[wpe-webkit] WPE WebKit 2.46.0 released

[Adrian Perez de Castro]

WPE WebKit 2.46.0 is available for download at:

https://wpewebkit.org/releases/wpewebkit-2.46.0.tar.xz (38.7 MiB)
   md5sum: c4df7766023687b5a9688b683dc569d1
   sha1sum: 21fb157aa381f23377391681cea36fd299b46d49
   sha256sum: 301550fbd8703f3ba4c4a65fe596686960569f8a3b0f6668243179cbc77bbc50

This is the first stable release in the 2.46 series.

## Highlights of the WPE WebKit 2.46.0 Release

- Skia is used instead of Cairo for 2D rendering, and GPU rendering
  is enabled by default.
- Offscreen Canvas is now enabled by default.
- Add support for system tracing using Sysprof.
- Add new API (webkit_settings_apply_from_key_file) to load settings
  from a configuration file.
- Add a new setting (WebKitSettings.enable-2d-canvas-acceleration)
  to toggle 2D Canvas acceleration (enabled by default).
- Undeprecate console messages API and make it available in the 2.0 API.

For more details about all the changes included in WPE WebKit 2.46 see
the NEWS file that is included in the tarball.


## 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,
September 17th, 2024

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