• 2018-07-06 - by Stefan Schmidt

This alpha release for 1.21 starts the freeze period and stabilization phase for the 1.21 release cycle. There are still problems to fix and we appreciate any tester of this to let us know about problems seen. This goes for packaging, testing with efl based applications, integration into your systems, etc.

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Features:

• evas: Make all EO canvas objects visible by default
• Eo: Allow multiple functions overrides (T5580)
• eo: Add debug_name read-only property to ease debugging
• evas/edje/elm: Override debug_name in core classes
• wayland: add efl-hints protocol for setting aspect on surfaces
• efl-wl: support min/max hinting
• efl-wl: add handling for external protocol interfaces
• edje - add embryo echo command for debugging
• layout: Implement missing edje APIs (T5315)
• ecore-wl2: Add support for Window Iconify State Change
• ecore-evas-wayland: Add handler for Iconify State Change event
• efl: Introduce Efl.Ui.Direction interface (T5870)
• Efl.Ui.Panes: implement allow_user_size_hints on parts (T5359)
• Efl.Ui.Panes: rename left/right_size_set to split_ratio (T5359)
• efl-wl: add EFL_WL_DEBUG env variable for enabling wayland debug
• efl-wl: add functionality for extracting surfaces for external use
• elput: Add API to set pointer acceleration speed (T4736)
• ecore-drm2: Add API function to allow setting pointer acceleration speed (T4736)
• ecore-drm2: Add API to allow setting pointer acceleration profile (T4736)
• Introduce text on path widget
• eina: Add convenience eina_rectangle_equal
• evas textblock: support ZWJ, ZWNJ, LRM, RLM in escaped form
• evas: Add EO API to get clipper in smart object
• evas: Add group_member_is to smart objects
• efl: Introduce Eina.Rect and switch EO APIs to it
• efl_ui_image: add new scale type: EFL_UI_IMAGE_SCALE_TYPE_TILE
• Canvas text async: add async layout functionality
• Ui text: add Efl.Ui.Text_Async object
• edje: Add part_type_get API
• ecore exe - add an “isolate io“f lag for sending io to /dev/null
• evas: Add scale feature for embedded bitmap fonts.
• eo_debug: Enable logging of all ref/unref
• eo: Add API to allow deletion by unref
• Efl text: add Efl.Text.Markup interface
• evas: Implement support for different H/V font DPI
• elm_config: add offline and powersave config members
• efl_wl: add function for returning the evas object for an extracted surface
• wayland: add support for efl weight hint propagation from elm_win to efl_wl
• evas textblocke: add align=end for putting a text at the opposite side of LTR/RTL
• eina: eina_value - Add “struct tm” support (T6204)
• edje_cc - add offset_scale/offscale per desc to allow offsets to scale
• Genlist Item Pin Feature (T6241)
• saver/svg: parse loaded tree data into svg XML file and save it
• build: improve configure accessibility
• eolian: Add API's for part enumeration
• evas filters: Add “alphaonly” flag for blend and blur
• elm: Add “shadow” part to all widgets
• efl-wl: add function to get the parent of an extracted surface
• ecore_imf: Add transaction start and end event callback
• entry: Add autofill hint
• eo: Add “destruct” event
• efl-wl: move to xdg-shell vfinal
• wayland: add xdg-shell vfinal support for client-side
• Canvas image: add Efl.Canvas.Text.Factory + use in Ui.Text
• efl-wl: add functionality for directly passing through xkb objects
• ecore-x: add more info to Ecore_X_Event_Xkb event
• ecore-x: add some useful xkb function wrappers
• eolian: deferred parsing of inherits + better static checks
• ecore: add function for prepending an event handler
• efl-wl: add functions for managing allowed client pids
• efl-wl: add function for passing ecore-exe flags to launched exes
• ecore-drm2: Add API functions to get/set output relative mode
• efl-wl: send surface enter/leave based on compositor object visibility
• ecore-drm2: Add API to get/set which output is relative to another
• ecore-drm2: Add API function to retrieve output user data
• edje: add ability to reference images from other edje files
• eolian: add API to query information about Objects
• eolian: clean rollback support
• evas: apply fribidi bracket types to show paired bracket properly
• efreet: add method for disabling efreetd connection
• efl_ui_spin: Added special value feature.
• elm_entry: add elm_entry_prediction_hint_hash_set/del API
• edje_cc: add option for verifying namespace usage (T6911)
• eio: add method for setting the global file polling rate for fallback monitors
• eina_debug: add function to reset debug subsystem after fork
• eio: add method for determining if a monitor is using the fallback mechanism
• edje_cc: add 'skip_namespace_validation' keyword (T7072)

Fixes:

• ecore-wl2: pass display to aux hint event_adds
• ecore-wl2: don't send null set_parent requests for every window
• ecore-wl2: sync aux hints after window creation
• efl-wl: block connection attempts from unmanaged clients
• wayland: fix min/max size setting
• efl-wl: do shm pool ref/unref for bm safety
• ecore-evas-wayland: update size when size hints are changed
• efl-wl: add handling for commit during canvas render
• efl-wl: set cursor surface roles
• theme: clip start gadget arrow to intended clipper
• edje crash with run program references - fix
• Allow to override build date (T5495)
• elm_win: simplify/fix recalc logic when changing csd
• elm_win: set shadow geometry based on borderless state
• elementary cursor: remove a warning message from Wayland supports
• elm: Add missing undef EAPI to Elementary.h
• ecore glib support - if we are not the main ctx owner loop to acquire
• evas: Fix crash in E (T5868)
• eolian: implement proper return type serialization (T5024)
• eo: Check refs in efl_data_scope_safe_get (T5869)
• wayland: fix xdg-shell popup windows
• efl-wl: use correct accessor method for keyboard resource hash
• elm_widget: do not reparent subobjs to top widget for non-elm objects
• efl-wl: always dismiss popups on hide
• efl-wl: handle case where eglBindWaylandDisplay fails
• ecore: always set delete_me before removing fd from poll
• efl-wl: initialize seat keymap fd to -1
• ecore_evas_extn: Fix socket & plug windows
• elm_test: Fail nicely if plug can't connect
• evas: make top object returning functions return the top object
• theme: handle e dialog sizing when no buttons are present
• wayland: fix num/caps lock handling in events (T5737)
• elm segment control: delete event cbs on obj delete.
• glview: Fix ALWAYS render policy
• elm_box: Fix support of aspect hints (T5888)
• theme: fix dialog sizing when no buttons are present
• edje: Fix warning message
• efl_ui_clock: Parses the format recursively.
• photocam: Fix key zoom in/out
• elm init - fix init seq and quicklaunch as we shut down x before evas
• ecore-wl2: normalize axis event values (T5427)
• efl-wl: match nested wl seats based on display ordering
• elm_win: update opaque region for fake windows
• elm_win: check for wayland engine during finalize by checking for wl win
• efl_ui_image: maintain geometry for prev image while preloading new image (T5936)
• access: Fix crash in ecore
• Canvas text: fix non-dirty paragraph width calculation (T5939)
• evas: fix invalid return of evas_textgrid_cellrow_get()
• eina file - use recursive locks for cache and file to avoid deadlock
• eina mmap safety - only map zeropages if it's an eina file that sigbuses
• multibuttonentry: Separate selected item and focused item logic.
• efl_ui_clock: Add 'O' character to ignore POSIX alternative format in format.
• elm focus manager - dont leak child lists when updating focus order (T5800)
• elm focus manager - dont leak child lists when updating focus order (T5800)
• eina_array: Fix magic checks to return
• evas: handle object names with a list hash
• evas: fix event grabber child stacking
• ecore_exe - fix failed finalize fork to reutrn NULL not ecore_exe_free
• evas: proceed glyph iterator to handle next index properly
• evas_thread: only join the thread if the thread is still alive (T5245)
• filters: Safety++
• cxx: generate a constructor with a parent and a lambda function (T5980)
• evas: don't search other fonts only for INHERITED script unicodes
• edje: Add legacy compatibility code (T5944)
• evas box - fix longstanding bug where min size is miscalculated
• ecore exe - fix fix malloc fail handling
• efl net - adapt to openssl 1.1.0 changes with tls method support
• eina: prevent memory corruption in chained mempool
• efl net http - fix protocol error handling to not crash and handle it
• flip: Fix invalid use of EOAPI in legacy header
• eina file: Fix map_populate on the global map
• eina file: Ensure populate is safe to call
• elm image: Fix async open to avoid multiple mmap
• Entry: use _edje_seat_name_get to get the seat
• edje: Fix invalid storage of efl_part objects (T6032)
• efl po files - fix LTR/RTL translation string to be correct for langs
• efl ui layout - handle content unset properly and remove the unset item
• hover: Fix hover parts usage
• ecore-x: reject successive MappingNotify events if they are identical
• elm hoversel - fix alignment in ephoto (T6078)
• evas textblock: use primary font's size as minimum size of a line
• elm: Fix module load with ELM_RUN_IN_TREE
• elm: Properly unregister providers on shutdown
• evas: Fix shutdown of async cmd cache
• eo: Fix crashes with call cache after init cycle
• elm: Delete atspi root object on shutdown
• ecore: Reset do_quit when ecore shuts down
• elm: Fix shutdown of atspi (unregister handlers)
• evas textblock: use main font's ascent/descent as minimum value
• evas: Fix dangling references with input devices
• eo: Fix unnecessary ERR logs with eo_debug
• eo: Allow efl_reuse to be called with a parent
• evas ector gl - fix leak of image data on data put (CID1374645)
• evas font: check returned value of FcPatternGet function
• edje entry: fill content info when text is deleted by imf event
• ecore-file: do not emit events when an inotify watch is removed
• elput: Fix issue of pointer rotation not being set on startup
• eolian-bin: Free previously allocated eina_strbuf (CID1381502)
• evas-gl-common: Fix dereference after null check (CID1374272)
• evas-gl-image: Fix dereference after null check (CID1374273)
• elementary: passing NULL to variadic funtion can be undefined.
• eet: wrong comparision to less than zero with unsigned integer.
• evas: there is no effect of variable assignment outside the function.
• efreet: unsigned int cannot be compared to less than zero.
• emotion gst1 - handle null imagwe data returrn and dont crash
• eina: same expression on both statement.
• eina: comparing less than zero with unsigned long int
• emile: comparing less than zero with unsigned interger.
• ephysic: comparing with same statement.
• evas: there is no effect of variable assignment while clean up.
• emotion: Properly unmap video frame
• efl_ui_bg: fix ELM_BG_OPTION_CENTER bg in left top side.
• edje_cc: fix a memory leak issue when edje_cc writes images
• evas gl generic/common - add more linking for gles mode to fix deb build (T6158)
• jp2k module - dont print ERR on llading if format wrong
• edje_edit: duplicate assignment to variable.
• ecore_wayland: fix assigned value is never used.
• ecore: remove doxygen warning messages
• win: Do not forward all key events on win (legacy) (T6148)
• evas: Prevent crash with image_data_get (T5957)
• elm_code_widget: make sure the widget is cleared properly. (T6185)
• ecore_wl2: Remove just the flush from the idle handler (T6250)
• elm_tooltip: set parent window for windowed tooltips
• efl_wl: more closely follow wl spec for input regions
• efl_wl: destroy extant shell surface upon surface deletion
• efl_wl: do not propagate hints to main widget for child surfaces
• ecore-wl2: correctly handle configure events on popup surfaces
• ecore_cocoa: fix the backspace key
• edje_cc: fix errors in documentation
• edje_cc: add missing default values to documentation
• edje_cc: fix color2 and color3 descriptions
• edje_cc: fix state.no_render description
• edje_cc: parse “fixed” as bool
• edje_cc: fix incorrect type in minmul defaults
• edje_cc: fix color_class description
• edje_cc: move part_remove and program_remove to group
• edje_cc: fix default color_class colors
• edje_cc: fix spelling
• edje_cc: make bool parsing consistent
• edje_cc: make color parsing consistent
• edje_cc: move box and table properties documentation
• edje_cc: limit map.zoom to non-negative values
• edje_cc: fix text.align description
• edje_cc: fix program.filter description
• edje_cc: fix item.max parsing
• edje_cc: fix parsing and documentation
• ecore-drm2: Fix issue of not being able to set output mode
• Efl.Ui.Radio: remove value{} api
• edje: don't return negative width and height from _parts_extends
• evas textblock: handle ellipsis when text's height exceed its area by “br”
• evas-software-generic: Check for render engine function before calling
• evas-wayland-shm: Do not dereference a potentially freed pointer (CID1381707)
• emotion: Fix data race condition (CID1381624)
• evas-object-main: Fix null dereference (CID1381710)
• evas-object-main: Fix null dereference (CID1381711)
• evas-object-main: Fix potential null dereference (CID1381713)
• evas_vg_cache: load svg from any file, not from defined only
• ector: use cairo_pattern_add_color_stop_rgba in gradient_radial
• vg_loaders/svg: set up default focal values for radialGradient
• efl_gfx_path: fix typo in _path_bounds_get
• evas_vg_load_svg: default stop opacity color should be 255, not 0
• evas_vg_load_svg: get rid of static Evas_SVG_Parsing
• efl ui win - make win centering work with multiple screens (T6323)
• eo - fix freeq usage to not use freeq for a vtable cleaning
• efl_ui_radio: keep radio state when theme is changed
• efl net - handle proxy helper fails better and abort proxy lookups
• elput - re-enable switches (power buttons, lid etc.)
• elm_code_widget: keep track of visibility.
• Ctxpopup: resizing ctxpopup after its content is removed (T6327)
• genlist: fix state corruption of content
• Efl.Ui.Slider: add default indicator format to %0.2f
• elm_genlist: fix rare segfault
• elput: Remove unreachable code (CID1382857)
• ecore-wl2: Destroy buffer before we exit the buffer_test function
• efl_ui_bg: fix unclipped image on EFL_UI_IMAGE_SCALE_TYPE_NONE
• eo - by default on 64bit only use 47 bits because of luajit
• elm ifrace scrollable - fix uninitialized values on scroll asjust
• ecore ipc/con: fix nasty … they dont mutually exclude
• efl_ui_bg: add Efl.Gfx.color_get.
• eina_file: make sure we use a stringshare when virtualized. (T6449)
• ecore-evas-drm: Check for XDG_SEAT existence (T6455)
• efl_ui_text: apply new theme logic and use constructor/destructor
• Efl.Ui.Popup.Alert: add message signal process function for scroller size calculation
• elementary: Fix resource leak (CID1383549)
• elementary: Fix resource leak (CID1383550)
• elementary: Fix resource leak (CID1383551)
• eina: Fix typo in doxygen
• evas: Fix potential crash with draw context
• eeze: Don't leak udev enumeration
• eeze: Remove unused device variables
• eldbus test - del not unref obj as it has a parent …
• eina: fix random segfaults when displaying BT
• Elementary: fix makefile ignore efl_ui_theme edc's change
• ecore_con: bug workaround SO_REUSEADDR and EADDRINUSE from bind (fix)
• elm - scroll manager - fix up momentum animator code to use real consts
• elm: fix memleak in combobox
• emotion: unset DISPLAY when loading an engine under wayland (T6418)
• ecore evas init - init ecore then evas not the other way…
• fix evas test suite to now init both ecore and evas…. correctly.
• ecore-drm2: Fix enabling outputs
• ecore-drm2: return supported rotations if not using hardware
• efl-wl: do not modify extracted surface visibility during commit (T6443)
• elementary: Remove use of implicit declaration
• evas sw generic - don't dlopen osmesa until first needed.
• ecore_audio - don't about destruction because of failed sndfile load
• elm_tooltip: force immediate hint recalc during tooltip creation if 0x0 size
• elm_tooltip: immediately show tooltip if callback is set for obj under pointer
• efl-wl: unset cursor role on existing cursor surface if new cursor is set
• ecore_audio wasapi - fix ecore win32 handler deletion and destruction (T6607)
• efl theme - fix bug in e init splash that would do hide anim 2x (T6619)
• efl-wl: send more mouse buttons to clients
• efl-wl: propagate surface activation back to parent if child is hidden
• efl-wl: set event ON_HOLD flag when they are sent to a surface
• efl-wl: remove some broken logic for activating toplevel parents
• efl-wl: only send keyboard enter and activation for mapped surfaces
• efl-wl: immediately unset a destroyed surface's cursor
• efl-wl: only perform mouse-out operations for a seat if the mouse was “in”
• wayland: always flush client display when protocol sends are pending
• ecore-wl2: correctly translate spacebar keyname into key events (T6620)
• ecore-x: perform internal shutdown on io error if callback is set
• ecore-x: add more null checks for functions
• elementary config: Fix to use ELEMENTARY_BASE_DIR for configure path
• ecore-x: filter XkbNewKeyboardNotifyEvent before emitting ecore-x event
• ecore-x: re-add implementation of ecore_x_connection_get()
• efl-wl: fix no-op of setting keyboard enter on already-entered surface
• efl-wl: unset kbd mods changed flag after sending modifiers
• ecore: prune existing thread_join callbacks during ecore_fork_reset
• edje_cc: make -thread option
• Efl.Ui.Image: remove previous image when NULL is set
• elm: call ecore_event_init() during init
• ecore-file: make monitoring truly fork-safe
• eio: make inotify monitors fork-safe
• disable async mode (use sync mode) for ibus when keymap changes
• ecore-drm2: Ensure output changed event is sent for removed outputs
• eio: remove broken pid-based monitor reset copied from ecore-file
• ecore-imf: do ecore-x init during ctx creation instead of module init
• elm: call ecore_app_args_set() after quicklaunch fork
• elm: remove ecore-x init from quicklaunch post-fork
• elm progressbar - fix val set (T6697)
• efl ui format - fix format checking to be correct (T6697)
• edje - entry - fix empty item handling (T6668)
• ecore-evas-drm: Use output viewport in ecore_evas_animator_tick calls
• evas drm engines: Fix variable type for output
• elementary: fix legacy widget type name for backward compat
• ecore - fix fd handlers to also set read/write/err flags on hup's
• ecore - loop handler - fix wakeup to reslect active flag mask
• evas event_grabber: fix child ordering when adding non-top children
• elm_datetime: Handle wrong param case for legacy.
• elm: set default theme name internally when applying config
• efreet_xml: make sure we unmap the right pointer. (T5949)
• evas: increase offset by 4 to do work for next map points
• efl_ui_multibuttonentry: maintainance legacy function type.
• elementary: add missed type for legacy.
• elementary: bg - keep file path and key string for legacy bg widget
• ecore-wl2: Reduce calls to strlen
• ecore-wl2: Check for valid string before passing to strlen()
• genlist: fix “insane” order [BUG COMPATIBILITY] (T5938)
• efl_ui_clock: Fix wrong target to compare with.
• ecore ipc - fix flush to not lose messages
• evas: fix Evas Map AA changes the alpha flag of an image issue. (T1975)
• eldbus: call ecore_init in eldbus_init
• efl selection - fix paste with multiple windows and filter by window
• efl selection manager - handle multi window selections properly
• evas - plug in dirty + pixels get hold in “is inside” for images (T6791)
• elm - selection manager - fix string buffer handling and format types (T6284)
• ecore: poll the thread pipe twice during shutdown
• ecore: reduce pipe wait time during shutdown
• edje: fix potential memory leak.
• edje: fix potential memory leak.
• ecore: fix a potential memory leak.
• ecore ipc - fix send to skip data payload if null/0
• evas - loading extension query - fix to not skip small extensions
• efl selection manager - fix crashes when doing selections on non-x11
• efl selection manager - fix anoyther binary buffer treated as string bug
• efl selection - fix entry ↔ plain text compy and paste in wl
• efl selection - fix another binary buffer treates as string bug
• efl selection manager - fix dnd end handling to only handle on dnd
• efl selection manager - fix x11 cnp from entry to plain text conversion
• edje: Dont append font source if fonts are not embedded in edje
• edje edje_cc: fix memory leak.
• ecore: fix a potential memory leak.
• ecore_wl_dnd: correct wrong variable assignment
• elm: resolve possible memory leak.
• elm: resolve possible memory leak.
• ector cairo: fix a memory leak.
• elm: resolve possible memory leak.
• elm: resolve possible memory leak.
• elementary bg: allow NULL pointers in legacy usage
• elementary: fix build on X11.
• edje: remove recalc from content_get and text_get
• ecore animator, x, vsync ecore evas restore x vsync to work again
• evas: fix default return value of image-related legacy functions
• edje: fix backward compatibility issue caused by legacy cursor funcs
• ecore-evas-win32: set draw_block until the window receives a configure event (T6907)
• efl_ui_image: add NULL check in elm_image_memfile_set() function
• evas textblock: fix double free issue from user style push/pop and free
• Evas textblock: fix wrong hyphenation issues with non UTF8 encoded dictionary (T3221)
• edje: return proper value from the function.
• elm_multibuttonentry: Fix to install eo header files
• edje: Fix to support translation for textblock part
• evas textblock: update format nodes when a Evas Textblock Style is updated
• evas textblock: manage default style properly for new interfaces
• efl_ui_tags: Fixed bug when setting format string.
• evas: fix a map rendering problem.
• elm_main: call _elm_config_shutdown() after loop_iterate()
• efl_ui_win: fix wrong comparison in icon_object_set
• elm_interface_scrollable: change return value for post events.
• edje: don't give a wrong Edje data when an Edje object has group parts
• elm_notify: remove allow_events_set call in destructor
• elm_spinner: Spinner value adjust when round enabled.
• elementary textpath: update Evas map when text is updated
• elementary widget: fix to trigger object signal emit properly. (T6981)
• evas engines: do not immediately free native surface when unsetting it (T6970)
• edje_cc: fixup edje_collections_lookup hash ids during collection pruning
• evas vg: fix broken vg rendering. (T6993)
• edje: fix an issue “description.text.text” is not shown (T6997)
• evas vg: get rid of memory leak.
• ecore_evas: fix crash on free of smart data. (T6974)
• eina_barrier: handle PTHREAD_BARRIER_SERIAL_THREAD return from barrier_wait
• evas vg: fix broken morphing(interpolation) (T6996)
• evas vg: fix another memory leak
• efreet: mark efreet_menu_async_parse() deprecated. (T585)
• eina_lock: do not set PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK on recursive locks (T1984)
• eina_lock: modify mutex debugging to ignore recursive locks
• eina_lock: remove locks from eina tracking list on free while thread debugging
• eina: disable abort on shutdown when triggered by system monitoring thread
• eet: handle decode failures as errors in variant decoding (T5379)
• ecore - handle G_IO_ERR conditions for net sockets (T5725)
• emotion_generic: clean up event handlers on fork failure
• eina_threadqueue: fix spinlock destruction by using spinlock api
• eina_threadqueue: add locking for variable used between threads
• eina: call eina_threads_init from eina_debug_init
• eina: prevent threads subcomponent from being shutdown while eina is active
• eina_debug_bt: only enable SIGPROF handler when profiling is enabled (T7028)
• Edje load: add safecheck for TEXTBLOCK-specific code path (T6279)
• ecore_cocoa: fix ECORE_EVENT_KEY_DOWN/UP on MacOS. (T6944)
• efl: Bump required libinput version for Elput
• edje: fix text set/get issue without edje calculation
• Edje: recalc edje before fetching the real part (T7057)
• ecore/thread: track “no_queue” threads (T7041)
• ecore_con: make dns resolver thread stop blocking when canceled (T7041)
• elm/win: move trigger for “shot” to first pre-render callback (T6929)
• eina/lock: add errno wrapping for backtrace() calls in thread debug blocks
• ecore/thread: track “no_queue” threads (T7041)
• ecore/thread: flush main loop threads during ecore_thread_wait()
• eio/fallback: fix fallback shutdown when threads exist
• eio/fallback: remove intermediate idler
• eio/fallback: fix MODIFY event emission on base path when monitoring (T7042)
• eio/fallback: mark all fallback monitors as fallbacks, not just for win32
• eio/fallback: do not modify the children hash while iterating it
• tests: cancel the timeout timer when cleaning up eio tests
• evas map: check render condition more elaborately. (T6975)
• Elm label: fix “horizontal_fixed” usage with different styles (T5382)
• eet: set parent struct member when adding a child to a parent node (T4600)
• Evas font: fix inifinite loop problem for fallback fonts
• Evas font: add comparison for fallbacks in evas_font_desc_cmp()
• Evas font: simplify fallback parsing step
• Evas textblock: clear ellipsis item at start of layout (T6986)
• elm_test: fix invalid read in dnd image drop
• ecore-con/legacy: kill server with DEL event if a dialer error occurs (T6330)
• efreet: use correct path when generating error message about stale efreetd socket (T7045)
• eo/base_class: explicitly refuse to set an object as its own parent