[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 39754] New: "Viewless WebKit" experiment is no longer used and should be removed

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39754

           Summary: "Viewless WebKit" experiment is no longer used and
                    should be removed
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Mac OS X 10.5
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: WebKit Misc.
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: sullivan at apple.com
                CC: hyatt at apple.com, darin at apple.com


Hyatt started a "Viewless WebKit" experiment a while back that has been superceded by work on the WebKit-in-separate-process work currently known as WebKit2. The code for "Viewless WebKit" is no longer used by tip of tree Safari and is probably not used by any other client either. The code can at least mostly be found by searching WebKit for "usesDocumentViews".

However, removing the code immediately would break nightly builds, since released versions of Safari call some of this code that is exposed as SPI. So we probably need to wait until tip of tree Safari has made it into a release before doing this.

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