9.0.0

NEWS

@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
+Overview of changes leading to 9.0.0
+Thursday, Jun 27, 2024
+====================================
+- HarfBuzz now the supports the proposed new OpenType “VARC” table. This
+  replaces the previously supported “Variable Composites” experimental feature.
+  “VARC” support is still experimental and it is not enabled unless HarfBuzz is
+  built with experimental APIs enabled:
+  https://github.com/harfbuzz/boring-expansion-spec/blob/main/VARC.md
+- Autotools build system have been dropped. Meson is the only supported build
+  system in HarfBuzz going forward.
+- Speed up “AAT” shaping for short words by up to 4%.
+- Ignore unknown “CFF” operators.
+- “hb_subset_input_keep_everything()” now keeps also non-unicode “name” table
+  records.
+- Update the IANA and OpenType language tag registries.
+- Support composite glyphs with very large number of points in hb-draw API.
+- Various build fixes.
+
+
 Overview of changes leading to 8.5.0
 Monday, May 13, 2024
 ====================================

meson.build

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project('harfbuzz', 'c', 'cpp',
   meson_version: '>= 0.55.0',
-  version: '8.5.0',
+  version: '9.0.0',
   default_options: [
     'cpp_eh=none',          # Just to support msvc, we are passing -fno-exceptions also anyway
     # 'cpp_rtti=false',     # Do NOT enable, wraps inherit it and ICU needs RTTI

src/hb-version.h

@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ HB_BEGIN_DECLS
  *
  * The major component of the library version available at compile-time.
  */
-#define HB_VERSION_MAJOR 8
+#define HB_VERSION_MAJOR 9
 /**
  * HB_VERSION_MINOR:
  *
  * The minor component of the library version available at compile-time.
  */
-#define HB_VERSION_MINOR 5
+#define HB_VERSION_MINOR 0
 /**
  * HB_VERSION_MICRO:
  *
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ HB_BEGIN_DECLS
  *
  * A string literal containing the library version available at compile-time.
  */
-#define HB_VERSION_STRING "8.5.0"
+#define HB_VERSION_STRING "9.0.0"
 
 /**
  * HB_VERSION_ATLEAST: