WebKitGTK+ 2.7.2 released!



WebKitGTK+ 2.7.2 is available for download at:

http://webkitgtk.org/releases/webkitgtk-2.7.2.tar.xz (9.8MB)
   md5sum: 2f2774c5a7dbab8f6adac7d94f118751
   sha256sum: 042964d2bc5e02d48feb80d1021bb24c634e4fdfcb3d1356df0a599c6950c46d

This is a development release leading toward 2.8 series.

What's new in the WebKitGTK+ 2.7.2 release?
===========================================

  - Fix SSL connection issues with some websites after the POODLE vulnerability fix.
  - Add API to handle user script messages.
  - Add context menu API to Web Process Extensions.
  - Add API to create a WebKitWebContext.
  - Add API to override the default local storage directory.
  - Add WebKitWebResource::failed-with-tls-errors signal to notify about load failures
    due to TLS errors also in sub-resources.
  - Fix several crashes in accessibility implementation.
  - Fix XMLHttpRequest with a timeout when using the network process.
  - Fix XMLHttpRequest with cookies disabled when using the network process.
  - Fix a crash in the network process when a synchronous load redirects to a new url
    in a different security origin.
  - Fix a crash in TextureMapper when video resolution changes.
  - Correctly report the memory used by the media player to the garbage collector to
    make sure it’s freed when the video element is removed from the DOM.
  - Fix documentation of webkit_print_operation_get_page_setup().

What is WebKitGTK+?
===================

WebKitGTK+ is the GNOME platform 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.

Requirements
============

gtk+ >= 3.6.0
glib >= 2.33.2
libsoup >= 2.42.0
cairo >= 1.10.2
libxml >= 2.8.0
libxslt >= 1.1.7
HarfBuzz >= 0.9.2
icu
fontconfig >= 2.8.0
FreeType2 >= 2.4.2
libsecret
SQLite
enchant

Depending on your configuration options WebKitGTK+ may also depend on:

gtk+ >= 2.24.10
GObject introspection
gstreamer >= 1.0.3
GeoClue >= 2.1.5
gudev
cairo-gl >= 1.10.2

More information
================

If you want to know more about the project or get in touch with us
you may:

- Visit our website at http://www.webkitgtk.org, or the upstream
  site at http://www.webkit.org. People interested in contributing
  should read: http://www.webkit.org/coding/contributing.html.

- Browse the bug list at http://bugs.webkit.org, WebKitGTK+ bugs are
  typically prefixed by "[GTK]." A bug report with a minimal,
  reproducible test case is often just as valuable as a patch.

- Join the #webkit and #webkitgtk+ IRC channels at irc.freenode.net.

- Subscribe to the WebKitGTK+ mailing list,
  http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-gtk, or the
  WebKit development mailing list,
  http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev

Thanks
======

Thanks to all the contributors who made possible this release, they
are far too many to list!

The WebKitGTK+ team,
November 24, 2014

-- 
Carlos Garcia Campos
http://pgp.rediris.es:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xF3D322D0EC4582C3

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