[webkit-dev] WebKitGTK+ 1.6.3 released

[Martin Robinson]

We are happy to announce the release of WebKitGTK+ 1.6.3.

http://webkitgtk.org/webkit-1.6.3.tar.xz

sha256sum:
12d0dbce6a895c7a8491a028e34a1dc55ae13ab76ac6202b2e489da9468077c3

md5sum:
c476d9335419df061510d31e21175df1

You may also access the stable branch directly from the SVN repository:
http://svn.webkit.org/repository/webkit/releases/WebKitGTK/webkit-1.6

Future maintenance releases in the stable series will be made from this branch.

What's new in WebKitGTK+ 1.6.3
=======================================

WebKitGTK+ 1.6.3 is the fourth stable release in the 1.6.0 series. We
have maintained API and ABI compatibility with 1.6.2. Changes since
1.6.2 include the following bug fixes:

 - Bug 77524: [GTK] WebKitGtk+ 1.6.2 doesn't build
 - Manually depend on gthread to fix the build on systems with gold

What is WebKitGTK+?
=================

WebKitGTK+ is the GNOME platform port of the WebKit rendering engine.
Offering WebKit's full functionality through a set of GObject-based
APIs, it is suitable for projects requiring any kind of web
integration, from hybrid HTML/CSS applications to full-fledged web
browsers.

Requirements:
===========

libsoup >= 2.33.6
cairo >= 1.10
fontconfig >= 2.4
FreeType2 >= 9.0
libxml >= 2.6

Depending on your configuration options WebKitGTK+ may also depend on:

libxslt >=1.1.7
sqlite >= 3.0
gstreamer >= 0.10
gstreamer-plugin-base >= 0.10.30
enchant >= 0.22

More information
================

If you want to know more about the project or get in touch with us
you may:

- Visit our website at http://www.webkitgtk.org, or the upstream
 site at http://www.webkit.org. People interested in contributing
 should read: http://www.webkit.org/coding/contributing.html.

- Browse the bug list at http://bugs.webkit.org, WebKitGTK+ bugs are
 typically prefixed by "[GTK]." A bug report with a minimal,
 reproducible test case is often just as valuable as a patch.

- Join the #webkit and #webkitgtk+ IRC channels at irc.freenode.net.

- Subscribe to the WebKitGTK+ mailing list,
 http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-gtk, or the
 WebKit's development mailing list,
 http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev

Thanks
======

Thanks to all the contributors who made possible this release, they
are far too many to list!

The WebKitGTK+ team,
February 1, 2012