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://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161493 [FreeType] Incorrect application of glyph positioning in the Y direction
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/243505 Assertion failure !isInAcceleratedCompositingMode() in DrawingAreaProxyCoordinatedGraphics::incorporateUpdate when forceCompositingMode is turned on ​​https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195879
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/243058 [GStreamer] Rewrite HTTP source element using pushsrc base class
  • ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/243140 REGRESSION(r243058): [GStreamer] 3 tests now timing out
  • ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/243197 [GStreamer] Switch back to webkitwebsrc for adaptive streaming fragments downloading

• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/243538 Build failure with gstreamer 1.12.5 if USE_GSTREAMER_GL is enabled
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/243492 [WPE][Qt] Uninitialized racy ViewBackend
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/243489 [GStreamer] Sound loop with Google Hangouts and WhatsApp notifications
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/243372 [MSE][GStreamer] Don't construct segments on PlaybackPipeline::flush
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/243199 [MSE][GStreamer] Fix handling of resolution changes in AppendPipeline
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/243138 [MSE] Use tolerance in eraseBeginTime
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/243104 REGRESSION(r236862): early frame decoupling leaves JSC ArrayBuffer objects lingering

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