[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 72961] New: [WK2][X11] Plugins should not be loaded into the UI process

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=72961

           Summary: [WK2][X11] Plugins should not be loaded into the UI
                    process
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: Unspecified
        OS/Version: Unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Plug-ins
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: kbalazs at webkit.org
                CC: hausmann at webkit.org


Currently we load plugins in the UI process to get the mime description. This negates the security benefit of the multi-process architecture and it causing problems with Qt5 because some plugins rely on Qt4 and for some strange reason Qt4 and Qt5 does not like each other in a process (which result in a crash at dlopen when loading the plugin). To solve this I am planning to introduce a scanner process for querying the plugin.

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