1 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.9.4:
3 * Fix a deadlock for apps that also register AT-SPI key event listeners
4 (ie, the Orca preferences dialog works again).
6 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.9.3:
8 * Fix for BGO#681276 (reentrancy issues with gnome-shell).
10 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.9.2:
12 * Fix a memory leak in the socket adaptor (BGO#696733).
14 * Fix various DBusError leaks (BGO#698951).
16 * Fix crash when a main loop is shut down repeatedly (BGO#699554).
18 * Suppress a warning if an app returns NULL when referencing a child.
20 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.7.91:
22 * Add Locale property (BGO#694368).
24 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.7.90:
26 * Bump atk dependency to 2.7.5 (BGO#693189).
28 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.7.5:
30 * Support ATSPI_ROLE_LEVEL_BAR to correspond to the new atk role.
32 * Fix various compiler warnings.
34 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.7.3:
36 * re-register if the registry goes away and later returns.
38 * Stop using deprecated glib functions.
40 * Fix a few memory leaks.
42 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.7.2:
44 * atk-adaptor: don't emit a critical in case the bridge was not initialized
47 * Remove dbind (it was only used for the droute test).
49 * Fix a crash in socket_embed_hook if spi_global_register is NULL.
51 * [droute] Fix memory leak in path cleanup (BGO#688363).
53 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.7.1:
55 * Remove the schema; it was only used to specify the location of the
56 atk-bridge library, which is now installed in the standard path.
58 * Fix compiler warnings (BGO#678045).
60 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.6.0:
62 * Fix some crashes in atk_bridge_adaptor_cleanup (BGO#684434).
64 * When the cache is activated, register it on the main D-Bus connection.
66 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.5.92:
68 * Fix atspi_hyperlink_get_uri (BGO#683182).
70 * Only initialize the cache when an AT is running.
72 * Fix various memory leaks (BGO#683979, BGO#684077)
73 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.5.91:
75 * Removed the gtk 3.0 module (BGO#678315).
77 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.5.90:
79 * Don't leak a GError when option parsing fails (BGO#679296)
81 * Rework some inefficient code when removing clients and events (BGO#679295,
84 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.5.5:
86 * Implement GetLocalizedName for actions (BGO#680598)
88 * Allow to build out of source directory (BGO#680280).
90 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.5.4:
92 Fix for bug #679013 - AtspiCollection should be implemented for
95 * Don't create a (non-readable) subdirectory for the socket when root.
97 * Plug ref count leaks (BGO#679285).
99 * Only create a directory and a socket when requested.
101 * Only add items to the cache on children-changed if the children are
102 included in the event.
104 * Only send PropertyChange signals used for caching, absent listeners.
106 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.5.3:
108 * Create a library (libatk-bridge), currently with atk_bridge_adaptor_init()
109 and atk_bridge_adaptor_cleanup() functions, to facilitate linking directly
112 * Only register events at beginning if an AT is listening (BGO#678475).
114 * Use XDG_RUNTIME_DIR to hold the socket, rather than a potentially secure
115 directory hard-coded under /tmp (BGO#678348).
117 * Fix various compiler warnings and build errors.
119 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.5.2:
121 * Fix for bug 677211 - The collection interface's MATCH_ANY fails for states
123 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.5.1:
125 * Updated Norwegian Nynorsk translation
127 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.4.0:
129 * Updated Hindi translation.
131 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.3.92:
133 * Add Khmer and Malayalam translations.
135 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.3.91:
137 * Have GetIndexInParent() return a signed int, per the spec.
139 * Send a DoAction reply message before invoking atk (works around
140 atk_action_do_action potentially not returning right away for gtk).
143 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.3.90:
145 * Have GrabFocus return a bool, per the spec, rather than a uint32.
147 * Fix a potential crash when emitting a signal if the ATK implementor
150 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.3.5:
152 * Remove the ability to set an accessible's name and description via AT-SPI
153 (it seems wrong to have been exposing this in the first place).
155 * Fix for BGO#659967: some list API usage fixes.
157 * Fix for BGO#663967: Don't use /a11y/ as a dconf path.
159 * Fix for BGO#666371: possible crash when accessibles are created and
160 deleted in rapid succession; eg, in gnome-shell)
162 * Avoid triggering GLib criticals in a few places.
164 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.3.4:
166 * Fix for BGO#666870: Keystroke listeners do not work unless an event listener
167 is also registered [also needs updated at-spi2-core]
169 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.3.3:
171 * Fix for BGO#664822 - gnome-shell crash when an AT is launched
173 * Fix a reference leak if a child-added signal has no object value.
175 * Change a : to a / in the suffix to an event, to allow DBus match rules
178 * Only deregister objects when they are marked defunct, not when a previously
179 defunct object is marked as no longer defunct.
181 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.3.2:
183 * Have AtkSocket's implementation of ref_state_set to return empty sets
186 * Fix for BGO#663876: Make sure the a11y hierarchy under an AtkPlug is
187 generated when embedding.
189 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.3.1:
191 * Fix a small coding error that could generate compiler warnings.
193 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.2.1:
195 * Updated Finnish translation.
197 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.2.0:
199 * Really fix BGO#658013: Attach the timeout for a key listener to the
200 appropriate main loop context.
202 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.1.92:
204 * Fix for BGO#658013: Add timeout to check for disconnect on a key listener.
206 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.1.91:
208 * Fix for BGO#645321: Use an array of bytes rather than a string for the
209 atk-bridge location in the schema.
211 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.1.90:
213 * Try to use the new AtkWindow interface to register for window events.
215 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.1.5:
217 * Use libatspi constants rather than keeping duplicate copies of the
218 constants in at-spi2-atk.
220 * Fixed some problems when shutting down and restarting the module.
222 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.1.4:
224 * Ensure the detail integers are initialized before sending events.
226 * Map some new atk roles.
228 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.1.3:
230 * Fix for BGO#652797: Remove unused AtkMisc instance.
232 * Only register events when something is listening. In theory, this should
233 mitigate performance loss that might show up when no ATs are running.
235 * BGO#652596: Allow setting value via the DBus property again.
237 * BGO#652858: Deregister objects on state-changed:defunct.
239 * Add AT-SPI mapping for ATK_RELATION_NODE_PARENT_OF.
241 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.0.2:
243 * Fix matching on attributes for collection methods
245 * Fix for BGO#650286: Ensure valid UTF-8 from ATK
247 * Always emit children-changed, property-change, and state-changed events, in
248 order to keep caches synchronized.
250 * Add GetAtspiVersion to fetch the version of the AT-SPI specification provided
253 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.0.1:
255 * Fix a memory leak in impl_GetText
257 What's new in at-spi2-atk 1.91.93:
259 * Removed dbus-glib-related includes, as they are no longer required.
261 What's new in at-spi2-atk 1.91.92:
263 * Handle text-insert and text-removed signals from ATK (BGO#638377).
265 * Use the new dbus errors when compiled against a version of libdbus that
268 * Use libatspi to get the accessibility bus and handle main loop integration.
269 This fixes a crash with some builds of Firefox (FDO#35115).
270 Note that this adds a dependency on libatspi.
272 * Fix accessibility of applications running as root on Linux.
274 What's new in at-spi2-atk 1.91.91:
276 * Fix some missing prototypes.
278 * Do not exit if the accessibility bus disconnects.
280 What's new in at-spi2-atk 1.91.90:
282 * Fix for BGO#641338: Avoid crashing when unable to listen for p2p connections.
284 * Set /tmp/at-spi2 to be world-writable.
286 * Fix for BGO#641869: Remove --enable-relocate option.
288 * Changed accessibility key name as was done in gsettings-desktop-schemas.
290 * Fixed several memory leaks.
292 * Fixed some build errors.
294 What's new in at-spi2-atk 1.91.6:
296 * Fixed the path in org.a11y.atspi.gschema.xml for lib64.
298 * Implemented SetPosition, SetExtents, and SetSize for components.
300 What's new in at-spi2-atk 1.91.5:
302 * Fixed some memory leaks.
304 * Fixed a crash if peer-to-peer connections are disabled.
306 * Fixed setting of GTK_PATH with --enable-relocate (was broken in 1.91.4).
308 What's new in at-spi2-atk 1.91.4:
310 * Support direct dbus connections to improve performance if dbus-glib
311 0.90 or greater is available.
313 * Added a GSettings key to specify the location of libatk-bridge.so.
315 * Added a desktop file to load gail and atk-bridge with the new
316 gnome-settings-daemon.
318 What's new in at-spi2-atk 1.91.3:
320 * Attributes in a collection match rule are now expected to be sent as a
323 What's new in at-spi2-atk 1.91.2:
325 * FIxed BGO#563546: Removed the g_atexit hook.
327 What's new in at-spi2-atk 1.91.1:
329 * Fire all events until we receive a reply from GetRegisteredEvents
331 What's new in at-spi2-atk 1.91.0:
333 * --disable-relocate is the default again.
335 What's new in at-spi2-atk 0.3.92:
337 * Have value methods return 0 on failure rather than fail, as in original pyatspi
339 What's new in at-spi2-atk 0.3.91.1:
341 * Fi a build error introduced in 0.3.91.
343 What's new in at-spi2-atk 0.3.91:
345 * Default to --enable-relocate for now.
347 * Fix for FDO#29880: gtk module can't handle reloading.
349 What's new in at-spi2-atk 0.3.90:
351 * FDO#29365: Stop using a deprecated glib function.
353 * Caching fixes--GetItems was completely broken in v0.3.6, and fixed a
354 possible crash when it is called.
356 * Only emit signals when AT-SPI clients are listening for them.
358 What's new in at-spi2-atk 0.3.6:
360 * Fixed a problem with dbus introspection.
362 * Do not block waiting for a response when registering.
364 What's new in at-spi2-atk 0.3.5:
366 * Have a socket retrieve its state set from its embedded plug
368 * Rename AT_SPI_CLIENT to AT_SPI_REENTER_G_MAIN_LOOP, but still check the
369 former variable as well for now.
371 What's new in at-spi2-atk 0.3.4:
373 * Ref an object while adding it to the message generated by GetItems.
374 This prevents a crash if all other references to the objects go away while
375 it is being analyzed.
377 * Add GetChildren to the introspection.
379 * Fix NSelectedRows and NSelectedColumns.
381 * Fix the behavior of ChildCount and GetChildAtIndex for sockets with
384 * Fix extra unref when calling get_row_header or get_column_header on a
385 table, or calling atk_hyperlink_get_object.
387 * Set the /desktop/gnome/interface/at-spi-dbus gconf key to false by default
388 (this key is only used when at-spi2 is relocated, which it is not by default).
390 * Fix a few compiler warnings.
392 What's new in at-spi2-atk 0.3.3:
394 * Remove unused gtk build dependency.
396 * Install a copy of the module into the gtk-3.0 modules directory.
398 * Correct handling of some children-changed events sent by Firefox.
400 * Lease objects that send events if they are not cached; fixes some
401 tracebacks when handling Firefox events.
403 What's new in at-spi2-atk 0.3.2:
405 * Some hyperlink fixes.
407 * Cache additions are now done in an idle call. This prevents additions
408 from being made when an object may not be fully initialized and prevents
409 Firefox 3.6 from crashing.
411 * The cache object has been placed into the org.a11y.atspi namespace.
413 What's new in at-spi2-atk 0.3.1:
415 * Added a gconf schema.
417 * org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.GetAll now works rather then crashing.
419 * The position, size, and extents of an AtkSocket are now fetched from the
420 corresponding AtkPlug.
422 * An application is no longer registered if its root is an AtkPlug.
424 * Fix BGO#538680 - Count ignored in GetMatchesTo
426 * Fix FDO#27626 - deadlock when registering an application.
428 * Fix a problem with various hyperlink methods.
430 * Fix for an AtkPlug sometimes not appearing in the hierarchy.
432 * Fix a crash if the registry returns an unexpected message while embedding.
434 * Remove libxml2 dependency since libxml2 is no longer used.
436 * Fix handling of MATCH_ANY for a stateset in a collection match rule.
438 * Disabled relocation by default.