Preparing for 1.6.2

WebkitGtk+ 1.6.2 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.

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-1.6

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!

Changes merged for 1.6.1

• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/96378 [Freetype] Some text in Planet GNOME renders in the wrong place
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/97269 Fix build with GLib 2.31
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/97901 [GTK] Streamline wk1 documentation build~`
  • And its follow-up: ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/97913 GTK+ build fix.
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/97979 [GTK] webkitgtk's pkgconfig file needs to require javascriptcoregtk
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/98699 [GTK] Create .xz tarballs during 'make dist'
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/100725 [GTK] The process freezes when you right click on windowed Flash
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/102958 [GTK] Plugins sometimes crash WebKitGTK+ with Gdk-CRITICAL : gdk_window_get_toplevel: assertion `GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed

Changes on track

• ​https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=68835 "[GTK] [ATK] testatk fails in the getExtents test"
• ​https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=68733 REGRESSION (r95239): [chromium] Twitter.com now extremely slow from border-radius clips
• ​https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66764 "[Gtk] Error generating POT file"

Changes merged

Previous versions

Changes merged for 1.6.1

• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/96093 [GTK] Add compatibility methods for DOM bindings

For changes in older stable branches see: 1.4.x