GdkPixbuf 2.40.0

Changes since 2.38:

  - Allow creating a GdkPixbuf instance without any property [Federico Mena
    Quintero, #91]
  - Add gdk_pixbuf_init_modules() for applications with GdkPixbuf loader
    modules in a separate directory [Bastien Nocera, bgo#786035]
  - Add subproject fallback for dependencies [Nirbheek Chauhan]
  - Handle large XPM without crashing [Bastien Nocera, #95]
  - Use the appropriate gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders on install [Emmanuele
    Bassi, #126]
  - Disable deprecation warnings introduced by GLib 2.62
  - Escape GIF version in error messages [Robert Ancell]
  - Use the appropriate fallback for libpng on Windows [Chun-wei Fan]
  - Render GIF frames on demand [Robert Ancell, #101]

GdkPixbuf 2.42.0 (stable)

 - Remove the libjasper JPEG2000 loader
 - Split the gdk-pixbuf-xlib library to a separate repository
 - Fix build on Solaris [Alan Coopersmith]
 - Fix cppcheck 'shifting signed 32-bit value warning' [Emmanuel Fleury, #96]
 - Fix memory leaks in pixops error paths [Alex Henrie]
 - Improve internal consistency of loaders [Federico Mena Quintero]
 - Fix build with MSVC [Chun-wei Fan]
 - Skip bytes during JPEG incremental load [Nathan Lee]
 - Check for overflows [#132]
 - Add missing test for issue #70 [Bastien Nocera]
 - Let the test suite cope with missing loaders [#123]
 - Fix build on SunOS [#128]
 - Check for mmap failure [Tobias Müller]
 - Fix UB in the XPM loader [Tobias Stoeckmann]
 - Speed up alpha scaling pixop [Jan Ziak]
 - Add the `gtk_doc` configuration option, and deprecate `docs`
 - Add the `introspection` configuration option, and remove `gir` [Xavier Claessens, !85]
 - Handle truncated PNMs more gracefully [Felix Riemann, #111]
 - Clean up GIF loader code [Robert Ancell]
 - Fix colormap handling in GIF [Robert Ancell, #156]

2.42.2 (stable)

 - Requre Meson 0.55.3
 - Improve the PNG save operation
 - Fix leak in the error path of the XPM loader
 - Fix loading GIF without a GCE rendering color 0 [Robert Ancell, #162]
 - Fix invalid LZW codes in the GIF loader [Robert Ancell, #164, CVE-2020-29385]

GdkPixbuf 2.42.4 (stable)

List of changes since 2.42.2
----------------------------

 - Make enum type registration thread safe
 - Do not install skipped test files [Jan Tojnar]
 - Fix GIF initialization [Simon McVittie]
 - Always run GIF loader tests [Simon McVittie]
 - Fix leaks discovered via ASan [Simon McVittie]
 - Expose GdkPixbufLoader API via introspection [Paolo Borelli]
 - Fix revert-to-previous first frame behaviour for GIF files [Robert Ancell, #166]
 - Link to libintl if needed [Fabrice Fontaine]
 - Improve support for using gdk-pixbuf as a subproject [Xavier Claessens]
 - Fix build with GModule disabled [Fabrice Fontaine]
 - Use gi-docgen to generate the API reference from introspection data

Gdk-pixbuf 2.42.6 (stable)

 - Disable shared-mime-info dependency on Android [BogDan Vatra, !104]
 - Yield gtk_doc option value in subprojects
 - Always initialise locale on thumbnailer startup [Bastien Nocera, !110]
 - Add fallback subproject for libjpeg [Benjamin Otte, !109]
 - Install API reference directly under $datadir/doc/gdk-pixbuf
 - Use type:array for the builtin_loaders option
 - Default to using builtin png and jpeg loaders
 - Replace platform-specific post-install script files with a Python script