[webkit-gtk] WebKitGTK 2.49.2 released

[Carlos Garcia Campos]

WebKitGTK 2.49.2 is available for download at:

https://webkitgtk.org/releases/webkitgtk-2.49.2.tar.xz (42.7MB)
   md5sum: 2e0ba3129e91f757f3c7686bc04ce650
   sha1sum: ca5a534643cb747940fdba82af71929b3d8cbe73
   sha256sum: 47873f7e6057acfcda1273d3a64f65265d36992807f9a1f77d5e0b0b6d57d6e6

This is a development release leading toward 2.50 series.

What's new in the WebKitGTK 2.49.2 release?
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  - Enable damage propagation to the UI process by default.
  - Pass available input devices from UI process to web process for Interaction Media Features.
  - Always have a fallback when domain does not have known base.
  - Fix URL after HSTS upgrade in case of redirection.
  - Fix rendering when device scale factor change comes before the web view geometry update.
  - Ensure web view is focused on tap gesture.
  - Fix a crash when setting WEBKIT_SKIA_GPU_PAINTING_THREADS=0.
  - Fix several crashes and rendering issues.
  - Translation updates: Brazilian Portuguese, Swedish.

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,
May 30, 2025

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Carlos Garcia Campos
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