Clutter 0.7.0 has been released. This is an ‘unstable’ developers release leading towards the eventual stable 0.8 release. This release contains contains roughly all major planned features for 0.8 but without extensive testing nor API review. The API is not however expected to change heavily between 0.7 and 0.8. Developers are encouraged to test the new release, report bugs and provide feedback.

There are many new features and improvements in this release including;

• OpenGL ES 2.0 support.
• Multiple stage support.
• Completely rewritten COGL GL abstraction layer with numerous improvements and additions.
• Completely rewritten Pango renderer.
• Support for GLX texture from pixmap extension.
• Native win32 and UIKit backend support.
• New Actor automatic layout infrastructure.

For more detailed information see the mailing list release announcement, NEWS file and this blog post by Clutter developer Matthew Allum.

Clutter 0.7.0 is now available for download at:
http://www.clutter-project.org/sources/clutter/0.7/

API documentation for 0.7 is available online at
http://www.clutter-project.org/docs/clutter/0.7/

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