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= Potential new features for 1.8.0 =
  * Geolocation support (yes!)
  * requestAnimationFrame support (yes!)
  * IndexedDB support (dunno)
  * Page visibility support (propbably)

= Preparing for 1.8.0 =


WebkitGtk+ '''1.7.90''' 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-1.8

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 1.7.90 ==
  * ~~~[https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=78995] ''Remove unused GSettings stuff''~~~
  * ~~~[https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=78996] ''Fails to build on platforms where UChar is wchar_t''~~~
  * ~~~[https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51616] ''Can't find webinspector and error page redirection on Windows''~~~
  * ~~~[http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/108216] ''WebKit2 does not build if gtk-unix-printing-3.0 is not available''~~~
  * ~~~[http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/108222] ''Fix WebKit2GTK+ for 'make distcheck'.''~~~
  * ~~~[http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/108250] ''Adding SOUP_TYPE_PROXY_RESOLVER_DEFAULT feature to soup session makes WebProcess to hang''~~~
  * ~~~[https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79044] ''[GTK] Needs to claim being a more up-to-date Chrome''~~~
  * ~~~[http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/108237] ''manual rollout of r107970 which breaks table column widths updates from javascript''~~~
  * ~~~[http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/108248] ''Stop the committer timer when the page is destroyed'' - looks like it could be a crash fix?~~~
  * ~~~[http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/108281] ''UNIX: Plugin information fields are not interpreted as UTF-8''~~~
  * ~~~[http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/108278] ''Web content oftens steals focus from other widgets''~~~
  * ~~~[http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/108277] ''Geolocation support should be on by default''~~~
  * ~~~[http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/108288] ''Turn on requestAnimationFrame for release builds''~~~

== 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"

= Previous versions =

For changes in older stable branches see: [wiki:WebKitGTK/1.6.x 1.6.x]