[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 148711] New: [GTK] Support direct JS web extension loading

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=148711

            Bug ID: 148711
           Summary: [GTK] Support direct JS web extension loading
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: WebKit
           Version: WebKit Nightly Build
          Hardware: Unspecified
                OS: Unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: WebKit Gtk
          Assignee: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
          Reporter: aperez at igalia.com

The rationale for this is the same as for bug #140745: we would like to
support loading JavaScript web extensions, in such a way that they can
the WebExtension API, and DOM bindings, via GObject Introspection.

There is one issue here: GJS is what provides tha JavaScript bindings to
the GNOME stack, and itself uses the Mozilla SpiderMonkey JS engine.
WebKit already ships JSC, and having both JS engines running in the same
process does not sound like a great idea. The alternative could be to use
Seed [2] instead, which uses JSC, but it seems pretty much unmaintained
(some GNU/Linux distributions are still shipping it, so it could be a
workable solution, dunno).

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[1] https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Gjs
[2] https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Seed

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