Overview of changes in GLib 2.69.0

• Fix a crash in GKeyFile when parsing a file which contains translations
  using a GKeyFile instance which has loaded another file previously (#2361)

• Pin GIO DLL in memory on Windows (!2016)

• Fix building third-party projects against GLib on CentOS 7 (work by
  Ignacio Casal Quinteiro) (#2387)

• Add g_thread_pool_new_full() API to allow queued GThreadPool data to be
  freed if the pool is freed early (work by Nitin Wartkar) (#121)

• Ensure dlerror() is used with locking as it’s not thread-safe in some libc
  implementations (#399)

• Add g_dbus_is_error_name() and g_dbus_is_interface_name() convenience
  functions (work by Nitin Wartkar) (#402)

• Drop internal libpcre copy in favour of a subproject from wrapdb (#962, #642)

• Add g_prefix_error_literal() helper function (work by Emmanuel Fleury,
  building on work by Dan Williams) (#663)

• Add g_bytes_get_region() to get data from a GBytes with range checks
  (work by Nitin Wartkar, building on work by Allison Karlitskaya) (#1098)

• Add g_object_take_ref() to sink a floating ref (work by Nitin Wartkar,
  building on work by Allison Karlitskaya) (#1112)

• Optimise grefcount atomic operations (work by Nishal Kulkarni) (#1583)

• Fix resolving child GSettings schemas from the parent’s schema source (work
  by Christian Persch) (#1884)

• Fix g_date_time_format() return value encoding if LC_TIME is not a UTF-8
  locale but other locale settings are (work by Frederic Martinsons) (#2055)

• Set app name in freedesktop.org notifications with GNotification (work
  by André Apitzsch) (#2069)

• Significantly improve retrieval of mount data on Windows (work by LRN based
  on initial analysis by Jehan Pagès) (#2096)

• Add g_file_info_get_(access|creation)_date_time() accessors (work
  by Abanoub Ghadban) (#2281)

• Always apply the remove_dot_segments algorithm to URIs in g_uri_parse();
  previously it was only applied to relative URIs (work
  by Carlos Garcia Campos) (#2342)

• Rename git master branch to main (#2348)

• Various macro and version check cleanup (work by Gaël Bonithon,
  Robin Verdenal-Tallieux, Nishal Kulkarni) (#2376, #2388, #2389)

• Add a GTlsConnectionClass.get_negotiated_protocol vfunc so that
  g_tls_connection_get_negotiated_protocol() can be made thread-safe
  (work by Michael Catanzaro) (#2393)

• Improve guess about whether a Windows process is a console process
  (work by Princeton Ferro with input from LRN) (!1662)

• Add g_steal_fd() function (work by Simon McVittie) (!1966)

• Add g_spawn_check_wait_status() and distinguish more carefully between
  wait status and exit status in the GSpawn API (work by Simon McVittie) (!1967)

• Document GLib’s security policy; see
  https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/blob/main/SECURITY.md (!1985)

• Add g_tree_remove_all() (work by Lighto-Ku) (!1986)

• Simplify exception handling on Windows to eliminate risk of it failing due
  to prior heap corruption (work by LRN) (!2031)

• Fix handling EOF when reading from SOCKS5 proxy stream (work
  by Benjamin Berg) (!2032)

• Unset the registered state of a GApplication after it has shut down (work
  by Marco Trevisan) (!2056)

• Support GPattern as a boxed type (work by Marco Trevisan) (!2066)

• Add g_tls_connection_get_protocol_version() and
  g_tls_connection_get_ciphersuite_name() to get TLS connection information
  (work by Michael Catanzaro) (!2077)

• Make TLS private key properties readable in GTlsCertificate (work
  by Michael Catanzaro) (!2087)

• Fix detection of static libintl when building on macOS (work
  by Jonas Hahnfeld) (!2109)

• Add g_strv_builder_addv() and g_strv_builder_add_many() to the
  GStrvBuilder API (work by Alexandros Theodotou) (!2112)

• Add not-valid-before, not-valid-after, subject-name, issuer-name,
  dns-names, ip-addresses properties to GTlsCertificate
  (work by Ross Wollman) (!2113, !2142)

• Add PKCS#11 flags to GTlsPasswordFlags (work by Patrick Griffis) (!2126)

• Bugs fixed:

  • #121 GThreadPool and the ability to free data waiting to be handled
    
  • #229 g_match_info_fetch_named not return empty string as expected
    
  • #310 ref doc doesn't talk about "helper getters" optimization in g_file_info.c
    
  • #399 dlerror() not thread-safe in all libc, making gmodule-dl.c's fetch_dlerror fail sometimes
    
  • #402 please consider: #define g_dbus_is_error_name(x) g_dbus_is_interface_name (x)
    
  • #626 Add documentation example for GArray and g_array_set_clear_func()
    
  • #642 update to pcre 8.35+
    
  • #663 [patch] add g_prefix_error_literal()
    
  • #793 Potentially confusing error message when object doesn't exist
    
  • #817 gobject: Allow passing %NULL for @data in g_object_remove_toggle_ref
    
  • #962 drop embedded pcre copy
    
  • #1036 gdbusproxy stops tracking if dbus service restarts
    
  • #1098 GBytes: add range-checked pointer getter
    
  • #1112 GObject: add g_object_take_ref()
    
  • #1583 Optimise gatomicrefcount operations
    
  • #1864 Somewhat misleading documentation of GSourceFuncs
    
  • #1884 g_settings_get_child not compatible with g_settings_schema_source_new_from_directory
    
  • #2011 Add additional unit tests for D-Bus name watching
    
  • #2055 g_date_time_format() does not return UTF-8 if LC_TIME is not UTF8 but other locale settings are UTF-8
    
  • #2069 FreedesktopNotification fails to set app_name
    
  • #2096 SHGetFileInfoW() is not reliable (time-wise)
    
  • #2281 Add g_file_infoget(access|creation)_date_time()
    
  • #2300 Crash on Windows MSVC build around gio
    
  • #2311 testfilemonitor test leaks ip_watched_file_t struct
    
  • #2340 GIO tests fail to build with clang-cl
    
  • #2342 g_uri_parse doesn't apply the remove_dot_segments algorithm to the path
    
  • #2348 Investigate renaming master git branch to main
    
  • #2352 RUN_FIRST | RUN_CLEANUP signals with a default handler ignore return values from user handlers
    
  • #2359 GLib 2.68.0: gio-querymodules segfaults on Windows
    
  • #2361 g_key_file_load_from_file segfaults on "Key[*]="like lines
    
  • #2363 g_newa() doesn’t check for multiplication overflow
    
  • #2368 g_task_run_in_thread () limits are not clear
    
  • #2369 glocalfile: Add native exfat magic number to filesystem list
    
  • #2376 GLIB_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED < 2.60 does not warn when using G_GNUC_FALLTHROUGH
    
  • #2387 json-glib does not build with glib 2.68.1
    
  • #2388 Pixman compilation error due to glib
    
  • #2389 Use G_GNUC_CHECK_VERSION to check the GNUC version
    
  • #2393 g_tls_connection_get_negotiated_protocol() is not threadsafe
    
  • #2397 Slow to list device in windows
    
  • #2399 Change spelling of ‘serialise’ to ‘serialize’ in documentation
    
  • #2405 Mention that GNotification requires an installed .desktop file to work
    
  • #2409 Project crashes when executing g_application_mark_busy
    
  • #2414 Devhelp: Glib Reference Manual/Glib Overview/Running Glib Applications formatting issue.
    
  • #2416 certificate: g_tls_certificate_new_from_pem invalid read on non null terminated data
    
  • #2417 GFile: g_file_replace_contents() reports G_IO_ERROR_WRONG_ETAG when saving from a symlink
    
  • #2418 gatomic: __atomic functions are called for CV-qualified output variables
    
  • #2423 resources.c:656:test_resource_binary_linked: 'found' should be TRUE
    
  • !1514 gbookmarkfile: Don't crash if we're not visited
    
  • !1662 gspawn-win32: improve guess whether process is console process
    
  • !1812 docs: Expand documentation about D-Bus GUIDs
    
  • !1957 Fix more warnings
    
  • !1965 gversionmacros: Add version macros for GLib 2.70
    
  • !1966 Add g_steal_fd() to API
    
  • !1967 Distinguish more clearly between wait status and exit status
    
  • !1969 glib_typeof: Move definition to its own header
    
  • !1985 docs: Add a policy for handling security issues
    
  • !1986 make g_tree_remove_all public
    
  • !1996 Include glibconfig.h to get the G_OS_UNIX token
    
  • !1998 gpollableinputstream: Add missing annotation
    
  • !1999 goption.c: Simplfy parse_short_option()
    
  • !2004 Some improvements to clang-cl builds
    
  • !2005 introspection: Remove 'caller-allocates' from POD types
    
  • !2006 fuzzing: Add fuzz tests for functions which parse paths
    
  • !2008 tests: Deactivate tls-bindings test suite for windows
    
  • !2011 docs: Fix example program link
    
  • !2012 docs: Replace git.gnome.org with gitlab.gnome.org urls
    
  • !2013 fuzzing: Fix assertion failure in fuzz_paths.c
    
  • !2016 GIO W32: Pin gio DLL
    
  • !2023 gtlspassword: Fix g-i annotation of return for g_tls_password_get_value
    
  • !2025 [th/gdbus-cleanup] two minor cleanup patches for gdbusconnection.c
    
  • !2026 Split g_test_log() messages that contain multiple lines
    
  • !2027 Fix a handful of minor leaks found by Coverity
    
  • !2030 Fix more warnings
    
  • !2031 Re-simplify exception handling on Windows
    
  • !2032 gsocks5proxy: Handle EOF when reading from a stream
    
  • !2033 Fix annotation of count arguments
    
  • !2036 gmacros.h: use G_GNUC_CHECK_VERSION
    
  • !2038 Fix more warnings
    
  • !2039 Implement G_ANALYZER_NORETURN for Coverity
    
  • !2040 Fix more warnings
    
  • !2041 refcount: Clarify when the ref count ends up undefined
    
  • !2042 grefcount: Clarify that the initial reference count is 1
    
  • !2043 gmacros.h: use g_macro__has_attribute() where possible
    
  • !2046 gerror: Clarify docs around message requirements
    
  • !2047 Fix more warnings
    
  • !2048 Fix more warnings
    
  • !2049 Fix typo in g_socket_listener_accept_async()'s comment
    
  • !2050 gdbus: document completion after idle action for g_dbus_connection_signal_unsubscribe()
    
  • !2051 Add nullable annotations in GUnixMountEntry
    
  • !2052 g_string_replace(): Fix documentation of 'limit' parameter
    
  • !2054 docs: Fix formatting of code block
    
  • !2055 Improve handling of FILENAME_MAX
    
  • !2056 application: Unset the registered state after shutting down
    
  • !2063 Fix more warnings
    
  • !2066 gpattern: Register as Boxed type and support introspection for it
    
  • !2067 gmacros: missing check if STDC_VERSION is defined
    
  • !2069 gdbus-tool: Actually use argv[0] basename as program name
    
  • !2071 gstring: Cleanup documentation of g_string_replace
    
  • !2074 Fix more warnings
    
  • !2075 gdtlsconnection: Fix a check for a vfunc being implemented
    
  • !2077 tls: add functions to get protocol version and ciphersuite name
    
  • !2078 gthreadedresolver: don't ignore flags in lookup_by_name_with_flags
    
  • !2080 guuid: fix shift operation to parse hex string in uuid_parse_string()
    
  • !2081 Fix more warnings
    
  • !2085 gcredentials.h: Fix comment typo
    
  • !2087 gtlscertificate: make private key properties readable
    
  • !2088 Fix more warnings
    
  • !2090 docs: Standardize spelling of serializ*
    
  • !2091 Fix more warnings (clang)
    
  • !2098 grefcount: Optimise g_atomic_ref_count_dec
    
  • !2099 gmacros.h: G_NORETURN: remove useless checks
    
  • !2100 tests: Add missing return value check in string test
    
  • !2101 Fix more warnings
    
  • !2104 tests: Drop use of g_test_bug_base()
    
  • !2105 tests: Use a temporary file in the bookmarkfile tests
    
  • !2106 Fix more warnings
    
  • !2108 glib spawn-singlethread test only if F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC is defined
    
  • !2109 meson: Fix detection of static libintl on macOS
    
  • !2112 gstrvbuilder: add addv and add_many to the API
    
  • !2113 tls: expose cert details on GTlsCertificate
    
  • !2119 Fix more warnings
    
  • !2120 gdbusobjectmanagerclient: Call GetManagedObjects async
    
  • !2123 gdbus: Add various missing (nullable) or (not nullable) annotations
    
  • !2126 gtlspassword: Add flags signifying PIN type for PKCS#11
    
  • !2127 gutils: ensure g_find_program_in_path() return an absolute path
    
  • !2130 Revert "tests: Deactivate tls-bindings test suite for windows"
    
  • !2139 gdbus, win32: Fix accidental dllexport in static builds
    
  • !2142 tls: expose SAN details on GTlsCertificate
    
  • !2143 compiling.xml: Don't recommend backticks
    
  • !2144 pcre: Drop internal libpcre copy
    
  • !2145 gunixmounts: Document NULL return value for g_unix_mount_for()
    
  • !2152 tests: A few small improvements to GBytes tests
    
  • !2153 docs: Fix annotations for optional arguments
    
  • !2155 glocalfilemonitor: Avoid a deadlock on finalization
    
  • !2162 testgdate: fix -Wmisleading-indentation warning
    
  • !2166 gtlscertificate: Add more annotations to new properties
    
  • !2167 g_value_set_string description: clarified (unified), that v_string is a copy.
    
  • !2173 gasyncqueue: Add missing (nullable) annotation to free function
    
  • !2174 data-to-c.py: generate new-line at the end of the file
    

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