posts: New release!

Author: bilelmoussaoui

_posts/2024-02-04-new-release.md

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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
+
+### Changes
+
+For the interested ones, here is the list of the merged pull requests:
+
+[gtk-rs-core](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core):
+
+* [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)
+* [Replace usage of macro `proc\_macro\_error` with explicit propagation of  `syn::Result`](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1288)
+* [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)
+* [Use workspace features for ffi types](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1297)
+* [glib: prelude cleanup](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core/pull/1095)
+
+[gtk4-rs](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs):
+
+* [gtk: Implement HasParamSpec for TemplateChild&lt;T&gt;](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1495)
+* [gtk4-macros: Update to proc-macro-crate 2](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1506)
+* [gtk: Use glib enums instead of bools where it makes sense](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1512)
+* [image: Use modern way of publishing the container](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1566)
+* [Use cargo workspace features](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1579)
+* [Get rid of once\_cell](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1580)
+* [print\_job: fix send() closure](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1563)
+* [examples: Add a gtk::Scale](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1569)
+* [examples: Add a menubar one](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1570)
+* [examples: Dialog's response signal handling](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1514)
+* [examples: async request no blocking main thread](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1578)
+* [examples: Add example for About Dialog](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1589)
+* [examples: Clean up, modernize and simplify virtual methods example](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1513)
+* [CI: add a cargo deny job](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1576)
+* [gtk::show\_about\_dialog: Set hide\_on\_close](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1588)
+* [gtk: Don't propagate unused argument](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1591)
+* [book: Extend main loop chapter with async section](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1511)
+* [book: Check links with lychee](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1499)
+* [book: Run separate jobs for check and deploy](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1501)
+* [book: Fix typo in memory management chapter](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1504)
+* [book: Rename action to correct name](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1510)
+* [book: Split book workflow in two](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1517)
+* [book: Disable playground globally](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1518)
+* [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: Move to `install\_action`](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1529)
+* [book: Use new API spawn\_future\_local](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1533)
+* [book: Add setuptools installation](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1534)
+* [book: Move to libadwaita 1.4](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1536)
+* [book: Add clarification around creating tokio runtime](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1546)
+* [docs: fix composite template internal\_child -&gt; internal](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1550)
+* [book: Fix link to GVariant docs](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk4-rs/pull/1559)
+
+All this was possible thanks to the [gtk-rs/gir](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gir) project as well:
+
+* [codegen: Generate a doc alias for aliases](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gir/pull/1520)
+* [Remove unnecessary casts of function pointers through usize](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gir/pull/1528)
+* [record: Differentiate disguised vs pointer types](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gir/pull/1530)
+* [parser: Don't error out for forever scope](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gir/pull/1531)
+* [CI/tests: Remove gtk3 related bits](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gir/pull/1539)
+* [Replace `once\_cell` crate with `std::sync::OnceLock`](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gir/pull/1532)
+* [Replace once\_cell crate with std::sync::OnceLock in a generated code](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gir/pull/1537)
+* [codegen/sys: Don't expect the crates are renamed](https://github.com/gtk-rs/gir/pull/1542)
+
+Thanks to all of our contributors for their (awesome!) work on this release:
+
+* [@andy128k](https://github.com/andy128k)
+* [@bilelmoussaoui](https://github.com/bilelmoussaoui)
+* [@Claudio-code](https://github.com/Claudio-code)
+* [@dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/dependabot[bot])
+* [@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)
+* [@jobale](https://github.com/jobale)
+* [@ocrete](https://github.com/ocrete)
+* [@pbor](https://github.com/pbor)
+* [@pieterdd](https://github.com/pieterdd)
+* [@RealKC](https://github.com/RealKC)
+* [@redvimo](https://github.com/redvimo)
+* [@sdroege](https://github.com/sdroege)
+* [@vhakulinen](https://github.com/vhakulinen)
+* [@wroyca](https://github.com/wroyca)
+* [@ZanderBrown](https://github.com/ZanderBrown)