news 28 Posted December 25, 2016 A new cairo release 1.14.8 is now available from: http://cairographics.org/releases/cairo-1.14.8.tar.xz which can be verified with: http://cairographics.org/releases/cairo-1.14.8.tar.xz.sha1 c6f7b99986f93c9df78653c3e6a3b5043f65145e cairo-1.14.8.tar.xz http://cairographics.org/releases/cairo-1.14.8.tar.xz.sha1.asc (signed by Bryce Harrington) Additionally, a git clone of the source tree: git clone git://git.cairographics.org/git/cairo will include a signed 1.14.8 tag which points to a commit named: 9b23aa0f9de4b0ccac8640bea43570b13f8f5a0f which can be verified with: git verify-tag 1.14.8 and can be checked out with a command such as: git checkout -b build 1.14.8 Bug Fixes --------- * Fix "invalidfont" error on some printers when printing PDFs with embedded fonts that have glyphs (such as spaces) with num_contours == 0. (Bug #79897) * Fix deadlock when destruction of a scaled font indirectly triggers destruction of a second scaled font, causing the global cache to be locked twice. (Bug #93891) * Fix X errors reported to applications when shmdt() is called before the Attach request is processed, due to missing xcb and xlib calls. * Fix random failure in record-paint-alpha-clip-mast test case, caused by an incorrect assumption that a deferred clear can be skipped. (Bug #84330) * Fix crash when dealing with an XShmGetImage() failure, caused by a double free in _get_image_surface(). (Bug #91967) * Fix build issue when using non-GNU strings utility. (Bug #88639) * Cleanup debugging text sent to stdout instead of log. (Bug #95227) What is Cairo ------------- Cairo is a 2D graphics library with support for multiple output devices. Currently supported output targets include the X Window System (via both Xlib and XCB), quartz, win32, and image buffers, as well as PDF, PostScript, and SVG file output. Experimental backends include OpenGL, BeOS, OS/2, and DirectFB. Cairo is free software and is available to be redistributed and/or modified under the terms of either the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 2.1 or the Mozilla Public License (MPL) version 1.1. Where to get more information about Cairo ----------------------------------------- The primary source of information about cairo is: http://cairographics.org/ The latest versions of cairo can always be found at: http://cairographics.org/download Documentation on using cairo and frequently-asked questions: http://cairographics.org/documentation http://cairographics.org/FAQ Share this post Link to post
