[wpe-webkit] WPE WebKit 2.44.0 released

[Adrian Perez de Castro]

WPE WebKit 2.44.0 is available for download at:

https://wpewebkit.org/releases/wpewebkit-2.44.0.tar.xz (33.6 MiB)
   md5sum: fd82ff4f25456630fecef0e8cd0f0a22
   sha1sum: 6fbcb192e40f3d86952778995d34e0cbb63a44db
   sha256sum: 0741862b559da0cbbf8e0bccb057361f8a1c6a96178ba10aa0375030b01f05d4

This is the first stable release in the 2.44 series.

### Highlights of the WPE WebKit 2.44.0 release

- Allow disabling WebGL support using the API.
- Improve V-Blank synchronization when rendering.
- Use the buffer format preferred by the driver in DMA-BUF renderer.
- Do not block the compositing thread waiting for rendering threads.
- Improve performance when scaling images in <canvas>.
- Support usage of libbacktrace, enabled by default at build time.

## 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,
March 20th, 2024
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