QtWebKit-2.2 Release

QtWebKit-2.2 will be a stable release targeted at all Qt supported platforms. It was branched from trunk on 2011-05-05 (r85855). The release is planned for the end of the first semester of 2011.

For a detailed list of features supported by QtWebkit-2.2 and the changes from the previous release, check the ​Internal Release Notes.

Roadmap

Releases are made preferably on Mondays. Week numbers are from the current week when the release is made.

The current proposal (still work in progress):

• Branch from trunk: 2011-05-04 (week 18) DONE: r85855, ​branch on gitorious
• First TP: 2011-05-09 (week 19) DONE: ​tag on gitorious
• Beta1: 2011-05-23 (week 21)
• RC1: 2011-06-13 (week 24)
• Release: 2011-06-26 (week 26)

Development branch and build instructions

• The branch is hosted in Gitorious. It works better if you have an account there and ​clone the repository via ssh;
• You have to clone the ​qtwebkit repository from gitorious and checkout the qtwebkit-2.2 branch;
• Follow the standard QtWebKit build instructions for your platform.

Q&A and Release Criteria

• Tracker bug for critical fixes: ​https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55055
• Tracker bug for candidate fixes: ​https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55056

• ​Buildbot with Qt-4.7
• ​Buildbot with Qt-4.8

See also QtWebKitCheckList for a weekly basic test procedure on multiple platforms.

Supported Platforms

This is a work-in-progress proposal.

Reference Platform :

• Linux Desktop

Tier 1 :

• Apple Mac OS X 10.6 (Cocoa)
• Microsoft Windows XP SP3 32-bit -- needs a buildbot with tests
• Microsoft Windows 7 32 bits -- needs a buildbot with tests
• Symbian (Symbian^3) -- needs a buildbot with tests

Tier 2 :

• Microsoft Windows Vista 32 bits
• Apple Mac OS X 10.5 (Cocoa)
• Meego

See QtWebKitPlatformSupport for the meaning of Tier 1, 2 and Reference Platform.

See also

• ​Internal Release Notes -- Changes from previous version
• QtWebKit-2.1 release page