Add new thread creation API

[platform/upstream/glib.git] / README.in

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@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ The official web site is:
   http://www.gtk.org/
 
 Information about mailing lists can be found at
-  http://www.gtk.org/mailinglists.html
+  http://www.gtk.org/mailing-lists.html
 
 To subscribe: mail -s subscribe gtk-list-request@gnome.org < /dev/null
 (Send mail to gtk-list-request@gnome.org with the subject "subscribe")
@@ -24,10 +24,57 @@ Installation
 
 See the file 'INSTALL'
 
+Notes about GLib 2.30
+=====================
+
+* GObject includes a generic marshaller, g_cclosure_marshal_generic.
+  To use it, simply specify NULL as the marshaller in g_signal_new().
+  The generic marshaller is implemented with libffi, and consequently
+  GObject depends on libffi now.
+
+Notes about GLib 2.28
+=====================
+
+* The GApplication API has changed compared to the version that was
+  included in the 2.25 development snapshots. Existing users will need
+  adjustments.
+
+Notes about GLib 2.26
+=====================
+
+* Nothing noteworthy.
+
+Notes about GLib 2.24
+=====================
+
+* It is now allowed to call g_thread_init(NULL) multiple times, and
+  to call glib functions before g_thread_init(NULL) is called
+  (although the later is mainly a change in docs as this worked before
+  too). See the GThread reference documentation for the details.
+
+* GObject now links to GThread and threads are enabled automatically
+  when g_type_init() is called.
+
+* GObject no longer allows to call g_object_set() on construct-only properties
+  while an object is being initialized. If this behavior is needed, setting a
+  custom constructor that just chains up will re-enable this functionality.
+
+* GMappedFile on an empty file now returns NULL for the contents instead of
+  returning an empty string. The documentation specifically states that code
+  may not rely on nul-termination here so any breakage caused by this change
+  is a bug in application code.
+
+Notes about GLib 2.22
+=====================
+
+* Repeated calls to g_simple_async_result_set_op_res_gpointer used
+  to leak the data. This has been fixed to always call the provided
+  destroy notify.
+
 Notes about GLib 2.20
 =====================
 
-^ The functions for launching applications (e.g. g_app_info_launch() +
+* The functions for launching applications (e.g. g_app_info_launch() +
   friends) now passes a FUSE file:// URI if possible (requires gvfs
   with the FUSE daemon to be running and operational). With gvfs 2.26,
   FUSE file:// URIs will be mapped back to gio URIs in the GFile
@@ -191,9 +238,4 @@ to that bug report.
 Otherwise, enter a new bug report that describes the patch,
 and attach the patch to that bug report.
 
-Bug reports containing patches should include the PATCH keyword
-in their keyword fields. If the patch adds to or changes the GLib
-programming interface, the API keyword should also be included.
-
-Patches should be in unified diff form. (The -u option to GNU
-diff.)
+Patches should be in unified diff form. (The -up option to GNUdiff.)