[webkit-gtk] Breaking the API/ABI for 2.6

[Carlos Garcia Campos]

El jue, 05-06-2014 a las 10:46 -0003, Gustavo Noronha Silva escribió:
> Hey,

Thanks for replying

> On Ter, 3 Jun, 2014 at 10:18 , Carlos Garcia Campos
> <cgarcia at igalia.com> wrote:
> > So, if we are going to break the ABI in the end, I think the best
> > solution for everybody is to bump the binary version to 4.0, that
> > will rename everything, making it parallel installable with any
> > previous version. If anybody knows any other solution that doesn't
> > require to re-compile, please let us know.
> 
> 
> I think that's the only way, unfortunately =/

I'm afraid so

> 
> > Here is my list of possible API changes (without having reviewed the
> > whole API in detail, just a few ideas):
> 
> 
> Looks good to me, I'm just not sure I understand the rationale and
> purpose of the last one:
> 
> 
> > - Maybe remove form-submitted. This was added with a different idea,
> > and now doesn't look really useful.

Well, this was added with the idea of implementing the remember
passwords feature without using injected bundle + dom bindings, until we
realized it was not possible. Nowadays, nobody is using this API
(AFAIK), so I think it would be better to add it again later if
required.

> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 
> Gustavo

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