3.8.0 (stable) 2025-10-26

This release and future releases will not store tarballs at
download.gnome.org/sources/. Only modules with source code at
gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/ can store tarballs there now.
Tarballs of libsigcplusplus are now stored only at
github.com/libsigcplusplus/libsigcplusplus/releases/.

• slot, signal: static_assert not using R,T... syntax
  (Daniel Boles) Issue #86, pull request #100
• scoped_connection: Remove [[nodiscard]]
  (Kjell Ahlstedt) Issue #102 (Vadym)
• Add signal_connect(): Helper functions to ease connecting functions
  or methods to signals
  (Rémi Hérilier) Issue #104, #108, pull request #107
• Simplify ambiguity removal when compiling with MSVC
  (Rémi Hérilier) Pull request #110

Documentation:

• README.md: Add info about building the documentation
  (Kjell Ahlstedt) Issue #101 (raphael10-collab)
• Don't link to removed parts of gnome.org
  (Kjell Ahlstedt)
• Remove obsolete FSF (Free Software Foundation) address
  (Tom spot Callaway) Pull request libxmlplusplus#72
• Clarify download locations.
  Releases will not be stored at download.gnome.org/sources/.
  (Kjell Ahlstedt)

Build:

• Meson build: Don't fail if warning_level=everything
  (Daniel Boles, Kjell Ahlstedt) Merge request gtkmm!87
• Meson build: Add the build-manual option
  (Kjell Ahlstedt)
• Meson build: Require meson >= 0.62.0.
  Use Meson's pkgconfig module instead of using the *.pc.in templates.
  (Kjell Ahlstedt)
• Meson build: Detect cl-like compilers.
  Don't check MSVC version for non-MSVC cl
  (Julia DeMille) Pull requst #109
• CMake build: Change minimum required cmake version from 3.2 to 3.10
  (Alexander Drozdov) Issue #112
• Meson build: build-pdf: Prevent infinite loop in dblatex
  (Philippe Baril Lecavalier) Pull request #113
• Meson build: Better detection of MSVC-like compilers
  (Kjell Ahlstedt)
• Meson build: Use the Python installation that Meson uses.
  See merge request glibmm!67
  (Kjell Ahlstedt)

3.6.0 (stable)

• sigc++config.h.*: Update and clean up a bit for Visual Studio
  (Chun-wei Fan) Pull request #95
• scoped_connection: New wrapper to auto-disconnect a slot
  Issue #87, pull request #97 (Daniel Boles)
• signal: Add connect_first()
  (Kjell Ahlstedt) Issue #81 (LordVolumeForm)

Documentation:

• connection: Improve the class documentation
  (Kjell Ahlstedt) Issue #88 (Daniel Boles)
• Improve Visual Studio build documentation
  (Chun-wei Fan) Pull request #93
• Remove AUTHORS and add general information to README.md
  (Kjell Ahlstedt) Issue gtkmm#140
• manual: Add paragraph about new scoped_connection
  Pull request #99 (Daniel Boles)

Tests:

• Add test_scoped_connection
  Pull request #97 (Daniel Boles)

Build:

• Meson: Don't copy files with configure_file()
  (Kjell Ahlstedt)
• Meson: Fix the evaluation of is_git_build on Windows
  (Kjell Ahlstedt) Issue gtkmm#131 (William Roy)
• CMake: Prevent multiple target declaration for uninstall
  (Francesco Emanuele D'Agostino) Pull request #85
• Visual Studio: Support static builds
  Issue #90 (Swat-SomeBug)
  (Chun-wei Fan) Pull request #91
• Meson: Don't require the 'dot' command to build the documentation
  (Kjell Ahlstedt) Issue #98

2.12.1 (stable)

Documentation:

• slot, signal: Describe the slot<void(int)> syntax more
  (Kjell Ahlstedt) Issue #86 (Daniel Boles)
• connection: Improve the class documentation
  (Kjell Ahlstedt) Issue #88 (Daniel Boles)
• Improve Visual Studio build documentation
  (Chun-wei Fan) Pull request #94
• Remove AUTHORS and add general information to README.md
  (Kjell Ahlstedt) Issue gtkmm#140

Build:

• Meson: Don't copy files with configure_file()
  (Kjell Ahlstedt)
• Meson: Fix the evaluation of is_git_build on Windows
  (Kjell Ahlstedt) Issue gtkmm#131 (William Roy)
• Visual Studio: Support static builds
  Issue #90 (Swat-SomeBug)
  (Chun-wei Fan) Pull request #92

3.4.0 (stable)

• Add track_object(), deprecate track_obj()
  (Kjell Ahlstedt) Issue #78 (LordVolumeForm)
• Add trackable_signal_with_accumulator and trackable_signal
  (Kjell Ahlstedt) Issue #80 (H2NCH2COOH)

Examples, tests:

• examples/member_method: Make on_print() non-virtual
• test_accumulated.cc: clang++ requires another 'template'
  (Kjell Ahlstedt)
• test_limit_reference.cc: Don't use auto where a slot is required
  (Kjell Ahlstedt) Issue #44 (Murray Cumming)

Documentation:

• signal::make_slot(): Note that signal does not derive from trackable
  (Kjell Ahlstedt) Issue #80 (H2NCH2COOH)

Build:

• Meson: Avoid configuration warnings
  (Kjell Ahlstedt)
• Meson, MSVC: Compensate for the lack of msvc_recommended_pragmas.h
  (Chun-wei Fan)
• Fix build with -Dbuild-deprecated-api=false
  (Kjell Ahlstedt) Issue #82 (bbhtt)
• Meson: Detect if we build from a git subtree
  (William Roy) Merge request gtkmm!72
• Meson: Simplify lookup of python command
  (wael444) Pull request #83
• Meson: Add build_tests option
  (Fabrice Fontaine) Pull request #84

2.12.0 (stable)

• Add track_object(), deprecate track_obj()
  (Kjell Ahlstedt) Issue #78 (LordVolumeForm)

Examples, tests:

• examples/member_method: Make on_print() non-virtual
  (Kjell Ahlstedt)
• test_limit_reference.cc: Don't use auto where a slot is required
  (Kjell Ahlstedt) Issue #44 (Murray Cumming)

Build:

• Meson: Avoid configuration warnings
  (Kjell Ahlstedt)
• Meson, MSVC: Compensate for the lack of msvc_recommended_pragmas.h
  (Chun-wei Fan)
• Fix build with -Dbuild-deprecated-api=false
  (Kjell Ahlstedt) Issue #82 (bbhtt)
• Meson: Detect if we build from a git subtree
  (William Roy) Merge request gtkmm!72
• Meson: Simplify lookup of python command
  (wael444) Pull request #83
• Meson: Add build_tests option
  (Fabrice Fontaine) Pull request #84

3.2.0 (stable)

• Allow slots with rvalue reference parameters
  (Slava Andrejev) Pull requests #74, #77

Build:

• Meson build: Perl is not required by new versions of mm-common
  (Kjell Ahlstedt)
• NMake Makefiles: Support building with VS2022
  (Chun-wei Fan)

Documentation:

• Upgrade the manual from DocBook 4.1 to DocBook 5.0
  (Kjell Ahlstedt)
• ptr_fun(), mem_fun() docs: Remove left-overs from sigc++-2.0
  (Kjell Ahlstedt)
• Fix links to sigc::slot and sigc::signal
  (Kjell Ahlstedt)

2.10.8 (stable)

Build:

• Meson build: Perl is not required by new versions of mm-common
  (Kjell Ahlstedt)
• NMake Makefiles: Support building with VS2022
  (Chun-wei Fan)

Documentation:

• Upgrade the manual from DocBook 4.1 to DocBook 5.0
  (Kjell Ahlstedt)

3.0.7 (stable)

Meson build:

• Make it possible to use sigc++ as a subproject
  (Kjell Ahlstedt)
• No implicit_include_directories
  (Kjell Ahlstedt)
• Fix build as subproject without building documentation
  (Kjell Ahlstedt) Issue #71 (Xavier Claessens)

2.10.7 (stable)

Meson build:

• Make it possible to use sigc++ as a subproject
  (Kjell Ahlstedt)
• Fix dependency on files generated from .h.m4 files
  (Kjell Ahlstedt)
• No implicit_include_directories
  (Kjell Ahlstedt)
• Make quiet installations possible
  (Kjell Ahlstedt)
• Fix build as subproject without building documentation
  (Kjell Ahlstedt) Issue #71 (Xavier Claessens)

Documentation:

• Links to *.gnome.org refer to sigc++-2.0 and gtkmm-3.0 versions
  instead of latest versions
  (Kjell Ahlstedt)

3.0.6 (stable)

Build:

• Meson build: Fix versioning on macOS
  (Tom Schoonjans) Pull request #65

Documentation:

• sigc++/sigc++.h: Describe how to use libsigc++ with Meson
  (Kjell Ahlstedt)
• Update links to the web page, now at
  libsigcplusplus.github.io/libsigcplusplus
  (Kjell Ahlstedt)