glibmm-2.8 2.88.0

[Bruce Dubbs]

New minor version.

[Bruce Dubbs]

2.88.0 (stable) 2026-03-18:

Glib:

• Markup::ParseContext: Add get_offset() and get_tag_start().

Gio:

• Application: Handle empty description in add_main_option_entry().

Documentation:

• Gio::File: Note where g_free() shall be called.
• README.win32.md: Mention Visual Studio 2026, update build info

gmmproc:

• tools/defs_gen/docextract: Improve extraction of enum enumerators. Fix the case when no enumerator is documented the old way in the enum block.
• tools/defs_gen/enumextract.py, h2def.py: Ignore G_GNUC_FLAG_ENUM before the name of an enum definition.

Build:

• Require glib >= 2.87.3
• Meson build: Don't require the 'dot' command when creating documentation with Doxygen.
• Meson build: Make Visual Studio 2026 builds distinct
• NMake Makefiles:
  • Make Visual Studio 2026 builds distinct
  • Reorganize, fix, and clean up a bit
  • Make m4 detection more flexible and robust
  • Make build process more robust

[Bruce Dubbs]

Fixed at commits:

a03d3de642 Update to gegl-0.4.70.
7e050ad13f Update to pciutils-3.15.0.
2b3d0f8cb2 Update to glib-2.88.0.
8599bb3e77 Update to glibmm-2.88.0.