Preparing for 1.10.0

WebkitGtk+ 1.10.0 will be the next release in the stable series. We should merge not overly intrusive patches that improve stability or performance, fix build issues, etc. We branched at r126423 (08/23/12).

When filing bugs (​http://bugs.webkit.org) against stable release, please prefix them with "[GTK] [Stable]" to ensure they are addressed with high priority. Also, running a debug build and including stack traces is highly encouraged.

To get the stable branch code, simply check out ​http://svn.webkit.org/repository/webkit/releases/WebKitGTK/webkit-1.10

Over the next few weeks we'll be merging important fixes into the branch, so be sure to stay up to date. Thanks for your help!

Proposed merges for 1.10.1

• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/129246 [GTK] [Stable] Infinite recursion in WebCore::AXObjectCache::getOrCreate
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/129247 REGRESSION (r127882): accessibility/spinbutton-value.html failing on GTK
  • Note: The bug summary is misleading. The "regression" is that a new test was committed and required accessible spin button support that was not yet in place. So this is a nice-to-have; not a must have. But it's also a low-risk high-impact fix, thus I am requesting consideration for inclusion in 1.10.

Proposed merges for 1.10.0

• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/126439 [GTK] The tarball should be called webkitgtk-x.x.x.tar.xz
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/128907 [GTK] [WebKit2] Use XComposite window for accelerated compositing
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/128996 [GTK] REGRESSION(r128907): it broke several WebKit2 API tests

Proposed merges for 1.9.92

• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/126886 "[GTK] LLint build fails with -g -02"
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/126941 Implement AccessibilityUIElement::titleUIElement() and AccessibilityUIElement::stringValue()
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/127367 [Gtk] Incorrect/unexpected characters in the text of certain accessibles
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/127368 [Gtk] No accessible caret-moved events found in certain content
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/127369 Unreviewed GTK gardening, rebaselining an accessibility test.
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/127377 [Gtk] accessibility/replaced-objects-in-anonymous-blocks layout test failure
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/127370 [Gtk] No accessible caret-moved events found in certain content
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/127466 [Stable] [GTK] Crash in WebCore::HTMLSelectElement::selectedIndex
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/126692 op_call should have ArrayProfiling for the benefit of array intrinsics
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/126715 Array type checks and storage accesses should be uniformly represented and available to CSE
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/127483 [GTK] Crash in AccessibilityObject::accessibilityPlatformIncludesObject()
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/126551 Purge unused favicons from IconDatabase after 30 days
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/127750 [GTK] [WK2] Crash when navigating between pages
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/128050 [GTK] Sanitize the suggested filename when building the download destination URI
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/128063 [SOUP] Don't convert to UTF-8 the suggestedFilename passed to Download::decideDestinationWithSuggestedFilename()
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/128074 [GTK][a11y] editing/pasteboard/paste-blockquote-into-blockquote-4.html crashes
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/128195 [GTK] WebKitGtk+ crashes with non-UTF8 HTTP header names
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/126441 Replace access ot HTMLMediaElement from MediaPlayerPrivateBlackBerry with methods in MediaPlayerClient - updated with notes from initial reviews.
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/128298 [GStreamer] Audio device not closed after playing sound
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/127469 [GStreamer] 0.11 build breaks due to rename of gst_message_new_duration
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/128447 [GTK] "Infinite" loop in AccessibilityUIElementGtk.cpp
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/128696 [GTK] Include missing header files in the tarball, needed for win32
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/128712 [GTK] Missing dllexport causing linking errors on Windows platform
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/126970 AX: Focusable elements without a role should not be ignored
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/127084 AX: Canvas should have a distinct role
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/127565 Unreviewed GTK gardening.
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/127825 [Gtk] accessibility/canvas-description-and-role expected results needed
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/127882 Source/WebCore: AX: ARIA spin button should support range value attributes
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/127936 AX: WebCore accessibility roles should be cross-platform
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/128140 Properly expose <legend> elements to ATs

Proposed merges for 1.9.91

• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/127124 1.9.90 drops symbols, breaking compatibility
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/127228 Unreviewed, rolling out r126127.
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/127070 Source/WebCore: [Gtk] Process Gtk 3.4 smooth scroll events properly.

Changes on track

• ​https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94435 "[GTK] Split WebCore/platform into a separate library"
• ​https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=89553 [Stable] [GTK] Regression: frame-flattening broken when frame content uses CSS styles
• ​https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=96184 [GTK][Stable] Crash in JSC::DFG::SpeculativeJIT::speculateArray(JSC::DFG::Array::Mode, JSC::DFG::Edge, JSC::X86Registers::RegisterID)
• ​https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65766 [GTK] OSAllocator::reserveUncommitted should not commit physical memory

Previous versions

For changes in older stable branches see: 1.8.x

Useful commands

To get a wiki-formated list of commits that just got merged:

 $ git log --pretty=oneline <commit>.. | cut -d ' ' -f 5- | sed "s,\(.\+\)\(https://bugs.*\),  * ~~[\2] ''\1''~~,"

How to add a webkit-1.10 branch to existing git-svn clone

If you have already cloned ​git://git.webkit.org/WebKit.git, it only contains a git-svn clone of the svn trunk. To add webkit-1.10 branch to there, add a new remote to .git/config:

[svn-remote "webkit-1.10"]
        url = http://svn.webkit.org/repository/webkit/releases/WebKitGTK/webkit-1.10
        fetch = :refs/remotes/git-svn-webkit-1.10

and run the following commands:

git svn fetch webkit-1.10 -r 126423
git branch --track webkit-1.10 git-svn-webkit-1.10
git checkout webkit-1.10
git svn rebase