[webkit-gtk] WebKitGTK 2.27.1 released!

Carlos Garcia Campos cgarcia at igalia.com
Fri Oct 4 07:22:03 PDT 2019


WebKitGTK 2.27.1 is available for download at:

https://webkitgtk.org/releases/webkitgtk-2.27.1.tar.xz (19.8MB)
   md5sum: 6ec70ea8267c3a7462285eaecd35510a
   sha1sum: ad6ce2885bfa8ce2b0c44bb9fc53fe5a2e3119a5
   sha256sum: 8a008adc8e6fb971e53fa3ba26995ef143f57aa27ea0fd89578cf2f2dc3d77cc

This is the first development release leading toward 2.28 series.

What's new in the WebKitGTK 2.27.1 release?
===========================================

  - Enable async scrolling when accelerating compositing policy is 'always'.
  - Add about:gpu to show information about the graphics stack.
  - Add API to enable Process Swap on (Cross-site) Navigation, that is now disabled by default.
  - Add WebKitWebView:page-id property.
  - Improve swipe navigation gesture style.
  - Fix several crashes and rendering issues.

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.

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 04, 2019
-- 
Carlos Garcia Campos
http://pgp.rediris.es:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xF3D322D0EC4582C3
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