Re: Proposed external dependency: WebKit/GTK+

[Richard Hult <richard imendio com>]

Vincent Untz wrote:
> Homepage: http://webkit.org/ http://live.gnome.org/WebKitGtk
> Proposal on d-d-l: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2008-April/msg00134.html
> License: LGPLv2 or later (I believe)
>
> Short description:
> ==================
> WebKit/GTK+ is the new GTK+ port of the WebKit, an open-source web
> content engine that powers numerous applications such as web browsers,
> email clients, feed readers, web and text editors, and a whole lot
> more.

Was there a conclusion on this at some point? I can't find anything in 
the archives. It would be great to be able to depend on it since I have 
some improvements in Devhelp trunk which needs WebKit.

Cheers,
Richard

> Summary so far:
> ===============
>  + many +1
>  + should be API/ABI stable and follow the GNOME release cycle
>  + integration with various other libraries of the GNOME stack
>  + patches (and plans) exist for various GNOME applications to make them
>    use WebKit
>  + the 2.24 branch of epiphany has been created from the 2.22 one, so
>    will likely still use Gecko
>  + main concern is about the accessibility support. The accessibility
>    team is waiting for an update from the WebKit/GTK+ team.

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