From 156cd3eaaebfd8635517c2baf61fcf3627ff7ec2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bryce Harrington Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2020 16:57:18 -0800 Subject: Release 1.17.4 --- NEWS | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index baef8bec5..3eeb1c389 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,43 @@ +Release 1.17.4 (2020-11-27 Bryce Harrington ) +======================================================================== + +Thank you to the many people who have contributed the large number of +bug fixes and refinements since 1.17.2. + +A particularly noteworthy improvement in this release is the addition of +the meson build system as an alternative to autotools. Autotools is +still used for producing the releases, so will be the default in the +tarball and presumably will still be preferred by distro packagers of +Cairo. It should be possible to build the release tarball using meson, +but as this is new functionality consider it still a work in progress. +The meson configuration has striven to track the autotools +implementation but be aware there may still be some differences between +the two. + +Continuous Integration configurations have been added that enable +testing on a variety of platforms including Fedora, Windows MSVC, etc. +This work has helped in identifying updates and fixes including +adjusting to changes in API calls in dependencies like rsvg and +fontconfig, and to fix platform-specific build issues. + +The cogl Cairo backend underwent significant development this cycle. +Cogl provides GPU accelerated drawing support. The development work +includes implementation of core functionality, performance +optimizations, and stabilization. + +Subpixel positioning support allows improved glyph outlines with the +Freetype font backend. + +For a complete log of changes, please see + + https://cairographics.org/releases/ChangeLog.1.17.4 + +[On a personal note, this will be my last release for Cairo. My Cairo +time availability has been non-existent (particularly this crazy past +year). The release process is well documented and hopefully will help +whomever picks up the baton from here.] + + Release 1.17.2 (2019-01-31 Bryce Harrington ) ======================================================================== This snapshot provides the new support for writing floating point -- cgit v1.2.1