Support conditional compilation.
158 * Improvements to the .gir reader and writer (Didier Ptitjes).
159 * Add librsvg-2.0 bindings (Evan Nemerson).
160 * Add Maemo libosso bindings (Jukka-Pekka Iivonen).
161 * Add V4L2 bindings (Matías De la Puente).
167 * Support signals in static D-Bus clients.
168 * Various improvements to asynchronous method support (Ryan Lortie).
169 * Report unused internal methods.
170 * Extend POSIX bindings.
171 * Add FUSE bindings (John Carr).
172 * Add libdaemon bindings (Jukka-Pekka Iivonen).
178 * Do not require libgee for custom indexer access.
179 * Add Log.FILE, Log.LINE, and Log.METHOD constants.
180 * Various improvements to the .gir reader.
181 * Add Lua bindings (pancake and Phil Housley).
182 * Add MySQL bindings (Jukka-Pekka Iivonen).
183 * Add partial POSIX bindings.
189 * Improve syntax of owned property getters.
190 * Add --enable-deprecated and --enable-experimental commandline options.
191 * Remove --disable-non-null commandline option.
197 * Support array initializers as expressions.
198 * Support += to efficiently append elements to arrays.
199 * Calculate length for null-terminated arrays.
200 * Support initializers for multi-dimensional arrays.
201 * Add `owned' keyword to replace `#'.
202 * Various fixes in coroutine support.
203 * Support boxed structs as GObject properties.
209 * Rewrite D-Bus server support to directly use libdbus.
210 * Register structs as boxed types.
211 * Improve error reporting on invalid code.
212 * Support private class fields and class destructors.
213 * Add partial raptor and rasqal bindings.
214 * Drop vala-gen-project, moved to vtg.
220 * Report uninitialized local variables.
221 * Report unused fields, methods, and local variables.
222 * Fix error handling in complex statements.
223 * Improve support for generic types.
224 * Support parameter arrays in bindings.
225 * Do not require libgee for foreach statements.
226 * Support enums in D-Bus clients and servers.
227 * Support structs in hash tables in D-Bus servers.
228 * Experimental static D-Bus client support.
229 * Add --dump-tree commandline option to write code tree to file.
235 * Support type checks for error domains and error codes.
236 * Experimental support for yield statements and coroutines.
237 * Support GValue and GHashTable in D-Bus clients.
238 * Various improvements to the .gir reader.
239 * Drop deprecated support for static classes.
240 * Modularize code generator.
246 * Support more flexible constructors.
247 * Partial support for reading and writing .gir files.
248 * Improve compiler performance.
249 * Copy arrays where necessary.
250 * Basic support for static properties.
251 * Partial support for struct holding object references.
252 * Add tracker indexer bindings (Roberto Majadas)
253 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, and GStreamer bindings.
259 * Notify on property changes by default (Jared Moore)
260 * Add unique-1.0 bindings (Phil Housley)
261 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, and GStreamer bindings.
267 * Various improvements to D-Bus client and service support.
268 * Basic support for detailed signals.
269 * Check types of printf arguments.
270 * Support `in' operator for Gee.Collection and Gee.Map (Jamie McCracken)
271 * Add libgsf-1 bindings (Michael Lawrence)
272 * Add loudmouth-1.0 bindings (Ali Sabil)
273 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, and GStreamer bindings.
279 * Support overriding default method handlers of signals.
280 * Support dynamic access to properties and signals of GObjects.
281 * Experimental support for nullable value types.
282 * Improve support for classes not deriving from GLib.Object.
283 * Support """verbatim strings""".
284 * Add parser for Genie (Jamie McCracken)
285 * Experimental support for arrays of arrays.
286 * Documentation improvements (Phil Housley)
287 * Improvements to D-Bus support (Ali Sabil, Philip Van Hoof, Yu Feng)
288 * Add libepc-1.0 bindings (Ali Sabil)
289 * Add libtiff bindings (Christian Meyer)
290 * Updates to the GStreamer bindings (Ali Sabil and Jaap A. Haitsma)
291 * Many bug fixes and performance improvements.
296 * Add support for class constructors, class fields, and class methods.
297 * Various improvements to methods in D-Bus services.
298 * Add support for properties and signals in D-Bus services (Yu Feng)
299 * Add Time API to GLib bindings.
300 * Documentation improvements (Phil Housley)
301 * Updates to the GLib and GTK+ bindings.
307 * Enable non-null types by default.
308 * Add --disable-non-null commandline option.
309 * New handwritten parser.
310 * Support virtual methods in interfaces.
311 * Add `dynamic' type modifier for D-Bus client support.
312 * Add experimental support for writing D-Bus services.
313 * Don't require `new' operator for structs.
314 * Warn when using deprecated syntax.
315 * Add libsexy bindings (Evan Nemerson)
316 * Updates to the GLib and GTK+ bindings.
322 * Support nested namespaces.
323 * Support static constructors.
324 * Register enums with GType (Marc-André Lureau)
325 * Small syntax change for default values of properties.
326 * Add --verbose commandline option (Daniel Silverstone)
327 * Improve pointer support.
328 * Add GNOME Keyring bindings (Andrea Del Signore)
329 * Add SDL bindings (Levi Bard)
330 * Add libftdi bindings (Evan Nemerson)
331 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, GStreamer, and SQLite bindings.
332 * Many bug fixes all over the place.
337 * Support private property accessors.
338 * Support default values for properties.
339 * Improve support for array length and delegate target parameters.
340 * Improve delegate and signal handler support.
341 * Introduce new syntax to declare errordomains.
342 * Improve exception support.
343 * Report errors for missing return statements.
344 * Report warnings for unreachable code.
345 * Improve support for generic types.
346 * Support pointer member access and pointer element access.
347 * Support pointer arithmetic.
348 * Add --quiet commandline option (Emmanuele Bassi)
349 * Add WebKit bindings.
350 * Add JSON-GLib bindings (Ali Sabil)
351 * Add goocanvas bindings (Roberto Majadas)
352 * Add hildon-fm-2 bindings (Levi Bard)
353 * Add taglib bindings (Andreas Brauchli)
354 * Add libusb bindings (Evan Nemerson)
355 * Add bzip2 bindings (Maciej Piechotka)
356 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, GStreamer, and libsoup bindings.
363 * Add support for instance delegates.
364 * Support conditional method compilation.
365 * Add support for nested generic types.
366 * Add size_t and ssize_t.
367 * Use non-null types by default with --enable-non-null option.
368 * Limited support for nullable types.
369 * Add basic support for method pre- and postconditions.
370 * Improve pointer support.
371 * Always enable memory management.
372 * Add libgnome-menu bindings (Roberto Majadas)
373 * Add liboobs-1 bindings (Roberto Majadas)
374 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, GStreamer, SQLite, and libxml2 bindings.
375 * Small documentation improvements.
381 * Add Vala Project Generator.
382 * Support `in` operator for enums.
383 * Support typeof for generic type parameters.
384 * Replace gidlgen by vala-gen-introspect with a real C parser.
385 * Update all bindings to use vala-gen-introspect.
386 * Fix many gcc warnings.
387 * Fix build with Cygwin and MinGW (Yaakov Selkowitz).
393 * Use .vapi as file extension for bindings.
394 * Add Vala Reference Manual.
395 * Add support for object initializers.
396 * Emit #line directives in debug mode.
397 * Add --basedir option.
398 * Support creation methods in structs.
399 * Add support for [Notify] attribute for properties.
400 * Add experimental support for registering new fundamental classed types.
401 * Improve support for non-GObject classes.
402 * Improve error reporting.
403 * Add vapicheck to verify generated bindings (Mathias Hasselmann).
404 * Drop xml_pp dependency (Alberto Ruiz).
410 * Convert reference-type structs to classes for a more consistent type system.
411 * Support `as` operator (Mathias Hasselmann).
412 * Improve array support.
413 * Experimental D-Bus client support.
414 * Add GConf bindings.
415 * Add libgnome and libgnomeui bindings.
416 * Add Glade bindings.
417 * Add libnotify bindings (Nicolas Christener, Roland Hostettler).
418 * Add GnomeVFS bindings.
419 * Add GtkSourceView bindings.
420 * Add Panel Applet bindings.
421 * Add GNOME Desktop Library bindings.
422 * Add libsoup bindings.
423 * Add libwnck bindings.
424 * Add GtkMozEmbed bindings (Alberto Ruiz).
425 * Add Poppler bindings (Alberto Ruiz).
426 * Add Enchant bindings (Mathias Hasselmann).
427 * Add Hildon bindings (Marcelo Lira).
428 * Add SQLite bindings.
429 * Add curses bindings (Ed Schouten).
430 * Build system fixes (Nicolas Trangez).
431 * Add manual pages for gidlgen and vapigen (Kumar Appaiah).
432 * Many bug fixes all over the place.
437 * Use and support libgee collection library (internal copy for now).
438 * Performance improvements.
439 * Improve support for generic types.
440 * Many memory management fixes.
441 * Add support for inner classes.
442 * Add --cc and -X commandline options to control the C compiler.
443 * Use GSlice for reference-type structs.
444 * Add experimental GStreamer bindings.
449 * Support simple exception handling.
450 * Improve array and string support.
451 * Support multi-dimensional arrays.
452 * Add --thread commandline option.
459 * Add commandline options for running the C compiler and linker.
460 * Use # modifier for reference transfer in method parameters.
461 * Replace callback keyword by delegate.
462 * Improve and update GLib and GTK+ bindings.
463 * Add experimental GVFS binding.
464 * C89/MSVC portability fixes (Hans Breuer).
465 * Refactor code generator.
466 * Add experimental bindings generator.
472 * Add support for defining new generic classes.
473 * Improve array support.
474 * Memory management fixes.
475 * Improve abstract property support.
476 * Add basic support for flags types.
477 * Improve GLib binding.
484 * Add support for overridden properties.
485 * Support properties and signals in interfaces.
486 * Improve interface runtime suport.
487 * Verify that classes implement all abstract and interface methods.
488 * Basic compile-time support for generic types.
489 * Default to strong references for return values and local variables.
490 * Improve signal support.
491 * Add support for pointers.
492 * Improve support for numeric types.
493 * Support writing GTypeModule-based plug-ins.
494 * Improve manual memory management support.
495 * Improve GTK+ bindings.
501 * New object construction syntax.
502 * Interface implementations don't have to specify override anymore.
503 * Improve interface support.
508 * Improve interface support.
510 * Improve array support.
511 * Improve enum support.
512 * Add automated testing infrastructure.
513 * Fixes for prefix and postfix operators.
514 * Add more types to GLib bindings.
520 * Support base access.
521 * Support typeof expressions.
522 * Improve array support.
523 * Fix possible memory leak in foreach statements.
524 * Fix many warnings during C compilation.
525 * Improve GTK+ bindings.
530 * Support + operator in strings.
531 * Support unicode character literals.
532 * Add implicit conversions for numeric types.
533 * Improve interface support.
534 * Improve array support.
535 * Support arbitrary signal parameters.
536 * Add threading support.
537 * Support lock statements.
538 * Many improvements to the GTK+ bindings.
544 * Support namespace constants.
545 * Support switch statements.
546 * Array creation support.
547 * Provide complete but experimental bindings for GTK+ 2.10 and Cairo 1.2.
548 * Add implicit array length parameter.
549 * Follow package dependencies.
550 * Support hexadecimal and octal integer literals and hexadecimal escape
552 * Install libvala as shared library.
557 * Support named construction methods.
558 * Basic interface support.
559 * Improve error handling.