Hi Maxim!

> Actually, there *is* a "new" stable release available on their release
> page, 1.17.2

It seems 1.16.0 is the latest+stable version.

Quoting their download, "Please download one of the latest 
[releases](https://cairographics.org/releases/) in order to get an 
API-stable version of cairo."

Regards,
RG.