Preparing for 2.16.0

WebkitGtk+ 2.16.0 will be the next release in the stable series (following 2.14.x). We should merge not overly intrusive patches that improve stability or performance, fix build issues, etc. We branched at r212635 (20/02/17).

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. (Don't use "[Stable]" if the bug also applies to master, though.)

To get the stable branch code, simply check out ​http://svn.webkit.org/repository/webkit/releases/WebKitGTK/webkit-2.16

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 2.16.7

• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/223043 Safari 10 /11 problem with if (!await get(something)).
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/215091 [GTK+] Animations not played properly when using synchronous decoding
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/213222 Leak under Options::setOptions
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/213242 REGRESSION(r213222) Possible use after free when setting some string based Options
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/214104 Fix uninitialized public members in WebProcess
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/215975 AX: Improve performance of addChildren()/childrenChanged()
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/216980 ASSERTION FAILED in WebCore::AccessibilityNodeObject::insertChild()
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/220326 and ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/r220331 [GTK][WPE] CFLAGS from pkg-config for (E)GL are not passed to WebKit
  • (Backport of both squashed for 2.16.X at: ​http://sprunge.us/KZgc)
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/218629 [GTK][WAYLAND] Create WaylandCompositorDisplay unconditionally when initializing the WebProcess
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/219866 REGRESSION(r218629): [GTK] ASSERTION FAILED: m_eglDisplay == EGL_NO_DISPLAY in WebCore::PlatformDisplay::~PlatformDisplay
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/218703 [GTK] Spreaker live shows won't play
• Lower the libgcrypt required version from 1.6 to 1.5 as it does compile with 1.5.3 (some enterprise distros are stuck with 1.5)
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/220527 [GTK] Don't use --whole-archive linking flags for the WebKit2 target libraries
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/220793 [GTK] Crash of WebProcess with on-demand AC
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/221132 Geoclue2 based backend should provide the right desktop ID
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/214034 Fix uninitialized public members in Webkit2/UIProcess/API/gtk
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/213448 [GTK] WebProcess from WebKitGtk+ 2.15.x SIGSEVs in GIFLZWContext::doLZW(unsigned char const*, unsigned long) at Source/WebCore/platform/image-decoders/gif/GIFImageReader.cpp:303
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/213833/webkit ImageDecoder can be deleted while the async decoder thread is still using it
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/221677 Missing break in URLParser
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/222903 Upgrade Brotli to version 1.0.1 and WOFF2 to latest upstream
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/222960 Update Source/ThirdParty/woff2 to 22c256bc457777744ba14b7325a6e8e0e7dec91c

Proposed merges for 2.16.6

• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/218819 Crash in JSC::Lexer<unsigned char>::setCode
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/219332 [GTK] Spin buttons on input type number appear over the value itself for small widths
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/219447 REGRESSION(r219332): [GTK] 9 new failures on fast/forms spinbutton related tests
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/219446 eglplatform.h does not support Wayland

Proposed merges for 2.16.4

• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/217848 Safari doesn't load newest The Order of the Stick comic.
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/215188 [GTK] Opening a popup menu does not pre-select the active item
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/215190 [GTK] Misplaced right click menu on web page due to deprecated gtk_menu_popup()
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/215225 [GTK] Attach popup menu to web view widget

Proposed merges for 2.16.3

• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/215166 generate-bindings-all.pl shouldn't use Perl threads

Proposed merges for 2.16.2

• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/214969 Do not use BLX for immediates (ARM-32)
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/215156 Elftoolchain ar doesn't support response files
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/215107 Include cstdio before using sscanf and stderr

Proposed merges for 2.16.1

• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/214246 [Soup] "Only from websites I visit" cookie policy is broken
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/214283 Honor GTK+ font settings

Proposed merges for 2.16.0

• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/213855 Updated Swedish translation
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/214142 Update Ukrainian translation

Proposed merges for 2.15.91

• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/212829 [GTK] [2.15.90] Disable RESOURCE_USAGE on non-Linux systems

Changes on track

Previous versions

For changes in older stable branches see: 2.14.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-2.16 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-2.16 branch to there, add a new remote to .git/config:

[svn-remote "webkit-2.16"]
    url = http://svn.webkit.org/repository/webkit/releases/WebKitGTK/webkit-2.16
    fetch = :refs/remotes/git-svn-webkit-2.16

and run the following commands:

git svn fetch webkit-2.16 -r 212635
git branch webkit-2.16 git-svn-webkit-2.16
git checkout webkit-2.16
git svn rebase