glfs/general/genlib/glib/glib2-intro.xml

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to GLib</title>

<screen>Download location (HTTP):       <ulink url="&GLib2-download-http;"/>
Download location (FTP):        <ulink url="&GLib2-download-ftp;"/>
Version used:                   &GLib2-version;
Package size:                   &GLib2-size;
Estimated Disk space required:  &GLib2-buildsize;
Estimated build time:           &GLib2-time;</screen>

<para>The glib package contains a low-level core library. This is useful
for providing data structure handling for C, portability wrappers and
interfaces for such runtime functionality as an event loop, threads,
dynamic loading, and an object system.</para>

<screen>glib depends on:
<xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>
glib will utilize:
<xref linkend="gtk-doc"/> and <xref linkend="DocBook"/></screen>

</sect2>