[wpe-webkit] WPE WebKit 2.44.2 released

[Adrian Perez de Castro]

WPE WebKit 2.44.2 is available for download at:

https://wpewebkit.org/releases/wpewebkit-2.44.2.tar.xz (33.6 MiB)
   md5sum: 0e2a6d05b000e79c51c537ab3261b171
   sha1sum: 5bded217fab25aea776e41158fcdbd72d69a612e
   sha256sum: 2a3d23cb4fb071ca0db3a09c5a85f27b8bcc6094a2026d3b7407bed4f99218f7

This is a bug fix release in the stable 2.44 series.

## What's new in WPE WebKit 2.44.2?

- Decrease input notifications for gamepad inputs.
- Disable the gst-libav AAC decoder.
- Make gamepads visible on axis movements, and not only on button presses.
- Make user scripts and style sheets visible in the Web Inspector.
- Use the geolocation portal where available, with the existing geoclue
  as fallback if the portal is not usable.
- Use optimized assembler BoringSSL modules with USE_LIBWEBRTC enabled.
- Fix mouse location in WebDriver when output device scaling is in effect.
- Fix touch input event propagation.
- Fix the build on 32-bit ARM with USE_LIBWEBRTC enabled.
- Fix the build with ENABLE_WEBAUDIO disabled.
- 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,
May 15th, 2024

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