posts: New release!

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+layout: post
+author: gtk-rs developers
+title: New Release
+categories: [front, crates]
+date: 2024-02-04 20:00:00 +0000
+---
+
+* Write intro here *
+
+### gtk-rs-core
+
+* Removal of glib channels
+* Removal of re-exported once_cell crate, use `std::cell::OnceCell` / `std::sync::OnceLock`
+* Re-organized traits in glib
+* Dynamic types support
+
+### gtk4-rs
+
+* GTK 4.14 APIs support
+* Support `TemplateChild<T>` usage with `glib::Properties` macro
+
+[gtk4-rs](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs):
+
+ * [gtk: Don't propogate unused argument](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1591)
+ * [examples: Add example for About Dialog](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1589)
+ * [gtk::show\_about\_dialog: Set hide\_on\_close](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1588)
+ * [Regen with ffi workspacecs usage](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1587)
+ * [Add missing installation step for Windows](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1584)
+ * [book: Use const consistently](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1582)
+ * [book: Less usage of once\_cell](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1581)
+ * [Get rid of once\_cell](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1580)
+ * [Use cargo workspace features](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1579)
+ * [Examples: async request no blocking main thread](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1578)
+ * [CI: add a cargo deny job](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1576)
+ * [Revert "book: Go back to 4\_8 for now"](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1571)
+ * [examples: Add a menubar one](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1570)
+ * [examples: Add a gtk::Scale](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1569)
+ * [Various fixes](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1568)
+ * [image: Use modern way of publishing the container](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1566)
+ * [print\_job: fix send() closure](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1563)
+ * [book: Fix link to GVariant docs](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1559)
+ * [docs: fix composite template internal\_child -&gt; internal](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1550)
+ * [Add clarification around creating tokio runtime](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1546)
+ * [book: Move to libadwaita 1.4](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1536)
+ * [book: Add setuptools installation](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1534)
+ * [book: Use new API spawn\_future\_local](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1533)
+ * [docker: Move to libadwaita 1.4](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1531)
+ * [book: Move to `install_action`](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1529)
+ * [Migrate listings to action group](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1525)
+ * [book: Use bounded channels instead of unbounded](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1522)
+ * [book: Move to async-channel](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1521)
+ * [book: Disable playground globally](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1518)
+ * [book: Split book workflow in two](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1517)
+ * [examples: various cleanups ](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1515)
+ * [Examples: Dialog's response signal handling](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1514)
+ * [examples: Clean up, modernize and simplify virtual methods example](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1513)
+ * [ gtk: Use glib enums instead of bools where it makes sense ](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1512)
+ * [book: Extend main loop chapter with async section](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1511)
+ * [book: Rename action to correct name](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1510)
+ * [examples: Only require GTK 4.10 for the examples](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1509)
+ * [book: Fix typo in memory management chapter](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1504)
+ * [book: Run separate jobs for check and deploy](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1501)
+ * [book: Check links with lychee](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1499)
+ * [gtk: Implement HasParamSpec for TemplateChild&lt;T&gt;](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1495)
+ * [Regenerate with latest gir](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1492)
+ * [book: Add missing steps for installation in windows](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1486)
+ * [gdk: Simplify RGBA builder code](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1483)
+ * [gsk: Add builder for Stroke](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1482)
+ * [gdk: Rename `GdkCairoContextExt::set_source_{rgba =&gt; color}`](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1476)
+ * [book: Add missing snippet for `new_task`](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1472)
+ * [book: Move to `std::cell::OnceCell`](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1470)
+ * [gdk: Make RGBA::new const and add with\_\* constructors](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1468)
+ * [Add new Path APIs](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1463)
+ * [book: Extend memory management chapter](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1459)
+ * [Untangle docsrs attribute from features](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1454)
+ * [gtk4-macro: Bump quick-xml to 0.30](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1453)
+ * [Impl Write on text buffers](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1452)
+ * [gdk: Add missing Clipboard::set](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1450)
+ * [Use `derived_properties` macro](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1434)
+ * [ Use `gio::spawn_blocking` instead of thread::spawn ](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1433)
+ * [gtk: Add a GNOME 45 feature](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1431)
+
+[gtk-rs-core](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core):
+
+ * [Use workspace features for ffi types](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1297)
+ * [Use cargo workspace features](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1296)
+ * [Replace `once_cell` usage with std::sync::OnceLock](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1289)
+ * [Replace usage of macro `proc_macro_error` with explicit propagation of  `syn::Result`](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1288)
+ * [glib: Mark panicky `BoxedAnyObject` methods as `track_caller`](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1279)
+ * [add support of flags registered as dynamic types](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1271)
+ * [Fix concurrency issues](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1256)
+ * [Refactor macros to register dynamic types](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1255)
+ * [macros: generate GlibPtrDefault when deriving Boxed and SharedBoxed](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1241)
+ * [gio: return NULL from spawn\_blocking's underlying gtask](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1239)
+ * [gio: Don't wrongly cast DataInputStream byte arrays to a const pointer](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1238)
+ * [Simplify pointer casts](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1233)
+ * [glib: Remove deprecated paramspec constructors](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1230)
+ * [Move from unmaintained winapi crate to windows-sys](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1226)
+ * [Matchinfo lifetime](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1225)
+ * [Add `Cargo.lock` to git tracking](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1221)
+ * [Add support of enums as dynamic types](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1220)
+ * [gio: fix UnixSocketAddress constructor with a path](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1218)
+ * [glib: Remove `MainContext::channel()`](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1216)
+ * [glib: Allow variable expansion in format strings passed to bool\_error & result\_from\_gboolean](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1210)
+ * [gio: Use weak reference to ActionMap when adding action entries](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1208)
+ * [Add \_full and \_local\_full methods for idle and timeout callbacks that take priority](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1207)
+ * [Implement ext trait on IsA&lt;T&gt;, don't generate overridden methods](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1204)
+ * [glib: Implement object class methods via a trait instead of directly …](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1203)
+ * [Add `spawn_future` and `spawn_future_local` convenience functions](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1201)
+ * [glib-macros: Remove unused imports from Properties doc test](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1193)
+ * [glib-macros: Mark property getters as #\[must\_use\]](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1192)
+ * [fix glyph string analysis methods that don't need &mut](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1188)
+ * [cairo: Make it docs.rs friendly](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1182)
+ * [glib/GStringPtr: Add `as_str()` and `Deref&lt;Target=&str&gt;`](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1181)
+ * [CI: add a cargo deny job](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1179)
+ * [glib: Remove `#[doc(hidden)]` from `once_cell` and `bitflags` re-export](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1177)
+ * [Use associated type in memory managers](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1171)
+ * [add support of module types](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1169)
+ * [image: Switch to latest fedora stable](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1163)
+ * [gio: Fix panics if `PollableInputStream` / `PollableOutputStream` ret…](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1159)
+ * [Added bindings for Gio.DBusObjectManager, Gio.DBusObjectManagerClientFlags](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1156)
+ * [Disentangle docsrs and features](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1154)
+ * [Add typos workflow](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1153)
+ * [gio: Set missing annotations for new FileInfo apis](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1151)
+ * [Add support for ext\_trait in properties macro](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1149)
+ * [glib: Bind `g_unichar` APIs](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1146)
+ * [Add object\_subclass example](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1145)
+ * [glib: Re-introduce an event propagation specific type](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1144)
+ * [Fix docs of `glib::derived_properties`](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1143)
+ * [Fix panic in gio InputStream](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1140)
+ * [Don't generate unit tuple in clone macro as default-return value](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1138)
+ * [glib: prelude cleanup](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1095)
+ * [glib: Implement Regex](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/947)
+
+All this was possible thanks to the [gtk-rs/gir](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gir) project as well:
+
+ * [codegen/sys: Don't expect the crates are renamed](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gir/pull/1542)
+ * [CI/tests: Remove gtk3 related bits](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gir/pull/1539)
+ * [Replace once\_cell crate with std::sync::OnceLock in a generated code](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gir/pull/1537)
+ * [Replace `once_cell` crate with `std::sync::OnceLock`](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gir/pull/1532)
+ * [parser: Don't error out for forever scope](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gir/pull/1531)
+ * [record: Differentiate disguised vs pointer types](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gir/pull/1530)
+ * [Remove unnecessary casts of function pointers through usize](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gir/pull/1528)
+ * [codegen: Generate a doc alias for aliases](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gir/pull/1520)
+ * [parser: Don't require name/type for record types](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gir/pull/1512)
+ * [Fix various typos](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gir/pull/1507)
+ * [Make auto builders/traits/functions `pub(crate)`](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gir/pull/1505)
+ * [config/codegen: Stop generating useless Display impls](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gir/pull/1502)
+ * [Generated sys tests: Better command error handling](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gir/pull/1499)
+ * [Fix inserting all-features in Cargo.toml for docs.rs](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gir/pull/1490)
+ * [Add trait\_name to API docs](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gir/pull/1489)
+ * [Fix docsrs](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gir/pull/1487)
+ * [codegen: Replace ControlFlow with Propagation](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gir/pull/1485)
+ * [codgen: generate doc\_alias for static\_type](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gir/pull/1143)
+
+Thanks to all of our contributors for their (awesome!) work on this release:
+
+ * [@AaronErhardt](https://github.com/AaronErhardt)
+ * [@andy128k](https://github.com/andy128k)
+ * [@awused](https://github.com/awused)
+ * [@bilelmoussaoui](https://github.com/bilelmoussaoui)
+ * [@bvinc](https://github.com/bvinc)
+ * [@cgwalters](https://github.com/cgwalters)
+ * [@Claudio-code](https://github.com/Claudio-code)
+ * [@davidmhewitt](https://github.com/davidmhewitt)
+ * [@erwinschrodinger1](https://github.com/erwinschrodinger1)
+ * [@evaporei](https://github.com/evaporei)
+ * [@fbrouille](https://github.com/fbrouille)
+ * [@felinira](https://github.com/felinira)
+ * [@GuillaumeGomez](https://github.com/GuillaumeGomez)
+ * [@Hofer-Julian](https://github.com/Hofer-Julian)
+ * [@JakeStanger](https://github.com/JakeStanger)
+ * [@jf2048](https://github.com/jf2048)
+ * [@jobale](https://github.com/jobale)
+ * [@nicopap](https://github.com/nicopap)
+ * [@ocrete](https://github.com/ocrete)
+ * [@pbor](https://github.com/pbor)
+ * [@pentamassiv](https://github.com/pentamassiv)
+ * [@pieterdd](https://github.com/pieterdd)
+ * [@ranfdev](https://github.com/ranfdev)
+ * [@RealKC](https://github.com/RealKC)
+ * [@redvimo](https://github.com/redvimo)
+ * [@sdroege](https://github.com/sdroege)
+ * [@SeaDve](https://github.com/SeaDve)
+ * [@vhakulinen](https://github.com/vhakulinen)
+ * [@wroyca](https://github.com/wroyca)
+ * [@zachs18](https://github.com/zachs18)
+ * [@ZanderBrown](https://github.com/ZanderBrown)
+ * [@zecakeh](https://github.com/zecakeh)