[Ftp-release] Announcing desktop-file-utils 0.25

[Hans Petter Jansson]

desktop-file-utils 0.25
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Changes since 0.24
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This version adds support for the Meson build system and deprecates
Autotools. Support for the latter will be removed in the next release.

 common
  - Add Meson build system (fdo#14) (Félix Piédallu).

 desktop-file-validate
  - Allow desktop file spec version 1.4.
  - Make it possible to deprecate keys starting with "X-" (Bastien Nocera).
  - Add the "Implements" field from spec version 1.2 (fdo#55) (Dylan Baker).
  - Add the "PrefersNonDefaultGPU" key and deprecate "X-KDE-RunOnDiscreteGpu"
    (Bastien Nocera).
  - Set locale for correct output message encoding (Philip Withnall).
  - Add coloured output support (Philip Withnall).
  - Fix parsing of escaped double quote in quoted strings (fdo#56). Found
    by Frédéric Brière.
  - Add GNOME Flashback, GNOME Classic desktops (Alberts Muktupāvels).

About
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desktop-file-utils contains command line utilities for working with
desktop entries:

* desktop-file-validate: Validates a desktop file according to the desktop
  entry specification.

* desktop-file-install: Installs a desktop file to the applications
  directory after applying optional modifications.

* update-desktop-database: Updates the database containing a cache of MIME
  types handled by desktop files.

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release!

-- 
Hans Petter Jansson
https://hpjansson.org/
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