ANNOUNCE: gtk-vnc release 1.2.0 available

Posted: April 15th, 2021 | Filed under: Fedora, Gtk-Vnc, Virt Tools | No Comments »

I’m pleased to announce a new release of GTK-VNC, version 1.2.0.

https://download.gnome.org/sources/gtk-vnc/1.2/gtk-vnc-1.2.0.tar.xz (213K)
sha256sum: 7aaf80040d47134a963742fb6c94e970fcb6bf52dc975d7ae542b2ef5f34b94a

Changes in this release include

  • Add API to request fixed zoom level
  • Add API to request fixed aspect ratio when scaling
  • Add APIs for client initiated desktop resize
  • Implement “Extended Desktop Resize” VNC extension
  • Implement “Desktop Rename” VNC extension
  • Implement “Last Rect” VNC extension
  • Implement “XVP” (power control) VNC extension
  • Implement VeNCrypt “plain” auth mode
  • Implement alpha cursor VNC extension
  • Use GTK preferred width/height helpers for resizing
  • Fix misc docs/introspection annotation bugs
  • Honour meson warninglevel setting for compiler flags
  • Fix JPEG decoding in low colour depth modes
  • Fix minor memory leaks
  • Add header file macros for checking API version
  • Change some meson options from “bool” to “feature”
  • Validate GLib/GTK min/max symbol versions at build time
  • Avoid recreating framebuffer if size/format is unchanged
  • Emit resize signal after WMVi update
  • Various fixes & enhancements to python demo program
  • Ensure Gir files build against local libs
  • Enable stack protector on more platforms
  • Don’t force disable introspection on windows
  • Relax min x11 deps for older platforms
  • Avoid mutex deadlock on FreeBSD in test suite
  • Stop using deprecated GLib thread APIs
  • Stop using deprecated GLib main loop APIs
  • Stop using deprecated GObject class private data APIs
  • Add fixes for building on macOS
  • Fix deps for building example program
  • Update translations

Thanks to all those who reported bugs and provided patches that went into this new release.

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