[libvirt] ANNOUNCE: libvirt-glib release 0.0.1

Daniel P. Berrange berrange at redhat.com
Wed Nov 16 13:43:08 UTC 2011


I am pleased to announce the first release of the libvirt-glib package,
version 0.0.1 is now available from

  ftp://libvirt.org/libvirt/glib/

The packages are GPG signed with

    Key ID: 15104FDF  Daniel P. Berrange <berrange at redhat.com>
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libvirt-glib comprises three distinct libraries:

   - libvirt-glib    - Integrate with the GLib event loop and error handling
   - libvirt-gconfig - Representation of libvirt XML documents as GObjects
   - libvirt-gobject - Mapping of libvirt APIs into the GObject type system

As of this release only the event loop integration and some basic APIs for
managing domains are provided. The representation of XML as GObjects is a
major work item that is just beginning.

The libvirt-gconfig library can be used without linking to the main libvirt.so
library, so it is suitable for consumption by applications which use libvirt
indirectly via AMQP, CIM or another API transport which accepts XML documents.

All the libraries support GObject introspection to enable immediate usage
from any language which can dynamically import objects via introspection.
There are also Vala bindings which are automatically generated from the
introspection data.

NB: While libvirt aims to be API/ABI stable, for the first few releases,
we are *NOT* guaranteeing that libvirt-glib libraries are API/ABI stable.
ABI stability will only be guaranteed once the bulk of the APIs have been
fleshed out and proved in non-trivial application usage. We anticipate
this will be within the next 6 months in order to line up with Fedora 17.

Follow up comments about libvirt-glib should be directed to the regular
libvir-list at redhat.com developmenht list.

Thanks to all the people involved in contributing to this release.

Regards,
Daniel
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