Overview

GTK+-2.4.0 was released 16 Mar 2004 with features like a better file selector and replacement "combo box" widget.

Schedule (revised 16 March 2004)

A timescale of 8-9 months seems reasonable; that is, a final 2.4.0 in late August or early September. As always, we're a bit late, so our current target date is early in 2004.

28 December 2002	Start of development
1 February 2003	Have proposals for all major features, decide what goes in, doesn't
24 October 2003	All major features are in, Glib 2.3.0, Pango 1.3.0, GTK+ 2.3.0
20 February 2004	Will Fix list closes
23 February 2004	2.3.3 release
1 March 2004	2.3.5 release. API/ABI and feature freeze
8/9 March 2004	2.3.6 release
16 March 2004	2.4.0

• File selector (we have to get this one) (#29087)

• Combo widget (Kris has made progress here) (#50554)

• New action-based menu API (based on James Henstridge's work, most likely. #55393)

• Toolbar improvements (#55393)

• GObject private data (#101959)

• Properties for interfaces (#105894)

• Full Unicode 3.2 (4.0?) support, including non-BMP portions. (#68435, #101081)

• Make RTL text editing really work (automatic paragraph direction, etc., #70451, #70399)

• Autocompletion and history for GtkEntry (is being done in conjunction with the combo work, Kris has made progress here) (#69613)

• Disclosure triangle widget #60553)

• GnomeColorPicker style selection buttons for colors, fonts, etc (#107597, #107682)

• XCursor support for GDK. (#69436)

• Support freedesktop.org icon themes (#107293) and use them for stock icons (#107294).

• Possible GtkTreeView features (Jonathan, Kris):
  • GtkTreeModelFilter (mostly ready to go in) (#60219)

  Plus some API additions and small tweaks/features.