Preparing for 2.0.0

WebkitGtk+ 2.0.0 will be the next release in the stable series (following 1.10.x). We should merge not overly intrusive patches that improve stability or performance, fix build issues, etc. We branched at r143592 (02/21/13).

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-2.0

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 1.11.91

• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/143696 [GTK] Control+Shift+Up/Down selection works backwards
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/143931 [soup] 'Too many redirects' error loading chat in plus.google.com
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/143869 [GTK] GTK+ 2 build broken since GTK_API_VERSION_2 moved to autoconfig.h
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/143973 Build fix for gtk2-based library.
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/144045 REGRESSION (r143931): set-cookie-on-redirect.html breaks subsequent tests
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/144070 [WK2][GTK] REGRESSION (r143463): unit test failure in WebKit2APITests/TestContextMenu
• ​https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110614 [GTK][WK2] Add document-loaded signal to WebKitWebPage
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/144652 [GTK] Some WebKit2 GTK+ unit tests are failing in 32 bits bot
• ​https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=111288 [GTK][WK2] Add webkit_web_page_get_uri to WebKit2 GTK+ API
• ​https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=83681 [GTK] Add WebKitWebPage::send-request signal to WebKit2 GTK+ API
• ​https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=111265 [GTK] Add WebKitWebViewGroup to WebKit2 GTK+ API
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/144706 REGRESSION (r143643): Buttons containing floats render differently
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/145081 [GTK] Enable translations for WebKit2
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/144969 [GTK] Test /webkit2/WebKitWebView/mouse-target is flaky in GTK Linux 32-bit Release bot

Changes on track

• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/144222 [GTK] Disable MathML support in release builds
• ​https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=105180 [GTK] When the WebProcess crashes, a signal should be emitted
• ​https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110588 REGRESSION (r143619): Crashes in three layout tests
• ​https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110865 [GTK] Closing inspector window crashes wk
• ​https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=111160 [GTK] Memory leak in webkit_web_view_load_request() in WebKit2 API
• ​https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=111398 [GTK] Enable translations for WebKit2
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/144936 [soup] session cookies are not correctly reported in getRawCookies()
• ​https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=111574 [WK2][GTK] Invalid request returned by webkit_download_get_request if called before download starts
• ​https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=111448 [GTK][WK2] Implement WebInspector::localizedStringsURL() to return the file URL of localizedStrings.js
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/144943 Link the webkit_tests to XRENDER_LIBS

Previous versions

For changes in older stable branches see: 1.10.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-2.0 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-2.0 branch to there, add a new remote to .git/config:

[svn-remote "webkit-2.0"]
    url = http://svn.webkit.org/repository/webkit/releases/WebKitGTK/webkit-2.0
    fetch = :refs/remotes/git-svn-webkit-2.0

and run the following commands:

git svn fetch webkit-2.0 -r 143592
git branch --track webkit-2.0 git-svn-webkit-2.0
git checkout webkit-2.0
git svn rebase