[webkit-gtk] WebKitGTK+ 2.4.9 released!

Carlos Garcia Campos cgarcia at igalia.com
Wed May 20 03:31:58 PDT 2015


WebKitGTK+ 2.4.9 is available for download at:

http://webkitgtk.org/releases/webkitgtk-2.4.9.tar.xz (9.4MB)
   md5sum: 312fd29eb7f5970660c6a64b8bf8420e
   sha256sum: afdf29e7828816cad0be2604cf19421e96d96bf493987328ffc8813bb20ac564

This is a bug fix release in the stable 2.4 series.

What's new in the WebKitGTK+ 2.4.9 release?
===========================================
  - Check TLS errors as soon as they are set in the SoupMessage to prevent any data
    from being sent to the server in case of invalid certificate.
  - Clear the GObject DOM bindings internal cache when frames are destroyed or
    web view contents are updated.
  - Add HighDPI support for non-accelerated compositing contents.
  - Fix some transfer annotations used in GObject DOM bindings.
  - Use latin1 instead of UTF-8 for HTTP header values.
  - Fix synchronous loads when maximum connection limits are reached.
  - Fix a crash ScrollView::contentsToWindow() when GtkPluginWidget doesn't have a parent.
  - Fix a memory leak in webkit_web_policy_decision_new.
  - Fix g_closure_unref runtime warning.
  - Fix a crash due to empty drag image during drag and drop.
  - Fix rendering of scrollbars with GTK+ >= 3.16.
  - Fix the build on mingw32/msys.
  - Fix the build with WebKit2 disabled.
  - Fix the build with accelerated compositing disabled.
  - Fix clang version check in configure.
  - Fix the build with recent versions of GLib that have GMutexLocker.
  - Fix the build for Linux/MIPS64EL.

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 >= 2.36.0
libsoup >= 2.42.0
cairo >= 1.10
pango >= 1.30.0
libxml >= 2.6
fontconfig >= 2.5
FreeType2 >= 9.0
libsecret

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

gtk+ >= 2.24.10
gail
GObject introspection >= 1.32.0
libxslt >= 1.1.7
SQLite >= 3.0
gstreamer >= 1.0.3
gstreamer-plugins-base >= 1.0.3
enchant >= 0.22
Clutter
Clutter GTK+

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,
May 20, 2015
-- 
Carlos Garcia Campos
http://pgp.rediris.es:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xF3D322D0EC4582C3
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