• 2019-11-27 - by Mike Blumenkrantz

• elementary: handle case when XFIXES is not available. (T8321)
• ecore: remove unecessary field in data structure.
• eina: only the type need to be NULL to assume EINA_VALUE_EMPTY.
• tests/eina: use #ifdef guard for block which can only occur inside ifdef (CID1400948)
• mono: remove duplicated EinaFreeCb delegate
• mono: blacklist efl_ui_text_context_menu_item_add
• Revert “elm/genlist: don't process entire item queue on each item add”
• tests/spec: allow for a longer timeout of the spec suite for dist build
• travis/ci: update Fedora CI images to 31
• ci: work around ccache segafult during setup
• travis: update Ubuntu image to the 19.10 release
• docs: Efl.Gfx.View
• check: reset flags that used for legacy 'changed' cb
• elementary: fix end of fast scroll not showing up during Efl.Ui.CollectionView scroll.
• edje_calc: UNLIKELY changed to LIKELY.
• elm_config: replace ecore_file_cp with ecore_file_mv
• csharp:comma have whitespace after and none before
• csharp: Removing a never used class. (T8417)
• elementary: cleanup Eina_Future properly by relying on efl_future_then proper lifecycle.
• elementary: properly handle in flight request in Efl.Ui.CollectionView.
• elementary: watch event on the model Efl.Ui.CollectionView use directly.
• ci: fix ccache segfault during setup on CI in release-ready build
• evas_filter: remove shader compile error
• Efl.Ui.Scroll_Manager: Fix indentation
• eolian_mono: avoid keyword as a variable name
• wl_egl : Prevent access to NULL pointer
• eolian-cxx: Make events inherit beta info from klass.
• Revert “elm/genlist: remove calc jobs”
• Revert “tests/genlist: add behavior testing for nearly all genlist events”

• 2019-10-31 - by Mike Blumenkrantz

• eet - fix loading eet files that do not have dicts (T8368)
• ecore_evas/wl2 0 fux xdg close cb for window when it's closed remotely
• wl egl - use platform get display
• eina: fix network byte order swap funcs on big endian
• eina: unbreak byteswap checks
• eina: remove eina_config.h.in
• eio - fbsd - make fd for monitored file close on exec (T7486)
• csharp: Add since info to members related to events. (T8359)
• evas_cache_image: drop image after replacement
• evas_image: fix memory leak
• evas filter: preserve text source color
• elm: Fix potential leak in cv request add (CID1405809)
• csharp: Add since documentation to Async methods (T8359)
• csharp: updating efl_csharp_application docs. (T8345)
• csharp: updating efl_all docs. (T8345)
• csharp: updating UserModel docs. (T8345)
• eolian: fix eolian errors with EOLIAN_ENFORCE_SINCE=1
• vg_common_json: Apply image's alpha color
• canvas vg: don't draw images if it's full transparent.
• evas/callbacks: emit hardcoded legacy smart callbacks always
• eo: block “invalidate” event emission when there are no subscribers (T8321)
• evas/smart: print actual errors when smart api functions are called on non-smarts
• elm/layout: add some workarounds to try handling legacy min sizes
• ecore_con: use only Eina_Magic infrastructure for set and check in Ecore_Con_Url.
• csharp: updating eina_log docs. (T8293)
• csharp: updating eina_list docs. (T8293)
• csharp: updating eina_hash docs and hide api. (T8293)
• csharp: updating eina_error docs. (T8293)
• csharp: updating eina_container_common doc and api (T8293)
• csharp: updating eina_config docs and hide api. (T8293)
• csharp: updating eina_common docs and hide api. (T8293)
• csharp: Updating eina_array docs and hide api. (T8293)
• csharp: Remove test dependency on internal funcs
• csharp: updating Factory docs. (T8345)
• csharp: updating Bind docs and hide api. (T8345)
• csharp: updating GenericModel.cs docs. (T8345)
• vector json: use lottie apis case by case.
• csharp: fix to write cref Eina.Array<T> correctly
• csharp: Fix promises docs and hide api (T8293)
• csharp: Avoid direct usage of some dllimport funcs
• tests/eina: fix assign when compare was intended (CID1400858)
• lz4: fix potential div by zero (CID1404010)
• csharp: Add since documentation to struct and struct fields
• examples/evas: free map pointer in map example (CID1400959)
• examples/eldbus: fix pointer leak on failure case (CID1400787)
• efl_canvas_vg : Propagates the alpha color of the parent
• csharp: rename Factory.cs to ItemFactory.cs
• mono: make public static field const or readonly
• csharp: updating eldbus_connection docs. (T8361)
• csharp: updating eldbus_config docs. (T8361)
• csharp: Updating eldbus_common docs. (T8361)
• vector json: optimize logic.
• vector json: fix a ordering issue of stroke.
• csharp: Add Efl.Model implementations to internal model
• gesture_manager: Deleted function and definition that are no more use.
• mono: remove underscores of Efl_Op_Description, Efl_Object_Ops (T8333)
• mono: merge namespaces
• mono: add static modifier to static holder types.
• csharp: hide eldbus_service api. (T8361)
• csharp: updating eldbus_object docs and hide api. (T8361)
• csharp: updating eldbus_pending docs and hide api. (T8361)
• csharp: updating eldbus_proxy doc and hide api. (T8361)
• csharp: updating eldbus_message doc and hide api. (T8361)
• mono: encapsulate invoke method
• csharp: Setting ELM_ENGINE if it is none. (T8322)
• evas/language: #ifdef guard variable which is only used inside #ifdef (CID1400807)
• tests/eldbus: add va_end for va_args usage in message test
• ecore/getopt: handle negative return in arg parsing (CID1402615)
• ecore/main: avoid calling FD_SET with invalid fd value (CID1383850)
• benchmarks/eina: fix possible div by zero in ecore_hash (CID1400768)
• tests: fix minor string leaks
• embryo: don't use sizeof() when strlen() is intended (CID1402617)
• efl/boolean_model: remove misleading null check (CID1405799)
• eina/convert: init endptr in failure case of eina_convert_strtod_c
• evas_vg/svg: fix null deref (CID1405672)
• efl/engines: fix null derefs
• elm/main: fix null deref (CID1402697)
• tests/ecore_con: clarify pointer usage in ecore_con_url tests (CID1401029)
• efl/io: return EINVAL if null slice is passed for writing
• fix various trivial null derefs
• ecore-evas-wayland: Minor formatting fix
• ecore-evas-wayland: Minor formatting fix
• ecore-evas-wayland: Add handler to array
• ecore_evas_wayland: Fix array step size
• ecore-wl2: Minor formatting fix
• ecore-evas-wayland: Minor formatting fixes
• docs: small fixes to Efl.Text
• spaces--
• examples/ecore: use correct type for getchar() return (CID1400794)
• examples/efl_thread: fix oob writes
• csharp: Add licensing information. (T8039)
• cxx: Add license to CXX bindings.
• mono: merge namespaces in manual bindings
• tests/spec: free array in multi selectable tests
• tests/eina: use slstr_steal function in slstr_steal test (CID1401043)
• ecore/app: permit resetting app args to uninitialized (zeroed) state
• tests/ecore: unset app args after app args unit test to prevent invalid reads
• tests/ecore: replace all bespoke strcats with snprintf (CID1400812)
• tests/ecore: ensure that we attempt to re-set PATH in ecore-file tests
• csharp: Add since information to EoWrapper.cs
• eina_mono: Initialize UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION inline (T8427)
• eina_mono: re-throw exception to preserve stack details (T8426)
• efl_message: add pending queue for filtering message.
• elm/code: check save file attrs after opening (CID1396966)
• csharp: Returning only method name iwrapper.
• efl_ui/text_scroller: fix null derefs
• tests/layout: add legacy layout test to verify behavior with legacy size hints
• mono: implement dispose method based on dispose pattern (T8400, T8419)
• csharp: Calling ConfigureAwait on task eopromises. (T8424)
• csharp: Calling ConfigureAwait on tasks Model. (T8424)
• csharp: Calling ConfigureAwait on tasks GM. (T8424)
• csharp: Using Count eina_promises. (T8422)
• csharp: Changing Count() to Length on eina_value. (T8422)
• csharp:Using Array.Empty genericmodel. (T8421)
• csharp: Using Array.Empty Eina. (T8421)
• ci: use shell to directly set base_dir for osx builds
• csharp:Changing ex access modifier from Errors.cs. (T8401)
• eina_array: add paramName argument of ArgumentNullException (T8428)
• Typo in comment
• efreet : Check that the file has a protocol in efreet_desktop_command_file_process()
• Silence mono warning in tests
• csharp: Add missing exception ctr from iwrapper. (T8392)
• csharp: Add missing exception ctor from Errors.cs. (T8392)
• docs: Improve documentation on cache-related classes
• efl_ui_spotlight_manager: apply vis changes to subobj
• docs: Formatting and polishing Efl.Ui.Factory docs
• docs: Polished docs for Efl.Ui.Scrollable
• mono: encapsulate internal CustomMarshaler
• mono: encapsulate internal Add/RemoveNativeEventHandler
• mono: encapsulate internal nativemethods
• mono: encapsulate internal FunctionWrapper
• mono: encapsulate internal NativeModule
• eina_mono: remove exceptions in unexpected locations (T8402)
• vg_common_svg: Free node tree for memory leak after eet write.
• Replace tabs with spaces
• edje_calc: Delete duplicated conditional statement.
• efl_ui_win: Delete useless geometry set for legacy.edje
• tests/elm: add util callback for incrementing an int data
• tests/elm: add util functions for clicking objects/parts with event flags
• tests/elm: make argv a static char so it never goes out of scope and crashes
• tests/elm: add utility function to trigger a mouse drag
• tests/genlist: fix tree test sizing
• efl/timer: don't attempt instantiating timers until they're finalized
• efl/timer: correctly handle recursion for timer processing
• tests/ecore: add more grueling timer throughput test (T8434)
• elm/genlist: fix item highlight/unhighlight eventing on clicks
• elm/genlist: remove misleading “changed” signal
• elm/genlist: only add calc job on theme apply if already finalized
• elm/genlist: freeze/thaw canvas when processing item queue
• elm/genlist: don't process entire item queue on each item add
• elm/genlist: remove calc jobs
• elm/genlist: defer recalc when applying a name filter
• elm/genlist: slightly simplify use of _item_filtered_get()
• elm/genlist: trigger filter,done callback immediately if no filter queue exists
• elm/genlist: fix “drag” smart callback
• elm/genlist: set pan need recalc during item move on item position change
• elm/genlist: hide cached item contents and mark content unfocusable during calc
• elm/genlist: fix item focus unregister on item move
• tests/ecore: make timer behavior test even more strict (T8434)
• tests/loop_timer: add port of ecore_timer behavior tests for loop_timer
• tests/genlist: add behavior testing for nearly all genlist events (T8433)
• mono: encapsulate internal delegates
• mono: encapsulate internal iwrapper members
• mono: encapsulate internal workaround members
• ci: remove existing base_dir ccache config on osx build before adding new one
• meson: add embryo as a dep of edje
• csharp: FunctionWrapper doc fixes
• edje_calc: Remove unused flag.
• elm/widget: error on null params for tree_unfocusable functions
• eina: change default policy of Chained Mempool to recycle memory right away.
• efl_ui: remove Efl.Ui.Slider_Indicator_Visible_Mode
• efl_ui: mark Efl.Ui.Focus.Autoscroll_Mode beta
• evas/font: simplify handling strings when constructing font names (CID1382854)
• ecore/timer: correctly handle recursive deletion of legacy timers
• tests/ecore: do not create global test timeout timer if running unforked
• tests/ecore: add intensive test for recursive timer usage
• tests/evas: replace macro with function in mesh loader/saver test
• tests/evas: prune directory scan in mesh loader/saver test (T6857)
• tests/efl_app: add port of intensive timer recursion
• csharp: space after keywords.
• tests/spec: merge some loops in linear pack tests
• tests/spec: reduce looping of pack content tests
• tests/spec: store test class and reuse globally to avoid needing efl_isa
• tests/spec: assert success of content_set during setup
• tests/spec: use wrefs to automatically unset global pointers
• edje: improve callback count on Evas canvas. (T8321)
• eolian-cxx: Rename fields to standard naming
• mono: introduce friend assembly

• 2019-10-11 - by Mike Blumenkrantz

• docs: enable compression for tar file and avoid file name clash
• efl_ui/bg: unset finger_size multiplier during construction (T8304)
• meson: pass correct PACKAGE_DATA_DIR (T8304)
• doc: improve colorselector preview (T8304)
• docs: fix elementary group name in docs
• efl_ui_video: bring back Elm_video doxygen group for docs
• evil: bring back doxygen intro page for evil library
• evil: remove stray x character from docs section
• evil: make it clear in the docs that this library is private to efl
• elementary: Add documentatio to efl_ui_layout_factory.eo (T7717)
• docs: Fix problems with monospaced text
• csharp: More updated docs to 1.23. (T8293)
• evas: silence compiler warning in textblock
• efl_ui_animation_view : Put @beta on Efl.Ui.Animation_View_State
• csharp: Standardizing doc tag.
• ecore : fix incorrect size of expression for coverity
• c: coverity: resource leaked when using realloc. (CID1404749, CID1404741)
• efl_ui_datepicker: no need to delete the manager here
• efl_ui_image: fix backward compatibility issue
• eldbus: properly call parent finalize during creation of Eldbus.Model_Method.
• eldbus: Eldbus_Proxy require to handle self desctruction as refcounting doesn't fully protect.
• eldbus: connection are destroyed on invalidate, there is no point for any object to not cleanup on invalidate.
• eldbus: properly cleanup local variable during destruction.
• docs: Remove redundant documentation
• ci: fix return value warning in test build code
• efl_ui/win: fix max size hint eval (T8304)
• efl_ui/win: initialize max size hints to -1 during constructor
• csharp: Add some docs to MVVM infrastructure
• csharp: Do not use the System Bus for testing. (T8313)
• csharp: removing extra slashes (T8293)
• csharp: updating eina_accessor docs and hide api. (T8293)
• csharp: updating eina_binbuf docs and hide api. (T8293)
• efl_ui/selection_manager: be explicit with sizeof() usage (CID1385141)
• tests/position_manager: initialize variable in declaration (CID1404747)
• examples/emotion: remove dead code (CID1400928)
• csharp: updating eina_inarray docs and hide api. (T8293)
• csharp: updating eina_inlist docs and hide api. (T8293)
• csharp: updating eina_iterator docs and hide api. (T8293)
• elm: fix legacy callback names.
• csharp: Document eina_value.cs (T8293)
• csharp: Fix docs and hide stuff from stringshare. (T8293)
• csharp: Fix doc and hide stuff from strbuf. (T8293)
• csharp: Add missing docs to slice. (T8292)
• ecore_con: destructor are always called when finalize return NULL.
• ecore_con: do not crash in test if nothing is returned by Ecore_Con_Url.
• ecore_con: use only Eina_Magic infrastructure for set and check in Ecore_Con.
• cv: Switch to safe 32/64 bits printf masks
• efl_canvas_animation_player: fix double free
• evas/language: #ifdef guard variable which is only used inside #ifdef
• efl_ui_panes: fix not to consider content min size for legacy panes

• 2019-10-04 - by Mike Blumenkrantz

• ecore/signal: also use nonblock for writing side of signal pipe
• ector engine: +null checking.
• ecore-x: fix null derefs in window prop code

• 2019-10-01 - by Stefan Schmidt

After almost 6 months of development we are releasing version 1.23 of the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries, featuring over 2100 patches from 48 developers around the world. Thanks a lot for your contributions!

Again, the primary focus of this release has been stabilizing the EO library as well as an extending the set of unified API which is based on it. From this release onwards we also switched to meson as our only build system (RIP autotools, you served us well for a long time). The 2110 commits contain more changes to possible list here, but you will find improved DRM support, a new widget for controlling vector animations, a first step towards MVVM support, general bugfixes and more.

Please see the NEWS file for more details.

(git log –pretty=oneline v1.22.0..v1.23.0 | wc -l)
Number of commits in 1.23: 2110
Number of commits in 1.22: 2152

(git shortlog -ns v1.22.0..v1.23.0 | wc -l)
Number of authors in 1.23: 48
Number of authors in 1.22: 55

(git diff –stat v1.22.0..v1.23.0 | tail -1)
2296 files changed, 90115 insertions(+), 85554 deletions(-) in 1.23
3154 files changed, 169564 insertions(+), 79861 deletions(-) in 1.22

See the INSTALL file: https://git.enlightenment.org/core/efl.git/tree/INSTALL

EFL requires a C and C++ compiler by default. C++ exists mostly to interface to C++ libraries like Bullet and our C++ bindings.

Required by default:

• bullet
• libpng
• libjpeg
• gstreamer (1.x, 0.10 support optional. Ensure all codecs you want are installed.)
• zlib
• luajit (lua 5.1 or 5.2 support optional)
• libtiff
• openssl
• curl
• dbus
• libc
• fontconfig
• freetype2
• fribidi
• libpulse
• libsndfile
• libx11
• libxau
• libxcomposite
• libxdamage
• libxdmcp
• libxext
• libxfixes
• libxinerama
• libxrandr
• libxrender
• libxss
• libxtst
• libxcursor
• libxp
• libxi (2.2 or newer)
• opengl(mesa etc.) (opengl/glx/full or opengl-es2/egl. full opengl only on osx - must be explicitly specified to be full to have support)
• giflib
• util-linux (limbount + libblkid)
• systemd / libudev
• poppler / poppler-cpp
• libraw
• libspectre
• librsvg
• openmp (clang needs libomp, while gcc uses libgomp)

You might want webp support so disable fewer loaders and remove webp from the disablers with: -Devas-loaders-disabler=json

You may also want wayland support when on Linux. This enables support for EFL to trget wayland support for client applications. To do this supply: -Dwl=true

This requires linux frame-buffer support, headers etc. This supports basic frame-buffers like /dev/fb as well as input via /dev/input for keyboards and mice in a basic way. Enable this with: -Dfb=true

For more modern framebuffer support you may want drm/kms rendering support so enable this. This is what you also want for wayland compositor support in enlightenment as it will want to be able to render to a moder framebuffer tarbet with atomic buffer swapping. To do this provide: -Ddrm=true

You may want to change the install prefix for EFL with: –prefix=/path/to/prefix

The default prefix if not given is “/usr/local”. Many people like to use prefixes like /opt/e or /opt/efl or /home/USERNAME/software etc.

You can affect compilation optimization, debugging and other factors by setting your CFLAGS environment variable (and CXXFLAGS). Be aware that to ensure ABI stability you should use the exact same CFLAGS / CXXFLAGS for all the build of EFL and any applications/libraries that depend on them.

There are many other configure options that can be used, but in general it is not a good idea to go enabling or disabling things unless you wish to break things. The defaults are well tested, with the above recommended options also being well tested. Go much further and your mileage may vary wildly. Disabling features is a good way of breaking EFL functionality, so it is not recommended to mess with these without understanding the implications. The defaults have been carefully considered to provide full functionality so users will not be missing anything.

EFL officially offers openssl or gnutls as cryptography backends. By default it uses “openssl” to do signature, cipher and related. Alternatively one can use “gnutls” (some distros are strict about licenses and want gnutls instead of openssl) You can switch to gnutls with: -Dcrypto=gnutls