Update distribution-related files for 3.2.4 release

Update the change log, announcement etc.

Author: vadz

docs/changes.txt

@@ -232,12 +232,12 @@ Changes in behaviour which may result in build errors
   minimum required version is now 2005.
 
 
-3.2.4: (released 2024-??-??)
+3.2.4: (released 2024-11-11)
 ----------------------------
 
 All:
 
-- Allow creating wxArrays from std::initialized_list (Lotendan, #23966).
+- Allow creating wxArrays from std::initializer_list (Lotendan, #23966).
 - Fix regression in wxTranslations::AddCatalog() return value (#24019).
 
 All (GUI):

docs/doxygen/mainpages/manual.h

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 @author Julian Smart, Vadim Zeitlin, Robin Dunn, Stefan Csomor,
         Bryan Petty, Francesco Montorsi, Robert Roebling et al
 
-@date October 10, 2023
+@date November 11, 2023
 
 Welcome to wxWidgets, a stable and powerful open source framework for
 developing native cross-platform GUI applications in C++!

docs/msw/binaries.md

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Getting the files
 -----------------
 
 First, you need to get the correct files. You will always need the
-`wxWidgets-3.2.3-headers.7z` one but the rest depends on your compiler version
+`wxWidgets-3.2.4-headers.7z` one but the rest depends on your compiler version
 and architecture: as different versions of MSVC compiler are not binary
 compatible, you should select the files with the correct
 `vc80`, `vc90`, `vc100`, `vc110`, `vc120`, or `vc14x`
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ or the ones without this suffix for the still more common 32-bit builds. After
 determining the combination of suffixes you need, you should download the
 "Dev" and the "ReleaseDLL" files in addition to the "Headers" one above,
 e.g. for 32-bit MSVS 2017 development you need
-`wxMSW-3.2.3_vc14x_Dev.7z` and `wxMSW-3.2.3_vc14x_ReleaseDLL.7z`.
+`wxMSW-3.2.4_vc14x_Dev.7z` and `wxMSW-3.2.4_vc14x_ReleaseDLL.7z`.
 
 All binaries are available at:
 
-https://www.wxwidgets.org/downloads#v3.2.3_msw
+https://www.wxwidgets.org/downloads#v3.2.4_msw
 
 Once you have the files you need, unzip all of them into the same directory, for
-example `c:\wx\3.2.3`. You should have only include and lib subdirectories under
+example `c:\wx\3.2.4`. You should have only include and lib subdirectories under
 it, nothing else. To avoid hard-coding this path into your projects, define
 `wxwin` environment variable containing it: although it's a little known fact,
 all versions of MSVC support environment variable expansion in the C++ projects

docs/publicity/announce.txt

@@ -1,43 +1,36 @@
-October 10, 2023 -- The wxWidgets team is pleased to announce a new
+November 11, 2023 -- The wxWidgets team is pleased to announce a new
 stable release of our open source framework for the development of native
 cross-platform applications in C++.
 
-wxWidgets 3.2.3 is part of the API and ABI-stable 3.2.x release series and is
+wxWidgets 3.2.4 is part of the API and ABI-stable 3.2.x release series and is
 now available from
 
     https://www.wxwidgets.org/downloads/
 
 and
 
-    https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/releases/v3.2.3
+    https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/releases/v3.2.4
 
-This release contains many important bug fixes, including for some
-regressions in the previous 3.2.x releases, as well as build system
-improvements and a few optimizations.
+This release comes very soon after 3.2.3 because some of the changes
+in the last release resulted in regressions fixed by this release.
+Notably, 3.2.4 fixes a critical bug which made applications using wxGTK
+but not initializing the GUI to crash (see issue #23981).
 
-Without listing all of them, areas with the most improvements were:
+Other bug fixes include:
 
-- Internationalization support: fix setting Chinese and some other
-  locales in wxOSX and setting Ukrainian locale in wxMSW and fix loading
-  wxWidgets translations with wxTranslations::AddStdCatalog().
+- Fix regression in wxTranslations::AddCatalog() return value (#24019).
+- Fix possible crash and too high CPU use when using EGL (#24018).
+- Fix losing clipboard contents when clearing a different selection (#23988).
+- Fix possible crash when dragging pages in wxAuiNotebook (#24027).
+- Fix refreshing multiple selection items in generic wxListCtrl.
+- Fix showing windows for background apps under macOS Sonoma (#23893).
 
-- Wayland support in wxGTK and, in particular, OpenGL support under
-  Wayland: fix hiding wxGLCanvas and avoid catastrophically slowing
-  down the entire program when it is hidden; fix crash when using IME;
-  fixes to popup windows, menus and wxPreferencesEditor behaviour.
+The only new addition in this release is the possibility to create objects
+of wx legacy "dynamic arrays" class from std::initializer_list<> (#23966).
 
-- Validators and input: don't allow pasting characters forbidden by
-  wxTextValidator; do allow entering temporary invalid value when using
-  numeric validators. Also fix entering dates in wxGenericDatePicker in
-  nb_NO and other locales using months names in short date format.
+Please see the full change log for more details:
 
-- Key event generation: more fixes for non-US keyboard layout in wxGTK
-  and also generate events for Command+Alt+Letter combination in wxOSX.
-
-All in all, this release includes more than 200 fixes from almost 50
-contributors, please see the full change log for more details:
-
-https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/v3.2.3/docs/changes.txt
+https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/v3.2.4/docs/changes.txt
 
 This release is API and ABI-compatible with the previous 3.2.x, so
 the existing applications don't even need to be rebuilt to profit from all the

docs/readme.txt

@@ -32,34 +32,27 @@ installation instructions.
 
 
 
-Changes since 3.2.2
+Changes since 3.2.3
 -------------------
 
-This release contains many important bug fixes, including for some
-regressions in the previous 3.2.x releases, as well as build system
-improvements and a few optimizations.
+This release comes very soon after 3.2.3 because some of the changes
+in the last release resulted in regressions fixed by this release.
+Notably, 3.2.4 fixes a critical bug which made applications using wxGTK
+but not initializing the GUI to crash (see issue #23981).
 
-Without listing all of them, areas with the most improvements were:
+Other bug fixes include:
 
-- Internationalization support: fix setting Chinese and some other
-  locales in wxOSX and setting Ukrainian locale in wxMSW and fix loading
-  wxWidgets translations with wxTranslations::AddStdCatalog().
+- Fix regression in wxTranslations::AddCatalog() return value (#24019).
+- Fix possible crash and too high CPU use when using EGL (#24018).
+- Fix losing clipboard contents when clearing a different selection (#23988).
+- Fix possible crash when dragging pages in wxAuiNotebook (#24027).
+- Fix refreshing multiple selection items in generic wxListCtrl.
+- Fix showing windows for background apps under macOS Sonoma (#23893).
 
-- Wayland support in wxGTK and, in particular, OpenGL support under
-  Wayland: fix hiding wxGLCanvas and avoid catastrophically slowing
-  down the entire program when it is hidden; fix crash when using IME;
-  fixes to popup windows, menus and wxPreferencesEditor behaviour.
+The only new addition in this release is the possibility to create objects
+of wx legacy "dynamic arrays" class from std::initializer_list<> (#23966).
 
-- Validators and input: don't allow pasting characters forbidden by
-  wxTextValidator; do allow entering temporary invalid value when using
-  numeric validators. Also fix entering dates in wxGenericDatePicker in
-  nb_NO and other locales using months names in short date format.
-
-- Key event generation: more fixes for non-US keyboard layout in wxGTK
-  and also generate events for Command+Alt+Letter combination in wxOSX.
-
-All in all, this release includes more than 200 fixes from almost 50
-contributors, please see the full change log for more details:
+Please see the full change log for more details:
 
 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/v3.2.4/docs/changes.txt
 
@@ -161,4 +154,4 @@ developed by its users and your contributions to it are always welcome!
 
 Have fun!
 
-The wxWidgets Team, October 2023
+The wxWidgets Team, November 2023