GTK+ 3.17.8 Adds Even More Improvements to Wayland, Prepares for GNOME 3.18 | Linux Today

GTK+ 3.17.8 Adds Even More Improvements to Wayland, Prepares for GNOME 3.18

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Marius Nestor
Sep 2, 2015

GTK+ 3.17.8 is the eight milestone in the development cycle of the GTK+ 3.18 open-source toolkit, which will be used by default in GNOME 3.18. According to the attached release notes, it adds several improvements to the next-generation Wayland display server, such as the ability to close displays, support for all tests, and a fix for key repeats.

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Marius Nestor

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