[webkit-gtk] Deciding the deprecation path for WebKit1

[Carlos Garcia Campos]

El dom, 23-03-2014 a las 17:06 +0100, Kalev Lember escribió:
> On 03/19/2014 07:34 PM, Carlos Garcia Campos wrote:
> > Let's remove the code then. As I said people wanting to stay with
> > WebKit1 can use the latest release including WebKit1.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> With my downstream Fedora hat on, I have a few comments.
> 
> One requirement that distributions are going to have is to be able to
> install webkit1 and webkit2 in parallel. Currently, in the default
> Fedora desktop install, we still have a number of packages using
> webkit1. All of them are unlikely to get ported to webkit2 during the
> GNOME 3.14 cycle, so we'll have to keep shipping webkit1 in the default
> install for some time.
> 
> This would mean renaming a bunch of files so that the 2.4.x webkit1 and
> 2.6.x webkit2 builds don't share files / conflict.
> 
> Files that are currently shared are:
>  - message catalogs (WebKitGTK-3.0.mo)

Done, see http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/169108

>  - /usr/share/webkitgtk-3.0/

We don't install resources anymore, they all are compiled as GResources,
see http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/168894

>  - libjavascriptcoregtk-3.0 library (the library .so and the pkgconfig
>    file and headers)

This is not a problem, JSC is common to webkit1 and webkit2 and the
libraries are already versioned, of course :-)

> I have no idea if it's feasible, but one option might be to split
> javascriptcoregtk out to a separate project. That way, distros could
> build both 2.4.x webkit1 and 2.6.x webkit2 against the same (new)
> javascriptcoregtk version.
> 

I think current trunk should be parallel installable with old versions
of WebKit1.

> For reference, I've checked what packages in rawhide still depend on
> webkit1.
> 
> Packages using webkit1:
> 
> $ repoquery -q --whatrequires 'libwebkitgtk-3.0.so.0()(64bit)' -s | sort | uniq | sed 's/\.fc2.\.src\.rpm$//' | grep -v ^webkitgtk3
> balsa-2.5.1-2
> bijiben-3.11.92-1
> birdie-1.1-1
> cairo-dock-3.2.1-2
> dwb-2014.03.07-1
> empathy-3.11.92-1
> evolution-3.11.92-1
> evolution-ews-3.11.92-1
> evolution-mapi-3.11.92-1
> evolution-rss-0.3.94-6
> ffgtk-0.8.6-5
> geary-0.6.0-1
> gnome-documents-3.11.92-1
> gnome-online-accounts-3.11.92-1
> gnome-web-photo-0.10.5-5
> liferea-1.10.6-1
> mail-notification-5.4-80.git.eab5c13
> nemo-extensions-2.0.0-0.6.git6c86726
> rhythmbox-3.0.1-8
> shotwell-0.18.0-1
> sushi-3.11.90-2
> uzbl-0-0.33.20120514git228bc38cbd
> vfrnav-20131127-2
> wxGTK3-3.0.0-6
> xiphos-3.1.6-1
> yelp-3.11.91-1
> 
> Packages using webkit2:
> 
> $ repoquery -q --whatrequires 'libwebkit2gtk-3.0.so.25()(64bit)' -s | sort | uniq | sed 's/\.fc2.\.src\.rpm$//' | grep -v ^webkitgtk3
> anjuta-3.11.92-1
> devhelp-3.11.92-1
> epiphany-3.11.92-2
> gthumb-3.2.6-3
> 

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Carlos Garcia Campos
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