Preparing for 2.24.0

WebKitGTK and WPE 2.24.0 will be the next release in the stable series (following 2.22.x). We should merge not overly intrusive patches that improve stability or performance, fix build issues, etc. We branched at r241292 (12/02/19).

When filing bugs (​http://bugs.webkit.org) against stable release, please prefix them with "[GTK] [Stable]" (or "[WPE] [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-2.24

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 2.24.1

• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/243104 REGRESSION(r236862): early frame decoupling leaves JSC ArrayBuffer objects lingering
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/243372 [MSE][GStreamer] Don't construct segments on PlaybackPipeline::flush
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/243138 [MSE] Use tolerance in eraseBeginTime
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/243199 [MSE][GStreamer] Fix handling of resolution changes in AppendPipeline

Proposed merges for 2.24.0

• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/242637 [GTK] Make Tools/gtkdoc/ python3 compatible
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/242793 [GStreamer][v4l2] Synchronous video texture flushing support

Proposed merges for 2.23.92

• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/242349 [GLib] Returning G_TYPE_OBJECT from a constructor does not work
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/242033 [WPE] Add support for holepunch using an external video player
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/241952 [GTK] Navigation gesture improvements
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/242082 [WPE] Add API for webview background color configuration
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/242084 [EGL] Runtime support for RGB565 pixel layout

Changes on track

Previous versions

For changes in older stable branches see: 2.22.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-2.24 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-2.24 branch to there, add a new remote to .git/config:

[svn-remote "webkit-2.24"]
    url = http://svn.webkit.org/repository/webkit/releases/WebKitGTK/webkit-2.24
    fetch = :refs/remotes/git-svn-webkit-2.24

and run the following commands:

git svn fetch webkit-2.24 -r 241292
git branch webkit-2.24 git-svn-webkit-2.24
git checkout webkit-2.24
git svn rebase