[webkit-gtk] WebKitGTK 2.46.0 released

Carlos Garcia Campos cgarcia at igalia.com
Tue Sep 17 02:42:34 PDT 2024


WebKitGTK 2.46.0 is available for download at:

https://webkitgtk.org/releases/webkitgtk-2.46.0.tar.xz (40.8MB)
   md5sum: 866d458444c2e8bed6cbfdd61f0d07a9
   sha1sum: a8a3b30ea050bb8af295a8a2f7eadb33159c2eea
   sha256sum: d4d433040f190151560c50bde840850089f87bad4fefa9ebdb4aae856a3df43a

This is the first stable release in the 2.46 series.

Highlights of the WebKitGTK 2.46.0 release
==========================================

 - Use Skia instead of cairo for 2D rendering and enable GPU rendering by default.
 - Enable offscreen canvas by default.
 - Add support for system tracing with Sysprof.
 - Implement printing using the Print portal.
 - Add new API to load settings from a config file.
 - Add a new setting to enable or disable the 2D canvas acceleration (enabled by default).
 - Undeprecate console messages API and make it available in 6.0 API.


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 #webkitgtk:matrix.org Matrix channel.

- 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,
September 17, 2024

-- 
Carlos Garcia Campos
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