[webkit-gtk] WebKitGTK+ 2.6.1 released!

Carlos Garcia Campos cgarcia at igalia.com
Mon Oct 13 05:05:31 PDT 2014


WebKitGTK+ 2.6.1 is available for download at:

http://webkitgtk.org/releases/webkitgtk-2.6.1.tar.xz (9.5MB)
   md5sum: adf4a5b1cafa85b6c341341989549559
   sha256sum: c846a662762dd79c26e77fa36348e706d217d1385bb2dbdcfc28a5a1476c6d54

This is the first bug fix release in the stable 2.6 series.

What's new in the WebKitGTK+ 2.6.1 release?
===========================================

  - Ensure WebKitWebView:is-loading is TRUE right after a new load starts.
  - Fix a crash in the plugin process with some windowed flash plugins.
  - Allow to dock the inspector again once undocked when building with
    GTK+ >= 3.10.
  - TLS errors now take precedence over the HTTP authentication dialog.
  - Do not shrink on-disk cache to its default size on startup.
  - Improve the proportion and visibility of some web inspector icons.
  - Fix GTK+2 plugins not working after being updated.
  - Don't include full path names in WebKitEnumTypes.h to ensure the
    generated headers are always identical.
  - Translation updates: Telugu, Hindi.

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
============

gtk+ >= 3.6.0
glib >= 2.33.2
libsoup >= 2.40.3
cairo >= 1.10.2
libxml >= 2.8.0
libxslt >= 1.1.7
HarfBuzz >= 0.9.2
icu
fontconfig >= 2.8.0
FreeType2 >= 2.4.2
libsecret
SQLite
enchant

Depending on your configuration options WebKitGTK+ may also depend on:

gtk+ >= 2.24.10
GObject introspection
gstreamer >= 1.0.3
GeoClue >= 2.1.5
gudev
cairo-gl >= 1.10.2

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 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,
October 13, 2014
-- 
Carlos Garcia Campos
http://pgp.rediris.es:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xF3D322D0EC4582C3
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