[webkit-gtk] WebKitGTK+ 2.9.2 released!

Carlos Garcia Campos cgarcia at igalia.com
Wed May 27 03:08:51 PDT 2015


WebKitGTK+ 2.9.2 is available for download at:

http://webkitgtk.org/releases/webkitgtk-2.9.2.tar.xz (10.1MB)
   md5sum: 56c88ed61de954a946f3fcf260a124a8
   sha256sum: e11fc2ee67a01ab18e91ca0be7dfebaaad6c865ab602f1e3efbf59d75bff9252

This is a development release leading toward 2.10 series.

What's new in the WebKitGTK+ 2.9.2 release?
===========================================

  - Add IndexedDB support using a dedicated database process.
  - Add construct property to WebKitWebContext to set the IndexedDB database directory.
  - Add allow-file-access-from-file-urls to WebKitSettings.
  - Improve network process disk cache performance by mapping cached resources in the
    web process instead of sending the resources data via IPC.
  - Prevent WorkQueue objects from being leaked and ensure its worker thread always exits.
  - webkit_dom_html_element_get_children() has been deprecated in favor of
    webkit_dom_element_get_children() to match the DOM spec.
  - ARIA menu items no longer have anonymous block children.
  - Map pre element to ATK_ROLE_SECTION instead of ATK_ROLE_PANEL.
  - Always include rows in the tree of accessible tables.
  - Fix the build with Netscape plugins disabled.
  - Fix XPixmaps leaked by GLContext when using EGL on X11.
  - Translation updates: Catalan.

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 >= 2.42.0
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,
May 27, 2015
-- 
Carlos Garcia Campos
http://pgp.rediris.es:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xF3D322D0EC4582C3
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