[webkit-gtk] use of new soup API in webkit

[Aneesh Bhasin]

Hi,

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 11:41 PM, Gustavo Noronha Silva <gns at gnome.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-07-26 at 15:35 +0530, Monil Parmar wrote:
>> Limitation with new soup API (async one) are, it works with only
>> default context, if i make new context then it doesnt work.
>>
> What context are we talking about? GLib's main loop context?
>
>> Is there any specific reason that webkit move for new set of API's ?
>
> Yes, it allows us to provide custom scheme handlers, for instance.
>
>> Is it possible to revert back to old SoupMessage/SoupSession APIs?
>
> No, if there are bug in libsoup it would be good to get them reported
> and fixed, though.
>

The bug in libsoup regarding using it with non-default GMain context
is now fixed in its git master branch.
See : https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=653707

regards,
Aneesh