From 8cec548854d86dac8f0c99e99461421c8ad653b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Wilson Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:06:07 +0000 Subject: [NEWS] Add notes for 1.8.6 Add the historical blurb for 1.8.6. --- NEWS | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index ec147011..cd694d87 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -37,6 +37,55 @@ EXTEND_PAD. Better handling of large scale-factors on image patterns. Emit /Interpolate for PS,PDF images. +Release 1.8.6 (2008-12-13 Chris Wilson ) +========================================================= +The cairo community is pleased to announce the 1.8.6 release of the +cairo graphics library. This is the third update to cairo's stable +1.8 series and contains a small number of bug fixes (in particular a +few fixes for failures of cairo 1.8.4 on Quartz and PDF, and build fixes for +a couple of backends). This is being released just under a month after +cairo 1.8.4. + +We recommend that everyone using cairo upgrade to 1.8.6. + +-Chris + +Build fixes +----------- +Fix build of DirectFB backend with debugging enabled: + + Bug in _cairo_directfb_surface_release_source_image function + http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18322 + +Fix build on OS/2. + +Bug fixes +--------- +Workaround a mis-compilation of cairo_matrix_invert() that generated invalid +matrices and triggered assertion failures later. The issue was reported by +Peter Hercek. + +Invalid computation of the modulus: + + https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=466258 + +Invalid referencing of patterns in the Quartz backend: + + Failed assertion `CAIRO_REFERENCE_COUNT_HAS_REFERENCE + (&pattern->ref_count)' when using cairo quartz backend + http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18632 + +Invalid references to glyphs after early culling, causing segmentation faults +in the PDF backend: + + http://lists.cairographics.org/archives/cairo/2008-December/015976.html + +Check for XRender in the XCB backend, or else we may attempt an invalid memory +access: + + XCB backend fails with missing render. + https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18588 + Release 1.8.4 (2008-11-14 Carl Worth ) ========================================================= The cairo community is pleased to announce the 1.8.4 release of the -- cgit v1.2.3