[wpe-webkit] WPE WebKit 2.41.2 released

Adrian Perez de Castro aperez at igalia.com
Fri Apr 21 02:40:45 PDT 2023


WPE WebKit 2.41.2 is available for download at:

https://wpewebkit.org/releases/wpewebkit-2.41.2.tar.xz (36.1 MiB)
   md5sum: 48692ef442caeb49f5c506bd953dece7
   sha1sum: 29b6b697248ad969c7e0b7341dc16e6ee38f275e
   sha256sum: 52498b5653807c65b2b19302904053beed890df8efbcd6cc08e696e215bdf3ce

This is a development release leading towards the 2.42 series.

## What's new in WPE WebKit 2.41.2?

- Properly handle the modifier value when exporting/importing DMA-BUF buffers.
- Don't require GApplication for bubblewrap sandbox.
- The Bubblewrap sandbox no longer requires setting an application
  identifier via GApplication to operate correctly. Using GApplication
  is still recommended, but optional.
- Show DRM device and render node if available in webkit://gpu.
- Long touch presses no longer generate mouse click events, to align with
  other web engines and WebKit ports.
- New build options to fine-tune WPE for certain hardware platforms
  (Westeros, Broadcom, Broadcom Nexus, Amlogic, Raspberry Pi).
- Ensure that the correct GPU device is used for WebGL when using GBM.
- Fix touchmove events not being produced.
- Fix cap height calculation in font metrics.
- Fix the build on i386.
- Fix the build with libgbm disabled.
- Fix the build with USE_WPE_VIDEO_PLANE_DISPLAY_DMABUF enabled.
- Translation updates: Swedish.
- Add WebKitClipboardPermissionRequest to handle DOM paste access requests.
- Fix several crashes and rendering issues.

## What is WPE WebKit?

WPE WebKit is an embeddable 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 use
you may:

- Visit our website at https://wpewebkit.org or the upstream
  site at https://webkit.org - people interested in contributing
  should read https://webkit.org/coding/contributing.html

- Browse the bug list at https://bugs.webkit.org
  A bug report with a minimal, reproducible test cases is often just
  as valuable as a patch.

- Join the chat at #wpe channel at irc.oftc.net, or the #wpe:matrix.org room

- Subscribe to the webkit-wpe at lists.webkit.org mailing list,
  https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-wpe
  or the WebKit general development mailing list
  https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev

## Thanks

Thanks to all the contributors who made this release possible.


The WPE WebKit Team,
April 21st, 2023

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