[webkit-gtk] WebKitGTK+ 2.14.1 released!

Carlos Garcia Campos cgarcia at igalia.com
Tue Oct 11 09:57:41 PDT 2016


WebKitGTK+ 2.14.1 is available for download at:

https://webkitgtk.org/releases/webkitgtk-2.14.1.tar.xz (12.8MB)
   md5sum: 8d6c60dc41604d3bbd43165a674c07e5
   sha256sum: 2e2d76c328de65bed6e0e4f096b2720a366654b27fc1af0830ece90bc4b7ceb5

This is the first bug fix release in the stable 2.14 series.

What's new in the WebKitGTK+ 2.14.1 release?
============================================

  - MiniBrowser and jsc binaries are now installed in pkglibexecdir instead of bindir.
  - Improve performance when resizing a window with multiple web views in X11.
  - Check whether GDK can use GL before using gdk_cairo_draw_from_gl() in Wayland.
  - Updated default UserAgent string or better compatibility.
  - Fix a crash on github.com in IntlDateTimeFormat::resolvedOptions when using the C locale.
  - Fix BadDamage X errors when closing the web view in X11.
  - Fix UIProcess crash when using Japanese input method.
  - Fix build with clang due to missing header includes.
  - Fix the build with USE_REDIRECTED_XCOMPOSITE_WINDOW disabled.
  - Fix several crashes and rendering issues.
  - Translation updates: German.

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
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 https://www.webkitgtk.org, or the upstream
  site at https://www.webkit.org. People interested in contributing
  should read: https://www.webkit.org/coding/contributing.html.

- Browse the bug list at https://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,
  https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-gtk, or the
  WebKit development mailing list,
  https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev

Thanks
======

Thanks to all the contributors who made possible this release, they
are far too many to list!

The WebKitGTK+ team,
October 11, 2016
-- 
Carlos Garcia Campos
http://pgp.rediris.es:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xF3D322D0EC4582C3
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