[webkit-gtk] WebkitGTK+ LTS Release?

[Michael Gilbert]

On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Micah Gersten <micahg at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On 10/26/2011 02:07 PM, Xan wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 8:48 PM, Martin Robinson
>> <mrobinson at webkit.org> wrote:
>>> Five years is an inredibly long time to maintain a WebKit branch.
>>> Is there any precedent for that? After year two or three, I
>>> imagine that back-porting security fixes will become quite
>>> painful.
>>
>> I agree, 5 years seems like a *really* long time to maintain a
>> WebKit branch. That being said...
>
> Indeed, it's a daunting task.  Part of my concern is GTK3/Webkit2
> migration that will most likely result in ABI and API
> incompatibilities that will make migrating to a newer version harder
> in a stable release.  Right now, for the most part, to migrate from
> 1.2.x to 1.6.x and I'm assuming 1.8.x, we just need a rebuild for the
> ABI incompatibility (rename to webkitgtk).

Ultimately, you're going to have to support whatever webkit goes along
with whatever gnome your release ends up having.  Assuming 12.04 gets
gnome 3.4, that will be webkit 1.8.  Assuming debian freezes in June
2012 (as is the current plan), that mean's debian and ubuntu lts will
have the same version.

Once I complete my dissertation, I will have time to work on webkit
security backports again, so I will help.  But until then, someone
needs to step up on it.

Best wishes,
Mike