[webkit-gtk] WebKitGTK+ 1.6.2 released

[Philippe Normand]

Please don't use/package 1.6.2. It doesn't build:
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77524

Hopefully we'll release a 1.6.2.1 soon :)

Philippe

On Tue, 2012-01-31 at 13:25 -0800, Martin Robinson wrote:
> We are happy to announce the release of WebKitGTK+ 1.6.2.
> 
> http://webkitgtk.org/webkit-1.6.2.tar.xz
> 
> sha256sum:
> 23f434e0e25bcb9c6415c64aef23e63e0be52957a81a6cf2526444ec7607a0a1
> 
> md5sum:
> b3e93660ca6773ae926c08be51f91b7a
> 
> 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+ 1.6.2
> =======================================
> 
> WebKitGTK+ 1.6.x is the third stable release in the 1.6.0 series. We
> have maintained API and ABI compatibility with 1.6.1. Changes since
> 1.6.1 include the following bug fixes:
> 
>  Bug 69099 - [Freetype] Some text in Planet GNOME renders in the wrong place
>  Bug 69840 -  Fix build with GLib 2.31
>  Bug 70447 - [GTK] Streamline wk1 documentation build
>  Bug 70500 - [GTK] webkitgtk's pkgconfig file needs to require javascriptcoregtk
>  Bug 71001 - [GTK] Create .xz tarballs during 'make dist'
>  Bug 69123 - [GTK] The process freezes when you right click on windowed Flash
>  Bug 73719 - [GTK] Plugins sometimes crash WebKitGTK+ with
> Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_window_get_toplevel: assertion `GDK_IS_WINDOW
> (window)' failed
> 
> 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,
> January 31, 2012
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