Preparing for 2.18.0

WebkitGtk+ 2.18.0 will be the next release in the stable series (following 2.16.x). We should merge not overly intrusive patches that improve stability or performance, fix build issues, etc. We branched at r220448(09/08/17).

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-2.18

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 2.17.92

• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/221572 [GTK] Libgcrypt warning: missing initialization - please fix the application
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/221372 [WPE] Enable MEMORY_SAMPLER.
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/221075 and ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/221260 [WPE] Some event handlers not working.
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/221132 Geoclue2 based backend should provide the right desktop ID
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/221183 [GTK] Completely garbled display in Transifex in accelerated compositing mode
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/221008 GLContext: zero-initialize the GLContext pointer in ThreadGlobalGLContext ​​https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=175819

Proposed merges for 2.17.91

• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/220746/webkit Unreviewed, rolling out r219504.
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/220797/webkit [HarfBuzz] Decomposed Vietnamese characters are rendered incorrectly
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/220860/webkit [WPE][GTK] Ensure proper casting of data in gvariants

Changes on track

Previous versions

For changes in older stable branches see: 2.16.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-2.18 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-2.18 branch to there, add a new remote to .git/config:

[svn-remote "webkit-2.18"]
    url = http://svn.webkit.org/repository/webkit/releases/WebKitGTK/webkit-2.18
    fetch = :refs/remotes/git-svn-webkit-2.18

and run the following commands:

git svn fetch webkit-2.18 -r 220448
git branch webkit-2.18 git-svn-webkit-2.18
git checkout webkit-2.18
git svn rebase