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 2.16.6

• ​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

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